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True Lies

1994 · directed by James Cameron · 141 min
24,814 feet · Prominence
552nd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw77

Lifetime worldwide gross $379m, re-releases included; about $844m in 2026 money.

Rank268 of 11,051In 19943 of 178

How Draw works

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

Praise74

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics70 baseAwards30 signal → +4 lift

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
Golden Globes1 won Actress
BAFTAs1 nominated Special Visual Effects
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Cameron action-comedy, nostalgic staying power.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.3 from 298kWikipedia47k views a monthAge32 years

Scored beside it · 646 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 77 praise 74 legacy 58averages 70, placing it at24,814 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

▲ Jamie Lee Curtis▲ Art Malik

In these careers — elevation for this film

Arnold Schwarzenegger20,543 ftJamie Lee Curtis20,543 ftTom Arnold18,870 ftBill Paxton18,611 ftTia Carrere18,111 ftArt Malik17,949 ftCharlton Heston17,670 ft