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Before Midnight

2013 · directed by Richard Linklater · 109 min
23,881 feet · Prominence
934th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw40

Lifetime worldwide gross $11m, re-releases included; about $16m in 2026 money.

Rank6,344 of 11,051In 2013165 of 320

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics96 baseAwards21 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes1 nominated Actress
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

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 · 1,159 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 40 praise 96 legacy 48averages 61, placing it at23,881 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

▲ Julie Delpy▲ Jennifer Prior

In these careers — elevation for this film

Julie Delpy19,597 ftEthan Hawke19,497 ftSeamus Davey-Fitzpatrick17,717 ftJennifer Prior17,680 ft