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45 Years

2015 · directed by Andrew Haigh · 95 min
22,989 feet · Prominence
1,410th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw35

Lifetime worldwide gross $4m, re-releases included; about $6m in 2026 money.

Rank7,669 of 11,051In 2015187 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.

Praise96

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics95 baseAwards20 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 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. 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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Criterion, acclaimed, tiny public presence.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.1 from 37kWikipedia6k views a monthAge11 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,756 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 35 praise 96 legacy 40averages 57, placing it at22,989 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

▲ Tom Courtenay

In these careers — elevation for this film

Charlotte Rampling19,617 ftTom Courtenay19,258 ftGeraldine James17,778 ft