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Pulp Fiction

1994 · directed by Quentin Tarantino · 154 min
28,063 feet · Prominence
15th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $214m, re-releases included; about $476m in 2026 money.

Rank667 of 11,051In 199412 of 178

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics94 baseAwards95 signal → +3 lift

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

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 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 70 praise 97 legacy 93averages 87, placing it at28,063 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

▲ Samuel L. Jackson▲ Uma Thurman

In these careers — elevation for this film

John Travolta20,837 ftSamuel L. Jackson20,837 ftUma Thurman20,511 ftBruce Willis19,162 ftVing Rhames18,679 ftHarvey Keitel18,556 ftTim Roth18,550 ftEric Stoltz18,012 ftChristopher Walken17,675 ftSteve Buscemi17,673 ftRosanna Arquette17,662 ftFrank Whaley17,660 ftPeter Greene17,657 ftAmanda Plummer17,646 ft