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Mystic River

2003 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 138 min
24,796 feet · Prominence
561st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $157m, re-releases included; about $281m in 2026 money.

Rank1,227 of 11,051In 200336 of 227

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards93 signal → +6 lift

Oscars2 won Actor, Supporting Actor4 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes2 won Actor, Supporting Actor2 nominated Best Picture, Screenplay
BAFTAs3 nominated Lead acting, Supporting acting, 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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Respected, two acting Oscars, modest footprint.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.9 from 516kWikipedia91k views a monthAge23 years

Scored beside it · 904 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 64 praise 93 legacy 52averages 70, placing it at24,796 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

▲ Sean Penn

In these careers — elevation for this film

Sean Penn20,329 ftTim Robbins20,329 ftMarcia Gay Harden19,475 ftKevin Bacon19,395 ftClint Eastwood18,923 ftLaura Linney18,831 ftLaurence Fishburne18,605 ftTom Guiry18,089 ftEmmy Rossum17,650 ftEli Wallach17,644 ft