The Imitation Game

2014 · directed by Morten Tyldum · 113 min

24,123 feet · Prominence

818th of 24,106 films scored

Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw66

Lifetime worldwide gross $234m, re-releases included; about $326m in 2026 money.

Rank1,046 of 11,051In 201437 of 348

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.

Critics81 baseAwards87 signal → +9 lift

Oscars1 won Adapted Screenplay7 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Production Design, Film Editing, Original Score

Golden Globes4 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Supporting acting, Screenplay

BAFTAs5 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Supporting acting, Screenplay, Craft and other

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: Popular Turing biopic, culturally quiet.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb8 from 873kWikipedia0k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 1,326 of 4,039 films judged

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45Midnight in Paris (2011)

45The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

45Gosford Park (2001)

45Knocked Up (2007)

45The Imitation Game (2014)

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 66 praise 89 legacy 45averages 67, placing it at24,123 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Benedict Cumberbatch

In these careers — elevation for this film

Benedict Cumberbatch20,271 ft Keira Knightley19,520 ft Matthew Goode18,512 ft Mark Strong18,177 ft Charles Dance18,141 ft Rory Kinnear18,056 ft