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Flash Gordon

1980 · directed by Mike Hodges · 111 min
23,705 feet · Prominence
1,021st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw55

Lifetime worldwide gross $27m, re-releases included; about $109m in 2026 money.

Rank2,778 of 11,051In 198026 of 84

How Draw works

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

Praise71

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics71 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

BAFTAs2 nominated Production Design, Costume Design
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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Queen soundtrack, permanent camp cult.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb6.5 from 66kWikipedia23k views a monthAge46 years

Scored beside it · 841 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 55 praise 71 legacy 55averages 60, placing it at23,705 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

Max von Sydow19,390 ftChaim Topol18,501 ftTimothy Dalton18,430 ftRobbie Coltrane17,648 ftRichard O'Brien17,632 ft