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Cooley High

1975 · directed by Michael Schultz · 107 min
23,283 feet · Prominence
1,132nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

$13m worldwide in 1975 — $80m in today's money.

As released$13mIn 2026 money$80mRank3,042 of 8,589In 197521 of 41

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Critics 77, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 77.

Critics77 → 39Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Black-cinema landmark, spawned television, narrow fame.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.1 from 6kWikipedia8k views a monthAge51 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,033 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 52 praise 77 legacy 45averages 58, which places it at23,283 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis.