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Flashdance

1983 · directed by Adrian Lyne · 95 min
24,605 feet · Prominence
622nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw74

Lifetime worldwide gross $202m, re-releases included; about $668m in 2026 money.

Rank396 of 11,051In 19832 of 101

How Draw works

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

Praise49

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics38 baseAwards35 signal → +11 lift

Oscars2 nominated Cinematography, Film Editing
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
BAFTAs1 won Editing1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Water chair, Maniac, definitive 80s iconography.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb6.2 from 64kWikipedia32k views a monthAge43 years

Scored beside it · 278 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 74 praise 49 legacy 72averages 65, placing it at24,605 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

▲ Kyle T. Heffner▲ Sunny Johnson

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jennifer Beals20,064 ftMichael Nouri18,420 ftCynthia Rhodes17,994 ftSunny Johnson17,869 ftKyle T. Heffner17,811 ftRobert Wuhl17,646 ft