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Harold and Maude

1971 · directed by Hal Ashby · 92 min
23,276 feet · Prominence
1,242nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw0

No worldwide gross on file, so Draw is zero. A gap in the data, not a verdict.

How Draw works

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

Praise78

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards29 signal → +4 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Registry and Criterion; enduring cult.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.8 from 86kWikipedia30k views a monthAge55 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 384 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 0 praise 78 legacy 68averages 49, placing it at23,276 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

Ruth Gordon18,459 ftCyril Cusack17,701 ftTom Skerritt17,617 ft