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The Departed

2006 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 151 min
26,501 feet · Prominence
161st of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw70

Lifetime worldwide gross $291m, re-releases included; about $477m in 2026 money.

Rank663 of 11,051In 200614 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards93 signal → +6 lift

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing1 nominated Supporting Actor
Golden Globes1 won Director
BAFTAs6 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Lead acting, Supporting acting, Screenplay, Craft and other
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Scorsese hit, memorable but less omnipresent.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb8.5 from 1.6mWikipedia134k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 232 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 70 praise 94 legacy 72averages 79, placing it at26,501 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

Leonardo DiCaprio20,647 ftMatt Damon19,849 ftJack Nicholson19,662 ftMark Wahlberg19,468 ftMartin Sheen18,630 ftVera Farmiga18,610 ftRay Winstone18,447 ftAlec Baldwin17,670 ftJames Badge Dale17,644 ft