A Room with a View

1986 · directed by James Ivory · 117 min

24,516 feet · Prominence

648th of 24,106 films scored

Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

Lifetime worldwide gross $21m, re-releases included; about $63m in 2026 money.

Rank3,790 of 11,051In 198646 of 141

How Draw works

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

Praise96

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards95 signal → +4 lift

Oscars3 won Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Production Design5 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Cinematography

Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress2 nominated Motion Picture, Screenplay

BAFTAs2 won Film, Actress5 nominated Directing, Supporting acting, Screenplay, Sound, Craft and other

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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Merchant Ivory canon, narrow.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.2 from 51kWikipedia30k views a monthAge40 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 913 of 4,039 films judged

52All About My Mother (1999)

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52Billy Elliot (2000)

52Meet the Parents (2000)

52A Room with a View (1986)

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 51 praise 96 legacy 52averages 66, placing it at24,516 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

▲ Denholm Elliott

In these careers — elevation for this film

Maggie Smith19,542 ft Helena Bonham Carter19,461 ft Daniel Day-Lewis19,248 ft Denholm Elliott19,191 ft Julian Sands18,638 ft Simon Callow18,098 ft Rupert Graves18,087 ft Judi Dench17,668 ft