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A Fish Called Wanda

1988 · directed by Charles Crichton · 109 min
25,267 feet · Prominence
421st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw71

Lifetime worldwide gross $189m, re-releases included; about $526m in 2026 money.

Rank560 of 11,051In 19887 of 173

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards88 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor2 nominated Director, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes3 nominated Best Picture, Actress, Lead acting
BAFTAs1 won Actor7 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Actress, Lead acting, Supporting acting, Screenplay, 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Beloved cult comedy, now fading.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.5 from 163kWikipedia26k views a monthAge38 years

Scored beside it · 738 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 71 praise 93 legacy 55averages 73, placing it at25,267 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

▲ John Cleese

In these careers — elevation for this film

Kevin Kline20,492 ftJamie Lee Curtis20,467 ftJohn Cleese20,292 ftMichael Palin19,214 ftStephen Fry17,651 ft