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Straw Dogs

1971 · directed by Sam Peckinpah · 116 min
23,293 feet · Prominence
1,125th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

$3m worldwide in 1971 — $26m in today's money.

As released$3mIn 2026 money$26mRank4,778 of 8,589In 197126 of 36

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

Critics 78, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 79.

Critics78 → 39Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Original Dramatic 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.

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 · 834 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 44 praise 79 legacy 50averages 58, which places it at23,293 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

Dustin Hoffman22,476 ft