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River's Edge

1986 · directed by Tim Hunter · 100 min
22,550 feet · Prominence
1,909th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw40

Lifetime worldwide gross $5m, re-releases included; about $14m in 2026 money.

Rank6,544 of 11,051In 1986106 of 141

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Eighties teen-nihilism cult, unlisted.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb6.9 from 22kWikipedia18k views a monthAge40 years

Scored beside it · 1,649 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 40 praise 81 legacy 42averages 54, placing it at22,550 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

▲ Crispin Glover

In these careers — elevation for this film

Keanu Reeves19,174 ftCrispin Glover18,859 ftDennis Hopper18,608 ftIone Skye18,219 ftTom Bower17,792 ft