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Before the Rain

1994 · directed by Milcho Manchevski · 113 min
22,761 feet · Prominence
1,557th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw28

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $2m in 2026 money.

Rank8,897 of 11,051In 1994158 of 178

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards12 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 nominated 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy42

Judged directly: Criterion Balkan-war drama, narrow audience.

Verdict42 of 100IMDb7.8 from 17kWikipedia3k views a monthAge32 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,624 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 28 praise 92 legacy 42averages 54, placing it at22,761 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

Katrin Cartlidge18,380 ft