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Straw Dogs

1971 · directed by Sam Peckinpah · 116 min
23,308 feet · Prominence
1,218th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

Lifetime worldwide gross $3m, re-releases included; about $26m in 2026 money.

Rank5,468 of 11,051In 197127 of 40

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics78 baseAwards5 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Dramatic 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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Censorship landmark, permanently controversial Peckinpah.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.4 from 68kWikipedia22k views a monthAge55 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,080 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 44 praise 79 legacy 50averages 58, placing it at23,308 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

▲ Colin Welland

In these careers — elevation for this film

Dustin Hoffman19,855 ftColin Welland17,810 ftDavid Warner17,645 ft