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The Departed

2006 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 151 min
26,559 feet · Prominence
153rd of 15,261 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw70

$291m worldwide in 2006 — $477m in today's money.

As released$291mIn 2026 money$477mRank648 of 8,589In 200614 of 215

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Critics 88, awards 88. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.

Critics88 → 44Awards88 → 44

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing1 nominated Supporting Actor
Golden Globes1 won Director
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Scorsese hit, memorable but less omnipresent.

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

Scored beside it · 224 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 70 praise 93 legacy 72averages 78, which places it at26,559 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 DiCaprio22,912 ftMatt Damon22,595 ftJack Nicholson22,320 ftBrad Pitt21,591 ft