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Before Midnight

2013 · directed by Richard Linklater · 109 min
23,838 feet · Prominence
865th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw40

$11m worldwide in 2013 — $16m in today's money.

As released$11mIn 2026 money$16mRank5,444 of 8,589In 2013145 of 251

How Draw works

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

Praise96

Critics 96, awards 21. Half each, so Praise lands at 96.

Critics96 → 48Awards21 → 11

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes1 nominated 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Trilogy capstone, admired but quiet.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.9 from 183kWikipedia26k views a monthAge13 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 889 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 40 praise 96 legacy 48averages 61, which places it at23,838 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: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Prior.