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Never Say Never Again

1983 · directed by Irvin Kershner · 134 min
22,763 feet · Prominence
1,550th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw71

Lifetime worldwide gross $160m, re-releases included; about $530m in 2026 money.

Rank554 of 11,051In 19834 of 101

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.

Critics70 baseAwards7 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting 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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Connery's rogue non-canon Bond curiosity.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb6.1 from 77kWikipedia64k views a monthAge43 years

Scored beside it · 1,895 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 71 praise 71 legacy 38averages 60, placing it at22,763 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

▲ Barbara Carrera

In these careers — elevation for this film

Sean Connery20,191 ftKlaus Maria Brandauer18,698 ftKim Basinger18,318 ftBarbara Carrera18,223 ftMax von Sydow18,171 ftEdward Fox17,841 ftRowan Atkinson17,650 ftRonald Pickup17,626 ft