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Jacob's Ladder

1990 · directed by Adrian Lyne · 113 min · R
22,902 feet · Prominence
1,458th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

Lifetime worldwide gross $26m, re-releases included; about $66m in 2026 money.

Rank3,691 of 11,051In 199048 of 147

How Draw works

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

Praise67

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics67 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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Shaped Silent Hill and psychological horror.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.4 from 127kWikipedia51k views a monthAge36 years

Scored beside it · 1,104 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 51 praise 67 legacy 50averages 56, placing it at22,902 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

▲ Elizabeth Peña

In these careers — elevation for this film

Tim Robbins19,949 ftDanny Aiello18,588 ftElizabeth Peña18,440 ftJason Alexander17,956 ftVing Rhames17,650 ftMacaulay Culkin17,646 ft