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Darkest Hour

2017 · directed by Joe Wright · 125 min
24,444 feet · Prominence
641st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

$151m worldwide in 2017 — $203m in today's money.

As released$151mIn 2026 money$203mRank1,631 of 8,589In 201750 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.

Praise88

Critics 80, awards 81. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics80 → 40Awards81 → 40

Oscars2 won Actor, Makeup and Hairstyling4 nominated Picture, Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design
Golden Globes1 won Actor
BAFTAs1 won 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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Oldman Churchill, awards film fading.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.4 from 236kWikipedia42k views a monthAge9 years

Scored beside it · 865 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 61 praise 88 legacy 48averages 66, which places it at24,444 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

Gary Oldman

In these careers — elevation for this film

Gary Oldman22,637 ft