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Beasts of No Nation

2015 · directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga · 137 min
24,152 feet · Prominence
804th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw39

Lifetime worldwide gross $9m, re-releases included; about $13m in 2026 money.

Rank6,680 of 11,051In 2015159 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.

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 baseAwards13 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting acting
BAFTAs1 nominated Supporting acting
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Criterion where seven percent are listed.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.7 from 90kWikipedia17k views a monthAge11 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 682 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 39 praise 86 legacy 58averages 61, placing it at24,152 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

▲ Abraham Attah▲ Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye▲ Opeyemi Fagbohungbe

In these careers — elevation for this film

Idris Elba19,482 ftAbraham Attah18,619 ftEmmanuel Nii Adom Quaye17,765 ftOpeyemi Fagbohungbe17,728 ft