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Babette's Feast

1987 · directed by Gabriel Axel · 104 min
23,725 feet · Prominence
915th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw39

$4m worldwide in 1987 — $13m in today's money.

As released$4mIn 2026 money$13mRank5,671 of 8,589In 198786 of 130

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Critics 88, awards 37. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics88 → 44Awards37 → 19

Oscars1 won International Feature Film
BAFTAs1 won Film Not in the English Language
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.

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 · 761 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 39 praise 90 legacy 52averages 60, which places it at23,725 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: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle.