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The Last King of Scotland

2006 · directed by Kevin Macdonald · 123 min
23,364 feet · Prominence
1,086th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

$49m worldwide in 2006 — $80m in today's money.

As released$49mIn 2026 money$80mRank3,047 of 8,589In 200685 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.

Praise88

Critics 81, awards 81. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics81 → 40Awards81 → 41

Oscars1 won Actor
Golden Globes1 won Actor
BAFTAs3 won British Film, Actor, Adapted Screenplay1 nominated Actor
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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Whitaker's Amin, film less remembered.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.6 from 203kWikipedia48k views a monthAge20 years

Scored beside it · 1,354 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 52 praise 88 legacy 38averages 59, which places it at23,364 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: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson.