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GoodFellas

1990 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 145 min
27,463 feet · Prominence
52nd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw56

Lifetime worldwide gross $47m, re-releases included; about $119m in 2026 money.

Rank2,608 of 11,051In 199035 of 147

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics93 baseAwards92 signal → +3 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor5 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes3 nominated Best Picture, Supporting acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs4 won Film, Direction, Adapted Screenplay, Craft and other2 nominated Lead acting, Craft and other
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.

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 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 56 praise 96 legacy 90averages 81, placing it at27,463 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

▲ Joe Pesci▲ Ray Liotta

In these careers — elevation for this film

Joe Pesci20,508 ftRay Liotta20,199 ftLorraine Bracco19,748 ftRobert De Niro19,372 ftSamuel L. Jackson17,671 ftTobin Bell17,642 ftMichael Imperioli17,633 ftFrank Vincent17,630 ft