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Shadowlands

1993 · directed by Richard Attenborough · 131 min
23,171 feet · Prominence
1,188th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw50

$26m worldwide in 1993 — $59m in today's money.

As released$26mIn 2026 money$59mRank3,515 of 8,589In 199360 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise100

Critics 100, awards 34. Half each, so Praise lands at 100.

Critics100 → 50Awards34 → 17

Oscars2 nominated Actress, Adapted Screenplay
BAFTAs1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
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.

Legacy28

Judged directly: Restrained Lewis biopic, culturally quiet.

Verdict28 of 100IMDb7.3 from 21kWikipedia11k views a monthAge33 years

Scored beside it · 2,007 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 50 praise 100 legacy 28averages 59, which places it at23,171 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

Anthony Hopkins22,346 ft