La La Land

2016 · directed by Damien Chazelle · 129 min

26,672 feet · Prominence

140th of 24,106 films scored

Not coveredThe 140th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw72

Lifetime worldwide gross $509m, re-releases included; about $599m in 2026 money.

Rank470 of 11,051In 201616 of 335

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.

Critics93 baseAwards99 signal → +4 lift

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

BAFTAs5 won Best Picture, Direction, Actress, Cinematography, Craft and other3 nominated Lead acting, 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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: MC94, 94th pct; envelope moment, City of Stars.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb8 from 760kWikipedia87k views a monthAge10 years

Scored beside it · 227 of 4,039 films judged

74Mirror (1975)

73The Killer (1989)

72Spider-Man 2 (2004)

72Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

72Doctor Zhivago (1965)

72Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

72La La Land (2016)

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 72averages 80, placing it at26,672 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

▲ Ryan Gosling ▲ Emma Stone

In these careers — elevation for this film

Emma Stone20,695 ft Ryan Gosling20,695 ft John Legend17,960 ft Rosemarie DeWitt17,954 ft Sonoya Mizuno17,807 ft J.K. Simmons17,666 ft Bruce Davison17,655 ft