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The Wanderers

1979 · directed by Philip Kaufman · 117 min
22,692 feet · Prominence
1,678th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw55

Lifetime worldwide gross $23m, re-releases included; about $105m in 2026 money.

Rank2,849 of 11,051In 197933 of 64

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Gang-nostalgia cult, steady small following.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.3 from 13kWikipedia9k views a monthAge47 years

Scored beside it · 1,777 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 55 praise 77 legacy 40averages 57, placing it at22,692 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.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Karen Allen18,497 ftLinda Manz17,883 ftOlympia Dukakis17,642 ftWayne Knight17,629 ftSamm-Art Williams17,622 ft