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Boys Don't Cry

1999 · directed by Kimberly Peirce · 118 min
23,754 feet · Prominence
907th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

$12m worldwide in 1999 — $23m in today's money.

As released$12mIn 2026 money$23mRank4,987 of 8,589In 1999110 of 170

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

Critics 88, awards 63. Half each, so Praise lands at 92.

Critics88 → 44Awards63 → 31

Oscars1 won Actress1 nominated Supporting Actress
Golden Globes1 won Actress
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Landmark trans story, now contested.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.5 from 107kWikipedia26k views a monthAge27 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 892 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 43 praise 92 legacy 48averages 61, which places it at23,754 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: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III.