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Time Bandits

1981 · directed by Terry Gilliam · 116 min
24,259 feet · Prominence
761st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw58

Lifetime worldwide gross $42m, re-releases included; about $154m in 2026 money.

Rank2,138 of 11,051In 198114 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Criterion, Gilliam cult, generational favorite.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb6.9 from 74kWikipedia0k views a monthAge45 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 930 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 58 praise 86 legacy 52averages 65, placing it at24,259 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

▲ Craig Warnock▲ Kenny Baker▲ Mike Edmonds

In these careers — elevation for this film

David Rappaport18,525 ftCraig Warnock18,381 ftTerry Gilliam18,277 ftIan Holm17,946 ftKenny Baker17,884 ftMike Edmonds17,817 ftSean Connery17,662 ftShelley Duvall17,658 ftJim Broadbent17,656 ftJohn Cleese17,653 ftDavid Warner17,652 ftMichael Palin17,652 ftRalph Richardson17,638 ftKatherine Helmond17,629 ftTony Jay17,627 ft