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Inside Man

2006 · directed by Spike Lee · 129 min
23,273 feet · Prominence
1,245th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw65

Lifetime worldwide gross $186m, re-releases included; about $304m in 2026 money.

Rank1,131 of 11,051In 200621 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Sharp Spike Lee thriller, quietly faded.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.6 from 423kWikipedia0k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 1,745 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 65 praise 81 legacy 40averages 62, placing it at23,273 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

Denzel Washington20,007 ftClive Owen19,629 ftJodie Foster18,853 ftChristopher Plummer18,421 ftChiwetel Ejiofor18,304 ftSpike Lee18,270 ftWillem Dafoe18,232 ft