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Midnight Run

1988 · directed by Martin Brest · 126 min
24,280 feet · Prominence
751st of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw55

Lifetime worldwide gross $38m, re-releases included; about $107m in 2026 money.

Rank2,799 of 11,051In 198831 of 173

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards21 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Beloved buddy comedy, unlisted among listed peers.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.5 from 103kWikipedia0k views a monthAge38 years

Scored beside it · 927 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 55 praise 88 legacy 52averages 65, placing it at24,280 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

▲ Charles Grodin▲ John Ashton

In these careers — elevation for this film

Charles Grodin19,788 ftRobert De Niro19,664 ftYaphet Kotto18,197 ftJoe Pantoliano18,141 ftJohn Ashton18,081 ftPhilip Baker Hall17,644 ftLois Smith17,634 ftJack Kehoe17,633 ft