Cries and Whispers

1972 · directed by Ingmar Bergman · 95 min

23,016 feet · Prominence

1,394th of 24,106 films scored

Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw0

No worldwide gross on file, so Draw is zero. A gap in the data, not a verdict.

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards59 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 won Cinematography4 nominated Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Costume Design

BAFTAs2 nominated Supporting acting, Craft and other

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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Bergman canon; imagery endlessly cited.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.9 from 40kWikipedia6k views a monthAge54 years

On the listsCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 864 of 4,039 films judged

55Annie (1982)

55Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

55Blade (1998)

553 Women (1977)

55Step Brothers (2008)

55National Treasure (2004)

55Cries and Whispers (1972)

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 0 praise 94 legacy 55averages 50, placing it at23,016 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

Liv Ullmann18,079 ft