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Three Colors: Red

1994 · directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · 100 min
25,526 feet · Prominence
348th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw37

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $9m in 2026 money.

Rank7,112 of 11,051In 1994131 of 178

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics100 baseAwards34 signal → +0 lift

Oscars3 nominated Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

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 · 355 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 37 praise 100 legacy 68averages 68, placing it at25,526 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

▲ Irène Jacob▲ Jean-Pierre Lorit▲ Frédérique Feder

In these careers — elevation for this film

Irène Jacob19,663 ftJean-Louis Trintignant19,641 ftJean-Pierre Lorit17,916 ftFrédérique Feder17,878 ftBenoît Régent17,733 ftJuliette Binoche17,654 ftJulie Delpy17,650 ft