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1995 · directed by Todd Haynes · 119 min
23,248 feet · Prominence
1,258th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw26

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $1m in 2026 money.

Rank9,227 of 11,051In 1995175 of 192

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Haynes, Criterion, heavily critically canonized.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.1 from 18kWikipedia13k views a monthAge31 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 856 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 26 praise 82 legacy 55averages 54, placing it at23,248 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

Julianne Moore19,481 ftXander Berkeley17,938 ftJames Le Gros17,879 ftJessica Harper17,629 ft