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The Truman Show

1998 · directed by Peter Weir · 103 min
26,998 feet · Prominence
84th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan

How this film scores

Draw71

$264m worldwide in 1998 — $535m in today's money.

As released$264mIn 2026 money$535mRank538 of 8,589In 199811 of 165

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Critics 92, awards 65. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics92 → 46Awards65 → 32

Oscars3 nominated Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actor
BAFTAs1 won Direction1 nominated Actor
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Truman Show delusion entered lexicon.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb8.2 from 1.4mWikipedia120k views a monthAge28 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 138 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 71 praise 95 legacy 78averages 81, which places it at26,998 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

Jim Carrey22,898 ft