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'Round Midnight

1986 · directed by Bertrand Tavernier · 131 min
23,728 feet · Prominence
1,012nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $10m, re-releases included; about $30m in 2026 money.

Rank5,237 of 11,051In 198670 of 141

How Draw works

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

Praise100

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics100 baseAwards40 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 won Original Score1 nominated Actor
Golden Globes2 nominated Actor, Original Score
BAFTAs1 nominated Original Music
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.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Criterion jazz film, Hancock Oscar.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.4 from 6kWikipedia4k views a monthAge40 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,550 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 45 praise 100 legacy 42averages 62, placing it at23,728 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

François Cluzet19,083 ftBenoît Régent17,796 ftSophie Marceau17,647 ft