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Mean Streets

1973 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 112 min
25,436 feet · Prominence
368th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

Lifetime worldwide gross $3m, re-releases included; about $22m in 2026 money.

Rank5,789 of 11,051In 197329 of 48

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics94 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Scorsese breakthrough, canonical, De Niro debut.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.2 from 125kWikipedia30k views a monthAge53 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 359 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 43 praise 94 legacy 68averages 68, placing it at25,436 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ David Proval▲ Amy Robinson

In these careers — elevation for this film

Harvey Keitel19,907 ftRobert De Niro19,550 ftDavid Proval18,121 ftAmy Robinson18,026 ftDavid Carradine17,650 ftRobert Carradine17,648 ft