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Memories of Murder

2003 · directed by Bong Joon Ho · 131 min
24,412 feet · Prominence
695th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

Lifetime worldwide gross $26m, re-releases included; about $47m in 2026 money.

Rank4,383 of 11,051In 2003115 of 227

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy60

Judged directly: Bong's breakthrough, rising critical stature.

Verdict60 of 100IMDb8.1 from 262kWikipedia79k views a monthAge23 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 581 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 48 praise 82 legacy 60averages 63, placing it at24,412 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

▲ Kim Sang-kyung▲ Kim Roi-ha

In these careers — elevation for this film

Song Kang-ho19,900 ftKim Sang-kyung18,959 ftKim Roi-ha18,117 ftSong Jae-ho18,046 ft