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Frost/Nixon

2008 · directed by Ron Howard · 122 min
22,532 feet · Prominence
1,931st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

Lifetime worldwide gross $27m, re-releases included; about $42m in 2026 money.

Rank4,597 of 11,051In 2008132 of 300

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards84 signal → +6 lift

Oscars5 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes5 nominated Best Picture, Director, Lead acting, Screenplay, Craft and other
BAFTAs5 nominated Film, Direction, Lead acting, Screenplay, 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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Stage transfer, culturally quiet.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7.6 from 115kWikipedia13k views a monthAge18 years

Scored beside it · 2,317 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 47 praise 92 legacy 32averages 57, placing it at22,532 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

▲ Michael Sheen

In these careers — elevation for this film

Frank Langella19,767 ftMichael Sheen19,522 ftRon Howard18,651 ftKevin Bacon18,506 ftSam Rockwell18,391 ftOliver Platt18,190 ftRebecca Hall18,148 ftToby Jones18,122 ftMatthew Macfadyen18,116 ft