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The Piano Teacher

2001 · directed by Michael Haneke · 131 min
21,876 feet · Prominence
1,743rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw39

$7m worldwide in 2001 — $13m in today's money.

As released$7mIn 2026 money$13mRank5,692 of 8,589In 2001137 of 189

How Draw works

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

Praise78

Critics 77, awards 6. Half each, so Praise lands at 78.

Critics77 → 39Awards6 → 3

BAFTAs1 nominated Film Not in the English Language
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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Haneke provocation, arthouse-only recognition.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.5 from 78kWikipedia38k views a monthAge25 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,553 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 39 praise 78 legacy 35averages 51, which places it at21,876 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar.