Unforgiven

1992 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 130 min

27,045 feet · Prominence

86th of 24,106 films scored

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How this film scores

Draw67

Lifetime worldwide gross $159m, re-releases included; about $374m in 2026 money.

Rank892 of 11,051In 199213 of 166

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics91 baseAwards97 signal → +5 lift

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Film Editing5 nominated Actor, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Sound

Golden Globes3 won Director, Supporting Actor, Screenplay2 nominated Motion Picture, Screenplay

BAFTAs1 won Actor4 nominated Film, Direction, Original Screenplay, Sound

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.

Legacy80

Judged directly: Unforgiven reviewed.

Verdict80 of 100IMDb8.2 from 465kWikipedia56k views a monthAge34 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 119 of 4,039 films judged

80Frozen (2013)

80Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

80The Avengers (2012)

80Aliens (1986)

80Young Frankenstein (1974)

80Dead Poets Society (1989)

80Unforgiven (1992)

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 95 legacy 80averages 81, placing it at27,045 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

▲ Gene Hackman ▲ Jaimz Woolvett

In these careers — elevation for this film

Clint Eastwood20,662 ft Gene Hackman20,662 ft Morgan Freeman19,317 ft Richard Harris18,333 ft Jaimz Woolvett17,995 ft