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The Usual Suspects

1995 · directed by Bryan Singer · 106 min
26,069 feet · Prominence
233rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $23m, re-releases included; about $50m in 2026 money.

Rank4,240 of 11,051In 199580 of 192

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards66 signal → +6 lift

Oscars2 won Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting acting
BAFTAs2 won Screenplay, Craft and other1 nominated Film
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Keyser Soze; one of cinema's referenced twists.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb8.5 from 1.2mWikipedia121k views a monthAge31 years

Scored beside it · 168 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 49 praise 88 legacy 78averages 72, placing it at26,069 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

▲ Gabriel Byrne

In these careers — elevation for this film

Kevin Spacey20,230 ftGabriel Byrne19,178 ftBenicio del Toro18,897 ftChazz Palminteri18,874 ftStephen Baldwin18,198 ftKevin Pollak18,172 ftPete Postlethwaite18,091 ftDan Hedaya17,652 ftGiancarlo Esposito17,648 ftPeter Greene17,646 ft