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Little Women

1994 · directed by Gillian Armstrong · 115 min
24,104 feet · Prominence
769th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

$95m worldwide in 1994 — $212m in today's money.

As released$95mIn 2026 money$212mRank1,578 of 8,589In 199428 of 155

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

Critics 87, awards 28. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics87 → 44Awards28 → 14

Oscars3 nominated Actress, Costume Design, Original Score
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy42

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

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

Scored beside it · 1,113 of 3,430 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, which places it at24,104 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 Ryder22,210 ftChristian Bale21,625 ft