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The Longest Yard

1974 · directed by Robert Aldrich · 121 min
23,164 feet · Prominence
1,306th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $43m, re-releases included; about $288m in 2026 money.

Rank1,195 of 11,051In 19749 of 47

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.

Critics68 baseAwards54 signal → +9 lift

Oscars1 nominated Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Best Picture2 nominated Lead acting, Supporting acting
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Prison-football template, remade repeatedly.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.1 from 23kWikipedia17k views a monthAge52 years

Scored beside it · 1,588 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 64 praise 76 legacy 42averages 61, placing it at23,164 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

▲ Michael Conrad

In these careers — elevation for this film

Burt Reynolds20,145 ftEddie Albert18,555 ftEd Lauter18,114 ftMichael Conrad17,890 ftMike Henry17,758 ftBernadette Peters17,645 ftRichard Kiel17,633 ft