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The Cider House Rules

1999 · directed by Lasse Hallström · 126 min
23,160 feet · Prominence
1,190th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw60

$89m worldwide in 1999 — $175m in today's money.

As released$89mIn 2026 money$175mRank1,825 of 8,589In 199945 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Critics 74, awards 73. Half each, so Praise lands at 83.

Critics74 → 37Awards73 → 36

Oscars2 won Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay5 nominated Picture, Director, Production Design, Film Editing, Original Score
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.

Legacy33

Judged directly: Prestige adaptation, culturally quiet.

Verdict33 of 100IMDb7.4 from 109kWikipedia10k views a monthAge27 years

Scored beside it · 1,630 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 60 praise 83 legacy 33averages 59, which places it at23,160 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

Michael Caine22,107 ftCharlize Theron21,932 ft