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The Last King of Scotland

2006 · directed by Kevin Macdonald · 123 min
23,047 feet · Prominence
1,385th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $49m, re-releases included; about $80m in 2026 money.

Rank3,348 of 11,051In 2006101 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 baseAwards83 signal → +8 lift

Oscars1 won Actor
Golden Globes1 won Actor
BAFTAs3 won British Film, Actor, Adapted Screenplay2 nominated Best Picture, Actor
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.

Legacy38

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

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

Scored beside it · 1,881 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 52 praise 89 legacy 38averages 60, placing it at23,047 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

Forest Whitaker19,927 ftJames McAvoy19,798 ftKerry Washington18,169 ftGillian Anderson18,110 ftDavid Oyelowo17,932 ft