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Secret Sunshine

2007 · directed by Lee Chang-dong · 143 min
23,290 feet · Prominence
1,236th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw41

Lifetime worldwide gross $12m, re-releases included; about $18m in 2026 money.

Rank6,118 of 11,051In 2007165 of 320

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics89 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Criterion Korean drama, quiet footprint.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.5 from 10kWikipedia4k views a monthAge19 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,389 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 41 praise 89 legacy 45averages 58, placing it at23,290 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

Song Kang-ho18,685 ft