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Three Colors: Red

1994 · directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · 100 min
25,148 feet · Prominence
446th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw37

$4m worldwide in 1994 — $9m in today's money.

As released$4mIn 2026 money$9mRank5,987 of 8,589In 1994119 of 155

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

Oscars3 nominated Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography
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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Criterion, Kieslowski, permanent arthouse canon.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb8.1 from 116kWikipedia7k views a monthAge32 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 337 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 37 praise 100 legacy 68averages 68, which places it at25,148 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: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit.