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Little Women

1994 · directed by Gillian Armstrong · 115 min
23,701 feet · Prominence
1,025th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

Lifetime worldwide gross $95m, re-releases included; about $212m in 2026 money.

Rank1,645 of 11,051In 199430 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.

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards28 signal → +2 lift

Oscars3 nominated Actress, Costume Design, Original Score
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Well-loved, overshadowed by the 2019 version.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.3 from 68kWikipedia21k views a monthAge32 years

Scored beside it · 1,552 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 61 praise 89 legacy 42averages 64, placing it at23,701 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

▲ Winona Ryder

In these careers — elevation for this film

Winona Ryder20,144 ftSusan Sarandon19,164 ftChristian Bale19,106 ftKirsten Dunst18,873 ftClaire Danes18,762 ftGabriel Byrne18,431 ftSamantha Mathis18,220 ftEric Stoltz17,652 ft