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A Few Good Men

1992 · directed by Rob Reiner · 138 min
26,494 feet · Prominence
162nd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw72

Lifetime worldwide gross $243m, re-releases included; about $572m in 2026 money.

Rank501 of 11,051In 19927 of 166

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards65 signal → +9 lift

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Supporting Actor, Film Editing, Sound
Golden Globes5 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, 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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: A Few Good Men reviewed.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.7 from 315kWikipedia108k views a monthAge34 years

Scored beside it · 156 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 72 praise 82 legacy 78averages 77, placing it at26,494 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

Jack Nicholson20,684 ftTom Cruise20,684 ftKevin Bacon18,705 ftDemi Moore18,672 ftKiefer Sutherland18,450 ftRob Reiner18,407 ftKevin Pollak18,271 ftJ.T. Walsh18,222 ftCuba Gooding Jr.17,669 ftChristopher Guest17,654 ftXander Berkeley17,643 ft