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Wild at Heart

1990 · directed by David Lynch · 125 min
22,335 feet · Prominence
1,573rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw46

$15m worldwide in 1990 — $37m in today's money.

As released$15mIn 2026 money$37mRank4,288 of 8,589In 199068 of 129

How Draw works

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

Praise62

Critics 59, awards 13. Half each, so Praise lands at 62.

Critics59 → 30Awards13 → 6

Oscars1 nominated Supporting Actress
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Lynch Palme winner, moderate cult footprint.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.2 from 109kWikipedia36k views a monthAge36 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 931 of 3,430 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 46 praise 62 legacy 48averages 52, which places it at22,335 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

Nicolas Cage22,285 ftWillem Dafoe21,764 ft