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Angel Heart

1987 · directed by Alan Parker · 113 min · R
22,656 feet · Prominence
1,742nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $17m, re-releases included; about $50m in 2026 money.

Rank4,264 of 11,051In 198760 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise72

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics72 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Notorious noir-horror, lasting controversy and cult.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.2 from 101kWikipedia23k views a monthAge39 years

Scored beside it · 1,452 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 72 legacy 45averages 55, placing it at22,656 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.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Mickey Rourke19,881 ftRobert De Niro18,676 ftCharlotte Rampling18,088 ftMichael Higgins17,729 ft