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The Battle of Algiers

1966 · directed by Gillo Pontecorvo · 122 min
25,764 feet · Prominence
286th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw38

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $10m in 2026 money.

Rank7,035 of 11,051In 196628 of 34

How Draw works

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

Praise98

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics98 baseAwards39 signal → +0 lift

Oscars3 nominated Director, Original Screenplay, International Feature 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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Double canon; studied by militaries and film schools.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb8.1 from 75kWikipedia1k views a monthAge60 years

On the listsCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 255 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 38 praise 98 legacy 72averages 69, placing it at25,764 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

▲ Yacef Saâdi▲ Fouzia El Kader▲ Mohamed Ben Kassen▲ Brahim Hadjadj

In these careers — elevation for this film

Brahim Hadjadj18,240 ftYacef Saâdi18,191 ftFouzia El Kader17,922 ftMohamed Ben Kassen17,922 ft