Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000 · directed by Ang Lee · 120 min

26,981 feet · Prominence

88th of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredThe 88th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw68

$214m worldwide in 2000 — $410m in today's money.

As released$214mIn 2026 money$410mRank784 of 8,589In 200019 of 172

How Draw works

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

Praise97

Critics 95, awards 87. Half each, so Praise lands at 97.

Critics95 → 48Awards87 → 43

Oscars4 won International Feature Film, Cinematography, Production Design, Original Score5 nominated Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Film Editing

Golden Globes1 won Non-English Language Film

BAFTAs2 won Direction, Film Not in the English Language

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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon reviewed.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.9 from 293kWikipedia48k views a monthAge26 years

Scored beside it · 139 of 3,430 films judged

78The Sting (1973)

78Moana (2016)

78The Truman Show (1998)

78The French Connection (1971)

78Django Unchained (2012)

78Platoon (1986)

78Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

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 68 praise 97 legacy 78averages 81, which places it at26,981 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen.