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Reversal of Fortune

1990 · directed by Barbet Schroeder · 111 min
22,879 feet · Prominence
1,318th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

$15m worldwide in 1990 — $39m in today's money.

As released$15mIn 2026 money$39mRank4,205 of 8,589In 199064 of 129

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Critics 93, awards 60. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics93 → 46Awards60 → 30

Oscars1 won Actor2 nominated Director, Adapted Screenplay
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy30

Judged directly: Irons's Oscar, film forgotten.

Verdict30 of 100IMDb7.2 from 20kWikipedia14k views a monthAge36 years

Scored beside it · 1,849 of 3,430 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 47 praise 95 legacy 30averages 57, which places it at22,879 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra.