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Au Revoir les Enfants

1987 · directed by Louis Malle · 105 min
23,505 feet · Prominence
1,128th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw39

Lifetime worldwide gross $5m, re-releases included; about $13m in 2026 money.

Rank6,608 of 11,051In 198793 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics93 baseAwards55 signal → +2 lift

Oscars2 nominated Original Screenplay, International Feature Film
BAFTAs1 won Direction3 nominated Film, Original Screenplay, Film Not in the English Language
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Malle's acclaimed memoir piece, arthouse staple.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb8 from 37kWikipedia7k views a monthAge39 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,370 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 39 praise 95 legacy 45averages 60, placing it at23,505 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

Peter Fitz17,810 ftIrène Jacob17,642 ft