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Mona Lisa

1986 · directed by Neil Jordan · 105 min
22,428 feet · Prominence
1,539th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw41

$6m worldwide in 1986 — $17m in today's money.

As released$6mIn 2026 money$17mRank5,331 of 8,589In 198681 of 117

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Critics 92, awards 20. Half each, so Praise lands at 92.

Critics92 → 46Awards20 → 10

Oscars1 nominated Actor
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.

Legacy30

Judged directly: Hoskins showcase, largely faded.

Verdict30 of 100IMDb7.3 from 20kWikipedia7k views a monthAge40 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,883 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 41 praise 92 legacy 30averages 54, which places it at22,428 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

Michael Caine21,655 ft