A Room with a View

1986 · directed by James Ivory · 117 min

24,586 feet · Prominence

601st of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

$21m worldwide in 1986 — $63m in today's money.

As released$21mIn 2026 money$63mRank3,416 of 8,589In 198645 of 117

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Critics 92, awards 91. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics92 → 46Awards91 → 46

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

Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress1 nominated Motion Picture

BAFTAs2 won Film, Actress1 nominated Sound

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.

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 · 738 of 3,430 films judged

52Hercules (1997)

52Ray (2004)

52Billy Elliot (2000)

52The Thin Red Line (1998)

52Ice Age (2002)

52My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

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 95 legacy 52averages 66, which places it at24,586 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

Daniel Day-Lewis21,732 ft Judi Dench21,568 ft