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Silkwood

1983 · directed by Mike Nichols · 131 min
23,423 feet · Prominence
1,053rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw56

$36m worldwide in 1983 — $118m in today's money.

As released$36mIn 2026 money$118mRank2,434 of 8,589In 198321 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.

Praise80

Critics 72, awards 61. Half each, so Praise lands at 80.

Critics72 → 36Awards61 → 31

Oscars5 nominated Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Silkwood shower entered the language.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.1 from 24kWikipedia18k views a monthAge43 years

Scored beside it · 1,155 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 56 praise 80 legacy 42averages 59, which places it at23,423 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

Meryl Streep22,618 ftKurt Russell21,834 ft