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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1983
22,268 feet · Prominence
1,595th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw36

$2m worldwide in 1983 — $8m in today's money.

As released$2mIn 2026 money$8mRank6,148 of 8,589In 198374 of 90

How Draw works

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

Praise70

Critics 70, awards 6. Half each, so Praise lands at 70.

Critics70 → 35Awards6 → 3

BAFTAs1 won Original Music
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Sakamoto theme and Bowie sustain it.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.2 from 22kWikipedia23k views a monthAge43 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 932 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 36 praise 70 legacy 48averages 51, which places it at22,268 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.