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Memories of Murder

2003 · directed by Bong Joon Ho · 131 min
24,310 feet · Prominence
683rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

$26m worldwide in 2003 — $47m in today's money.

As released$26mIn 2026 money$47mRank3,903 of 8,589In 2003102 of 176

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.

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 · 502 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 48 praise 82 legacy 60averages 63, which places it at24,310 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: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roi-ha, Song Jae-ho.