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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989 · directed by Steven Spielberg · 127 min
27,180 feet · Prominence
69th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw82

$474m worldwide in 1989 — $1.26bn in today's money.

As released$474mIn 2026 money$1.26bnRank103 of 8,589In 19891 of 125

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Critics 75, awards 32. Half each, so Praise lands at 79.

Critics75 → 37Awards32 → 16

Oscars1 won Sound Editing2 nominated Original Score, Sound
Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting Actor
BAFTAs2 nominated Actor, Sound
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.

Legacy85

Judged directly: Beloved Indiana Jones adventure, quotable.

Verdict85 of 100IMDb8.2 from 859kWikipedia58k views a monthAge37 years

Scored beside it · 62 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 82 praise 79 legacy 85averages 82, which places it at27,180 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

Sean Connery

In these careers — elevation for this film

Harrison Ford24,212 ftSean Connery23,938 ft