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Babel

2006 · directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 143 min
23,801 feet · Prominence
970th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $135m, re-releases included; about $222m in 2026 money.

Rank1,564 of 11,051In 200639 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise80

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics69 baseAwards74 signal → +12 lift

Oscars1 won Original Score5 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Film Editing
BAFTAs1 won Craft and other4 nominated Best Picture, Directing, 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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Acclaimed but culturally faded.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.5 from 325kWikipedia37k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 1,163 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 62 praise 80 legacy 48averages 63, placing it at23,801 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

▲ Rinko Kikuchi

In these careers — elevation for this film

Rinko Kikuchi19,389 ftAdriana Barraza19,205 ftBrad Pitt19,005 ftCate Blanchett18,540 ftGael García Bernal18,373 ftElle Fanning17,657 ftKoji Yakusho17,654 ftMichael Peña17,652 ftClifton Collins Jr.17,643 ftEmilio Echevarría17,636 ft