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Reservoir Dogs

1992 · directed by Quentin Tarantino · 99 min · R
26,081 feet · Prominence
229th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw35

Lifetime worldwide gross $3m, re-releases included; about $7m in 2026 money.

Rank7,528 of 11,051In 1992128 of 166

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 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.

Legacy85

Judged directly: Ear scene, black suits, endlessly parodied.

Verdict85 of 100IMDb8.3 from 1.2mWikipedia81k views a monthAge34 years

Scored beside it · 79 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 35 praise 86 legacy 85averages 69, placing it at26,081 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 Madsen

In these careers — elevation for this film

Harvey Keitel19,527 ftTim Roth19,295 ftMichael Madsen19,107 ftSteve Buscemi19,087 ftChris Penn18,353 ft