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The Birth of a Nation

2016 · directed by Nate Parker · 120 min
22,553 feet · Prominence
1,898th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

Lifetime worldwide gross $16m, re-releases included; about $22m in 2026 money.

Rank5,824 of 11,051In 2016152 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.

Praise71

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics71 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.

Legacy47

Not judged yet, so Legacy falls back to footprint: how many still rate it, how highly, and for how long.

IMDb6.5 from 22kWikipedia14k views a monthAge10 years

How Legacy works

Canon list membership, reach (Wikipedia traffic above IMDb votes) and time served. Every signal behind it keeps updating, which is what separates Legacy from Praise.

draw 43 praise 71 legacy 47averages 54, placing it at22,553 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

▲ Nate Parker

In these careers — elevation for this film

Nate Parker19,775 ftArmie Hammer18,646 ftJackie Earle Haley18,186 ftPenelope Ann Miller18,124 ftAunjanue Ellis-Taylor18,005 ftGabrielle Union17,983 ftMark Boone Junior17,811 ftColman Domingo17,639 ftKelvin Harrison Jr.17,637 ft