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Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001 · directed by John Cameron Mitchell · 95 min
24,095 feet · Prominence
833rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw35

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $7m in 2026 money.

Rank7,503 of 11,051In 2001172 of 229

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics89 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy57

Judged directly: Criterion cult musical, still staged.

Verdict57 of 100IMDb7.7 from 38kWikipedia17k views a monthAge25 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 714 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 35 praise 89 legacy 57averages 60, placing it at24,095 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

▲ John Cameron Mitchell▲ Miriam Shor▲ Theodore Liscinski▲ Stephen Trask

In these careers — elevation for this film

John Cameron Mitchell19,482 ftMiriam Shor18,052 ftStephen Trask17,789 ftTheodore Liscinski17,722 ftMichael Pitt17,641 ft