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Five Easy Pieces

1970 · directed by Bob Rafelson · 98 min
25,491 feet · Prominence
351st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw58

$18m worldwide in 1970 — $154m in today's money.

As released$18mIn 2026 money$154mRank2,017 of 8,589In 197013 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

Critics 87, awards 74. Half each, so Praise lands at 92.

Critics87 → 44Awards74 → 37

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress4 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Actor, Screenplay
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.

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 · 395 of 3,430 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, which places it at25,491 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 Nicholson22,735 ft