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Backdraft

1991 · directed by Ron Howard · 137 min
22,586 feet · Prominence
1,476th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw67

$152m worldwide in 1991 — $369m in today's money.

As released$152mIn 2026 money$369mRank873 of 8,589In 199113 of 146

How Draw works

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

Praise59

Critics 55, awards 14. Half each, so Praise lands at 59.

Critics55 → 28Awards14 → 7

Oscars3 nominated Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Firefighter touchstone, iconic score.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb6.7 from 93kWikipedia16k views a monthAge35 years

Scored beside it · 1,393 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 67 praise 59 legacy 38averages 55, which places it at22,586 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

Kurt Russell22,086 ftRobert De Niro21,933 ft