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Babette's Feast

1987 · directed by Gabriel Axel · 104 min
23,921 feet · Prominence
910th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw39

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $13m in 2026 money.

Rank6,659 of 11,051In 198794 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards60 signal → +4 lift

Oscars1 won International Feature Film
BAFTAs1 won Film Not in the English Language5 nominated Best Picture, Directing, 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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Criterion Oscar winner, food-film touchstone.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.8 from 23kWikipedia12k views a monthAge39 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 944 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 39 praise 91 legacy 52averages 61, placing it at23,921 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

▲ Bodil Kjer▲ Jarl Kulle▲ Birgitte Federspiel

In these careers — elevation for this film

Stéphane Audran19,107 ftBodil Kjer18,228 ftBirgitte Federspiel18,063 ftJarl Kulle17,993 ftBibi Andersson17,844 ft