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Dunkirk

2017 · directed by Christopher Nolan · 107 min
26,283 feet · Prominence
201st of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Dunkirk’ With Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, and Quentin Tarantino

How this film scores

Draw75

$549m worldwide in 2017 — $739m in today's money.

As released$549mIn 2026 money$739mRank327 of 8,589In 201717 of 237

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 93, awards 64. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics93 → 47Awards64 → 32

Oscars3 won Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing5 nominated Picture, Director, Cinematography, Production Design, Original Score
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Acclaimed war epic, fading impact.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.8 from 801kWikipedia81k views a monthAge9 years

Scored beside it · 402 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 75 praise 95 legacy 62averages 77, which places it at26,283 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

Tom Hardy22,386 ftMichael Caine21,589 ft