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Inception

2010 · directed by Christopher Nolan · 148 min
27,443 feet · Prominence
53rd of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw82

Lifetime worldwide gross $839m, re-releases included; about $1.27bn in 2026 money.

Rank105 of 11,051In 20104 of 306

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics80 baseAwards81 signal → +8 lift

Oscars4 won Cinematography, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing4 nominated Picture, Original Screenplay, Production Design, Original Score
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Craft and other4 nominated Best Picture, Directing, 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.

Legacy84

Judged directly: Huge current attention, thinner durable canon.

Verdict84 of 100IMDb8.8 from 2.8mWikipedia135k views a monthAge16 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 80 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 82 praise 88 legacy 84averages 85, placing it at27,443 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

Leonardo DiCaprio20,937 ftJoseph Gordon-Levitt19,430 ftTom Hardy19,350 ftElliot Page19,221 ftCillian Murphy18,980 ftKen Watanabe18,568 ftTom Berenger18,075 ftMichael Caine17,680 ftMarion Cotillard17,678 ftPete Postlethwaite17,661 ftLukas Haas17,653 ft