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Starship Troopers

1997 · directed by Paul Verhoeven · 129 min
24,134 feet · Prominence
810th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw63

Lifetime worldwide gross $121m, re-releases included; about $249m in 2026 money.

Rank1,391 of 11,051In 199737 of 213

How Draw works

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

Praise63

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics62 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Satire reappraised; 'would you like to know more'.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.3 from 344kWikipedia70k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 522 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 63 praise 63 legacy 62averages 63, placing it at24,134 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

▲ Dina Meyer

In these careers — elevation for this film

Casper Van Dien18,629 ftMichael Ironside18,402 ftDina Meyer18,399 ftDenise Richards18,283 ftNeil Patrick Harris18,132 ftClancy Brown18,113 ftJake Busey17,978 ft