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Interstellar

2014 · directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min
26,325 feet · Prominence
190th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 190th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw78

$747m worldwide in 2014 — $927m in today's money.

As released$747mIn 2026 money$927mRank223 of 8,589In 201410 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Critics 74, awards 28. Half each, so Praise lands at 77.

Critics74 → 37Awards28 → 14

Oscars1 won Visual Effects4 nominated Production Design, Original Score, Sound, Sound Editing
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.

Legacy74

Judged directly: Interstellar reviewed.

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

Scored beside it · 208 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 78 praise 77 legacy 74averages 76, which places it at26,325 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 McConaughey23,007 ftAnne Hathaway22,281 ftMatt Damon22,042 ftMichael Caine21,889 ftTimothee Chalamet21,713 ft