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Pulp Fiction

1994 · directed by Quentin Tarantino · 154 min
27,862 feet · Prominence
21st of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw70

$214m worldwide in 1994 — $476m in today's money.

As released$214mIn 2026 money$476mRank652 of 8,589In 199412 of 155

How Draw works

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

Praise97

Critics 94, awards 94. Half each, so Praise lands at 97.

Critics94 → 47Awards94 → 47

Oscars1 won Original Screenplay6 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Screenplay5 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress
BAFTAs2 won Actor, Original Screenplay6 nominated Film, Direction, Actor, Actress, Sound, Editing
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.

Legacy93

Judged directly: Reshaped film, endlessly quoted.

Verdict93 of 100IMDb8.8 from 2.4mWikipedia145k views a monthAge32 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100Sight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 8 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 70 praise 97 legacy 93averages 87, which places it at27,862 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

John Travolta22,914 ftSamuel L. Jackson22,419 ftBruce Willis22,130 ftUma Thurman21,914 ft