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Day for Night

1973 · directed by François Truffaut · 116 min
23,999 feet · Prominence
884th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw35

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $6m in 2026 money.

Rank7,593 of 11,051In 197345 of 48

How Draw works

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

Praise99

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics98 baseAwards83 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 won International Feature Film3 nominated Director, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes2 nominated Lead acting, Supporting acting
BAFTAs3 won Film, Direction, Supporting acting
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Truffaut's film-about-film, enduring cinephile canon.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb8 from 26kWikipedia4k views a monthAge53 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,048 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 35 praise 99 legacy 50averages 61, placing it at23,999 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

▲ François Truffaut▲ Valentina Cortese▲ Dani

In these careers — elevation for this film

François Truffaut19,718 ftJacqueline Bisset18,935 ftJean-Pierre Léaud18,546 ftValentina Cortese18,490 ftAlexandra Stewart17,826 ftDani17,823 ftNathalie Baye17,641 ft