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Five Easy Pieces

1970 · directed by Bob Rafelson · 98 min
25,498 feet · Prominence
354th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw58

Lifetime worldwide gross $18m, re-releases included; about $154m in 2026 money.

Rank2,136 of 11,051In 197012 of 38

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards78 signal → +5 lift

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress5 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Actor, Lead acting, 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.

Legacy64

Judged directly: The diner scene is canonical New Hollywood.

Verdict64 of 100IMDb7.4 from 42kWikipedia15k views a monthAge56 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 445 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 92 legacy 64averages 71, placing it at25,498 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

Jack Nicholson20,326 ftKaren Black19,920 ftSusan Anspach18,306 ftLois Smith18,087 ftSally Struthers17,624 ft