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I, Daniel Blake

2016 · directed by Ken Loach · 100 min
24,106 feet · Prominence
824th 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.

Rank5,849 of 11,051In 2016153 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.

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 baseAwards31 signal → +2 lift

BAFTAs4 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Actress, Screenplay
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Criterion Loach, acclaimed but culturally quiet.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.8 from 68kWikipedia12k views a monthAge10 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 811 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 43 praise 87 legacy 55averages 62, placing it at24,106 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

▲ Hayley Squires▲ Dave Johns▲ Briana Shann▲ Dylan McKiernan

In these careers — elevation for this film

Dave Johns18,701 ftHayley Squires18,542 ftBriana Shann17,839 ftDylan McKiernan17,812 ft