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Killer of Sheep

1978 · directed by Charles Burnett · 80 min
25,299 feet · Prominence
408th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw29

Lifetime worldwide gross $0m, re-releases included; about $2m in 2026 money.

Rank8,840 of 11,051In 197858 of 58

How Draw works

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

Praise97

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics97 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy70

Judged directly: Registry, Criterion, Sight and Sound landmark.

Verdict70 of 100IMDb7.2 from 8kWikipedia4k views a monthAge48 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 313 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 29 praise 97 legacy 70averages 65, placing it at25,299 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

▲ Charles Bracy▲ Kaycee Moore▲ Angela Burnett▲ Henry G. Sanders

In these careers — elevation for this film

Henry G. Sanders18,283 ftKaycee Moore18,128 ftCharles Bracy17,952 ftAngela Burnett17,880 ft