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GoodFellas

1990 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 145 min
27,087 feet · Prominence
74th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Goodfellas’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw56

$47m worldwide in 1990 — $119m in today's money.

As released$47mIn 2026 money$119mRank2,423 of 8,589In 199034 of 129

How Draw works

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

Praise96

Critics 93, awards 85. Half each, so Praise lands at 96.

Critics93 → 46Awards85 → 43

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor5 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
BAFTAs3 won Film, Direction, Adapted 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.

Legacy90

Judged directly: Endlessly quoted gangster classic.

Verdict90 of 100IMDb8.7 from 1.4mWikipedia110k views a monthAge36 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100Sight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 23 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 56 praise 96 legacy 90averages 81, which places it at27,087 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

Robert De Niro22,100 ftSamuel L. Jackson21,615 ft