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It Was Just an Accident

2025 · directed by Jafar Panahi · 104 min · PG-13
24,587 feet · Prominence
628th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw38

Lifetime worldwide gross $10m, re-releases included; about $10m in 2026 money.

Rank7,028 of 11,051In 2025118 of 235

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.

Critics95 baseAwards43 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Original Screenplay, International Feature Film
Golden Globes3 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Screenplay
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Criterion, MC91, Palme d'Or; Panahi's landmark.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.4 from 33kWikipedia114k views a monthAge1 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 662 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 38 praise 96 legacy 58averages 64, placing it at24,587 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

▲ Mariam Afshari▲ Ebrahim Azizi▲ Hadis Pakbaten▲ Vahid Mobasseri

In these careers — elevation for this film

Vahid Mobasseri18,344 ftMariam Afshari18,341 ftEbrahim Azizi18,153 ftHadis Pakbaten17,983 ft