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Blue Is the Warmest Color

2013 · directed by Abdellatif Kechiche · 180 min · NC-17
22,997 feet · Prominence
1,408th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

Lifetime worldwide gross $20m, re-releases included; about $28m in 2026 money.

Rank5,364 of 11,051In 2013144 of 320

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics89 baseAwards12 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Non-English Language Film
BAFTAs1 nominated Film Not in the English Language
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Palme controversy dominates its memory.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.6 from 173kWikipedia57k views a monthAge13 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,755 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 44 praise 90 legacy 40averages 58, placing it at22,997 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

Léa Seydoux18,868 ft