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Blue Is the Warmest Color

2013
23,153 feet · Prominence
1,194th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

$20m worldwide in 2013 — $28m in today's money.

As released$20mIn 2026 money$28mRank4,695 of 8,589In 2013129 of 251

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

Critics 89, awards 12. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics89 → 45Awards12 → 6

Golden Globes1 nominated Non-English Language Film
BAFTAs1 nominated 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

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 · 1,270 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 44 praise 90 legacy 40averages 58, which places it at23,153 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.