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Repulsion

1965 · directed by Roman Polanski · 105 min
25,552 feet · Prominence
339th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $3m, re-releases included; about $32m in 2026 money.

Rank5,100 of 11,051In 196526 of 33

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics94 baseAwards2 signal → +0 lift

BAFTAs1 nominated 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy69

Judged directly: Criterion psychological-horror landmark, still studied.

Verdict69 of 100IMDb7.6 from 60kWikipedia9k views a monthAge61 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 321 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 45 praise 94 legacy 69averages 69, placing it at25,552 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

▲ John Fraser

In these careers — elevation for this film

Catherine Deneuve20,092 ftPatrick Wymark17,953 ftIan Hendry17,916 ftYvonne Furneaux17,907 ftJohn Fraser17,866 ft