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Reversal of Fortune

1990 · directed by Barbet Schroeder · 111 min
22,525 feet · Prominence
1,947th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

Lifetime worldwide gross $15m, re-releases included; about $39m in 2026 money.

Rank4,748 of 11,051In 199070 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.

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics93 baseAwards77 signal → +3 lift

Oscars1 won Actor2 nominated Director, Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Lead acting2 nominated Best Picture, Screenplay
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.

Legacy30

Judged directly: Irons's Oscar, film forgotten.

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

Scored beside it · 2,485 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 47 praise 95 legacy 30averages 57, placing it at22,525 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

Jeremy Irons19,751 ftRon Silver18,957 ftAnnabella Sciorra18,067 ftFisher Stevens17,825 ftChristine Baranski17,803 ftFelicity Huffman17,634 ftJulie Hagerty17,634 ftMitchell Whitfield17,622 ft