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The Shop on Main Street

1965 · directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos · 128 min
23,810 feet · Prominence
968th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw40

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $15m in 2026 money.

Rank6,409 of 11,051In 196527 of 33

How Draw works

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

Praise100

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics100 baseAwards42 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 won International Feature Film1 nominated Actress
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: Criterion Oscar winner, canonical Czech film.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb8.2 from 10kWikipedia2k views a monthAge61 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,345 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 40 praise 100 legacy 45averages 62, placing it at23,810 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

▲ Ida Kamińska▲ František Zvarík▲ Hana Slivková▲ Jozef Kroner

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ida Kamińska19,790 ftJozef Kroner18,545 ftFrantišek Zvarík17,970 ftHana Slivková17,970 ft