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House of Games

1987 · directed by David Mamet · 102 min
22,723 feet · Prominence
1,627th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw36

Lifetime worldwide gross $3m, re-releases included; about $8m in 2026 money.

Rank7,379 of 11,051In 1987110 of 162

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.

Critics86 baseAwards6 signal → +0 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Criterion debut, minimal public traffic.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.2 from 24kWikipedia3k views a monthAge39 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,628 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 36 praise 86 legacy 42averages 55, placing it at22,723 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

▲ Lindsay Crouse

In these careers — elevation for this film

Joe Mantegna19,351 ftLindsay Crouse19,165 ftJ.T. Walsh18,214 ftWilliam H. Macy17,646 ft