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Miller's Crossing

1990 · directed by Joel Coen · 115 min · R
23,162 feet · Prominence
1,308th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw39

Lifetime worldwide gross $5m, re-releases included; about $13m in 2026 money.

Rank6,648 of 11,051In 1990105 of 147

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics80 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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Coen gangster favorite; 'look into your heart'.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.7 from 149kWikipedia26k views a monthAge36 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,087 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 39 praise 80 legacy 50averages 56, placing it at23,162 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

Gabriel Byrne19,523 ftJohn Turturro19,071 ftAlbert Finney18,966 ftMarcia Gay Harden18,594 ftFrances McDormand17,650 ftSteve Buscemi17,648 ft