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The Longest Yard

1974 · directed by Robert Aldrich · 121 min
23,221 feet · Prominence
1,159th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables'The Longest Yard’ (1974) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan

How this film scores

Draw64

$43m worldwide in 1974 — $288m in today's money.

As released$43mIn 2026 money$288mRank1,157 of 8,589In 19749 of 42

How Draw works

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

Praise68

Critics 68, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 68.

Critics68 → 34Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Film Editing
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Prison-football template, remade repeatedly.

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

Scored beside it · 1,165 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 64 praise 68 legacy 42averages 58, which places it at23,221 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

Burt Reynolds22,379 ft