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An Officer and a Gentleman

1982 · directed by Taylor Hackford · 124 min
25,124 feet · Prominence
456th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw69

Lifetime worldwide gross $130m, re-releases included; about $444m in 2026 money.

Rank730 of 11,051In 19823 of 98

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards83 signal → +9 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor4 nominated Actress, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Original Score
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actor5 nominated Motion Picture, Actress, Actor, Lead acting, Supporting acting
BAFTAs1 nominated 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: The ending and Up Where We Belong.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.1 from 67kWikipedia24k views a monthAge44 years

Scored beside it · 620 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 69 praise 86 legacy 58averages 71, placing it at25,124 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

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