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Witness

1985 · directed by Peter Weir · 112 min
24,815 feet · Prominence
549th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw67

Lifetime worldwide gross $116m, re-releases included; about $356m in 2026 money.

Rank933 of 11,051In 19857 of 123

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics84 baseAwards90 signal → +7 lift

Oscars2 won Original Screenplay, Film Editing6 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Cinematography, Production Design, Original Score
Golden Globes5 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Supporting acting, Screenplay, Original Score
BAFTAs1 won Original Music4 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Screenplay, 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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Acclaimed thriller, largely forgotten now.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.3 from 113kWikipedia32k views a monthAge41 years

Scored beside it · 902 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 67 praise 91 legacy 52averages 70, placing it at24,815 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

▲ Josef Sommer

In these careers — elevation for this film

Harrison Ford20,377 ftKelly McGillis19,330 ftLukas Haas18,623 ftDanny Glover18,411 ftJosef Sommer18,061 ftAlexander Godunov17,997 ftViggo Mortensen17,667 ftPatti LuPone17,632 ft