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Homicide

1991 · directed by David Mamet · 101 min
22,876 feet · Prominence
1,479th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw36

Lifetime worldwide gross $3m, re-releases included; about $7m in 2026 money.

Rank7,474 of 11,051In 1991119 of 176

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 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.

Legacy44

Judged directly: Mamet Criterion pickup, limited circulation.

Verdict44 of 100IMDb6.9 from 9kWikipedia3k views a monthAge35 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
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 36 praise 86 legacy 44averages 55, placing it at22,876 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

▲ Joe Mantegna

In these careers — elevation for this film

Joe Mantegna19,594 ftWilliam H. Macy18,561 ftVing Rhames18,100 ft