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Shakespeare in Love

1998 · directed by John Madden · 124 min
25,109 feet · Prominence
460th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw72

$289m worldwide in 1998 — $586m in today's money.

As released$289mIn 2026 money$586mRank476 of 8,589In 19989 of 165

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

Critics 90, awards 96. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics90 → 45Awards96 → 48

Oscars7 won Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Production Design, Original Musical or Comedy Score6 nominated Director, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound
Golden Globes1 won Actress
BAFTAs1 won Actress1 nominated Actor
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Oscar upset, largely forgotten now.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.1 from 240kWikipedia40k views a monthAge28 years

Scored beside it · 941 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 72 praise 95 legacy 45averages 71, which places it at25,109 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

Ben Affleck21,686 ftJudi Dench21,627 ft