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Koyaanisqatsi

1983 · directed by Godfrey Reggio · 86 min
23,657 feet · Prominence
948th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw38

$3m worldwide in 1983 — $11m in today's money.

As released$3mIn 2026 money$11mRank5,855 of 8,589In 198370 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Critics 82, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 82.

Critics82 → 41Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Glass score, imagery endlessly homaged and parodied.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb8.2 from 44kWikipedia23k views a monthAge43 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 590 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 38 praise 82 legacy 58averages 59, which places it at23,657 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: Ed Asner, Pat Benatar, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett.