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Coming Home

1978 · directed by Hal Ashby · 127 min
23,717 feet · Prominence
1,017th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw59

Lifetime worldwide gross $33m, re-releases included; about $165m in 2026 money.

Rank2,006 of 11,051In 197818 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.

Praise85

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics72 baseAwards96 signal → +13 lift

Oscars3 won Actress, Actor, Original Screenplay5 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Film Editing
Golden Globes2 won Actress, Actor4 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Faded despite its awards.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.3 from 16kWikipedia10k views a monthAge48 years

Scored beside it · 1,353 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 59 praise 85 legacy 45averages 63, placing it at23,717 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

▲ Bruce Dern▲ Penelope Milford

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jane Fonda20,126 ftJon Voight20,126 ftBruce Dern19,740 ftPenelope Milford18,076 ftRobert Carradine17,909 ftDavid Clennon17,635 ft