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Interstellar

2014 · directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min
26,213 feet · Prominence
208th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 208th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $747m, re-releases included; about $927m in 2026 money.

Rank229 of 11,051In 201410 of 348

How Draw works

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

Praise78

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics74 baseAwards35 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 won Visual Effects4 nominated Production Design, Original Score, Sound, Sound Editing
BAFTAs1 won Craft and other1 nominated Craft and other
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.

Legacy74

Judged directly: Interstellar reviewed.

Verdict74 of 100IMDb8.7 from 2.5mWikipedia275k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 215 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 78 praise 78 legacy 74averages 77, placing it at26,213 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Matthew McConaughey

In these careers — elevation for this film

Matthew McConaughey20,680 ftAnne Hathaway19,319 ftJessica Chastain19,136 ftMichael Caine18,779 ftCasey Affleck18,259 ftWes Bentley18,007 ftTopher Grace17,939 ftDavid Oyelowo17,673 ftMatt Damon17,668 ftTimothee Chalamet17,661 ftEllen Burstyn17,660 ftJohn Lithgow17,660 ftWilliam Devane17,657 ft