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Crazy Heart

2009 · directed by Scott Cooper · 112 min
22,650 feet · Prominence
1,751st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $47m, re-releases included; about $73m in 2026 money.

Rank3,502 of 11,051In 200995 of 312

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards67 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 won Actor1 nominated Supporting Actress
Golden Globes1 won Actor
BAFTAs2 nominated Actor, Original Music
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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Bridges's Oscar, film faded.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7.2 from 96kWikipedia0k views a monthAge17 years

Scored beside it · 2,307 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 52 praise 91 legacy 32averages 58, placing it at22,650 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

▲ Maggie Gyllenhaal▲ Tom Bower

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jeff Bridges19,859 ftMaggie Gyllenhaal19,348 ftRobert Duvall18,303 ftColin Farrell18,280 ftTom Bower17,807 ft