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La La Land

2016 · directed by Damien Chazelle · 129 min
26,884 feet · Prominence
98th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 98th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw72

$509m worldwide in 2016 — $599m in today's money.

As released$509mIn 2026 money$599mRank464 of 8,589In 201616 of 252

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

Critics 93, awards 99. Half each, so Praise lands at 96.

Critics93 → 46Awards99 → 49

Oscars6 won Director, Actress, Original Song, Cinematography, Production Design, Original Score7 nominated Picture, Actor, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing
Golden Globes7 won Motion Picture, Director, Actress, Actor, Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song
BAFTAs3 won Direction, Actress, Cinematography
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.

Legacy74

Judged directly: Modern musical, Oscar mixup fame.

Verdict74 of 100IMDb8 from 760kWikipedia87k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 201 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 72 praise 96 legacy 74averages 81, which places it at26,884 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

Emma Stone

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ryan Gosling22,746 ftEmma Stone22,633 ft