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Happiness

1998 · directed by Todd Solondz · 140 min
22,737 feet · Prominence
1,599th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw34

Lifetime worldwide gross $3m, re-releases included; about $6m in 2026 money.

Rank7,719 of 11,051In 1998154 of 198

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics83 baseAwards6 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Screenplay
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Notorious transgressive indie, discussed not watched.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.7 from 79kWikipedia34k views a monthAge28 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,444 of 4,039 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 34 praise 83 legacy 45averages 54, placing it at22,737 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Dylan Baker

In these careers — elevation for this film

Philip Seymour Hoffman19,082 ftDylan Baker18,865 ftLara Flynn Boyle18,330 ftBen Gazzara18,153 ftMolly Shannon17,639 ft