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Drugstore Cowboy

1989 · directed by Gus Van Sant · 102 min
24,008 feet · Prominence
879th 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.

Rank6,701 of 11,051In 1989101 of 156

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Criterion indie, influential on American independents.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.2 from 43kWikipedia11k views a monthAge37 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 820 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 88 legacy 55averages 61, placing it at24,008 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

▲ Kelly Lynch

In these careers — elevation for this film

Matt Dillon19,820 ftKelly Lynch18,651 ftHeather Graham18,267 ftJames Le Gros18,096 ftJames Remar18,007 ftBeah Richards17,707 ft