Cries and Whispers

1972 · directed by Ingmar Bergman · 95 min

22,108 feet · Prominence

1,667th of 15,261 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

Critics 92, awards 55. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics92 → 46Awards55 → 27

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

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.

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 · 707 of 3,430 films judged

55Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

55Heaven's Gate (1980)

55Jennifer's Body (2009)

55Tommy Boy (1995)

55Road House (1989)

55Amarcord (1973)

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, which places it at22,108 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan, Harriet Andersson.