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The Double Life of Véronique

1991 · directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · 98 min
24,012 feet · Prominence
876th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw34

Lifetime worldwide gross $2m, re-releases included; about $5m in 2026 money.

Rank7,891 of 11,051In 1991132 of 176

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics86 baseAwards6 signal → +0 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Non-English Language Film
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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Kieslowski Criterion landmark, enduring arthouse touchstone.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.6 from 56kWikipedia5k views a monthAge35 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 688 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 34 praise 86 legacy 58averages 59, placing it at24,012 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

▲ Halina Gryglaszewska

In these careers — elevation for this film

Irène Jacob19,719 ftPhilippe Volter17,992 ftGuillaume de Tonquédec17,751 ftHalina Gryglaszewska17,740 ft