An Officer and a Gentleman

1982 · directed by Taylor Hackford · 124 min

25,340 feet · Prominence

388th of 15,261 films scored

The Rewatchables‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw69

$130m worldwide in 1982 — $444m in today's money.

As released$130mIn 2026 money$444mRank712 of 8,589In 19823 of 82

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Critics 77, awards 74. Half each, so Praise lands at 85.

Critics77 → 39Awards74 → 37

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor4 nominated Actress, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Original Score

Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actor3 nominated Motion Picture, Actress, Actor

BAFTAs1 nominated Original Music

How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. 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 · 533 of 3,430 films judged

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58An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

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 85 legacy 58averages 71, which places it at25,340 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr., David Keith.