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Short Cuts

1993 · directed by Robert Altman · 188 min
23,574 feet · Prominence
1,092nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw40

Lifetime worldwide gross $6m, re-releases included; about $14m in 2026 money.

Rank6,535 of 11,051In 1993130 of 199

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards38 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 nominated Director
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress1 nominated Screenplay
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Altman mosaic, respected but culturally quiet.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.6 from 49kWikipedia11k views a monthAge33 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,181 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 40 praise 90 legacy 48averages 59, placing it at23,574 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

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