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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989 · directed by Steven Spielberg · 127 min
27,120 feet · Prominence
80th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw82

Lifetime worldwide gross $474m, re-releases included; about $1.26bn in 2026 money.

Rank106 of 11,051In 19891 of 156

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 baseAwards32 signal → +4 lift

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

Legacy85

Judged directly: Beloved Indiana Jones adventure, quotable.

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

Scored beside it · 65 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 82 praise 79 legacy 85averages 82, placing it at27,120 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

▲ Julian Glover▲ Alison Doody

In these careers — elevation for this film

Harrison Ford20,585 ftSean Connery20,340 ftDenholm Elliott18,438 ftRiver Phoenix18,183 ftJohn Rhys-Davies18,159 ftJulian Glover18,033 ftAlison Doody18,015 ftVernon Dobtcheff17,633 ft