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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999 · directed by Jim Jarmusch · 117 min · R
22,647 feet · Prominence
1,754th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw42

Lifetime worldwide gross $9m, re-releases included; about $19m in 2026 money.

Rank6,107 of 11,051In 1999126 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise76

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Jarmusch-RZA cult, hip-hop samurai touchstone.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.5 from 103kWikipedia18k views a monthAge27 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,453 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 42 praise 76 legacy 45averages 54, placing it at22,647 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

Forest Whitaker19,754 ftCliff Gorman18,061 ftGary Farmer17,624 ft