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When Harry Met Sally...

1989 · directed by Rob Reiner · 96 min
26,509 feet · Prominence
160th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘When Harry Met Sally’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

How this film scores

Draw63

$93m worldwide in 1989 — $247m in today's money.

As released$93mIn 2026 money$247mRank1,347 of 8,589In 198918 of 125

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Critics 83, awards 33. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics83 → 42Awards33 → 16

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 nominated Actor
BAFTAs1 won Original Screenplay
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy82

Judged directly: The deli scene is permanently referenced.

Verdict82 of 100IMDb7.7 from 270kWikipedia92k views a monthAge37 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 103 of 3,430 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 86 legacy 82averages 77, which places it at26,509 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby.