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Hoosiers

1986 · directed by David Anspaugh · 114 min
24,886 feet · Prominence
527th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw53

Lifetime worldwide gross $29m, re-releases included; about $86m in 2026 money.

Rank3,223 of 11,051In 198639 of 141

How Draw works

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

Praise85

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics84 baseAwards23 signal → +2 lift

Oscars2 nominated Supporting Actor, Original Score
Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting Actor
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: Registry film, the definitive sports underdog.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.4 from 56kWikipedia19k views a monthAge40 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 491 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 53 praise 85 legacy 62averages 67, placing it at24,886 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

▲ Sheb Wooley

In these careers — elevation for this film

Gene Hackman20,176 ftDennis Hopper19,847 ftBarbara Hershey18,440 ftSheb Wooley17,744 ft