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1984 · directed by Alan Rudolph · 106 min
22,963 feet · Prominence
1,427th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw35

Lifetime worldwide gross $2m, re-releases included; about $6m in 2026 money.

Rank7,586 of 11,051In 1984103 of 112

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.

Critics95 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Criterion nod, tiny audience.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb6.7 from 3kWikipedia3k views a monthAge42 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,758 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 35 praise 95 legacy 40averages 57, placing it at22,963 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

▲ Lesley Ann Warren▲ Geneviève Bujold

In these careers — elevation for this film

Geneviève Bujold18,944 ftKeith Carradine18,894 ftLesley Ann Warren18,875 ftPatrick Bauchau18,010 ftHenry G. Sanders17,618 ft