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Nightcrawler

2014 · directed by Dan Gilroy · 118 min
23,684 feet · Prominence
933rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

$47m worldwide in 2014 — $66m in today's money.

As released$47mIn 2026 money$66mRank3,325 of 8,589In 201494 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Critics 86, awards 12. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics86 → 43Awards12 → 6

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Gyllenhaal transformation, growing cult.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.8 from 662kWikipedia48k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 995 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 51 praise 86 legacy 45averages 61, which places it at23,684 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

Jake Gyllenhaal22,381 ftRene Russo21,823 ft