← Apex Mountain

Clear and Present Danger

1994 · directed by Phillip Noyce · 141 min
22,663 feet · Prominence
1,726th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $216m, re-releases included; about $481m in 2026 money.

Rank658 of 11,051In 199410 of 178

How Draw works

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

Praise78

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards10 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Sound, Sound Editing
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.

Legacy33

Judged directly: Solid Ryan thriller, forgotten.

Verdict33 of 100IMDb6.9 from 113kWikipedia37k views a monthAge32 years

Scored beside it · 2,235 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 70 praise 78 legacy 33averages 60, placing it at22,663 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

Harrison Ford19,820 ftWillem Dafoe18,855 ftHenry Czerny18,379 ftJoaquim de Almeida18,315 ftThora Birch17,658 ftJames Earl Jones17,655 ftBenjamin Bratt17,647 ftDean Jones17,646 ftAnne Archer17,643 ftVondie Curtis-Hall17,636 ftPatrick Bauchau17,635 ftDiana Sowle17,634 ftTom Bower17,629 ftHope Lange17,626 ft