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Natural Born Killers

1994 · directed by Oliver Stone · 119 min
23,446 feet · Prominence
1,157th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw55

Lifetime worldwide gross $110m, re-releases included; about $245m in 2026 money.

Rank1,421 of 11,051In 199425 of 178

How Draw works

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

Praise66

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics63 baseAwards17 signal → +3 lift

Golden Globes2 nominated Director, 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Notorious 90s media-violence lightning rod.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.2 from 264kWikipedia36k views a monthAge32 years

Scored beside it · 853 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 66 legacy 55averages 59, placing it at23,446 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

▲ Woody Harrelson▲ Juliette Lewis

In these careers — elevation for this film

Woody Harrelson20,026 ftJuliette Lewis19,539 ftRobert Downey Jr19,147 ftTom Sizemore18,372 ftTommy Lee Jones18,310 ftRodney Dangerfield18,114 ftArliss Howard17,634 ftJames Gammon17,630 ftRussell Means17,630 ftMaria Pitillo17,625 ft