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Stand by Me

1986 · directed by Rob Reiner · 89 min · R
26,193 feet · Prominence
210th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw58

Lifetime worldwide gross $52m, re-releases included; about $157m in 2026 money.

Rank2,092 of 11,051In 198621 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.

Praise84

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards27 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Screenplay
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Coming-of-age touchstone, train tracks permanent.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb8.1 from 480kWikipedia158k views a monthAge40 years

Scored beside it · 164 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 58 praise 84 legacy 78averages 73, placing it at26,193 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

▲ Wil Wheaton

In these careers — elevation for this film

River Phoenix20,240 ftCorey Feldman19,072 ftWil Wheaton18,975 ftJerry O'Connell18,633 ftKiefer Sutherland18,374 ftRob Reiner18,336 ftRichard Dreyfuss17,668 ftJohn Cusack17,666 ftFrances Lee McCain17,631 ft