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Law of Desire

1987 · directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 102 min
22,981 feet · Prominence
1,420th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw33

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $4m in 2026 money.

Rank8,110 of 11,051In 1987129 of 162

How Draw works

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

Praise100

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics100 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. 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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Early Almodovar, queer-cinema significance, niche.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.1 from 15kWikipedia4k views a monthAge39 years

Scored beside it · 1,885 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 33 praise 100 legacy 38averages 57, placing it at22,981 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

Carmen Maura18,932 ftAntonio Banderas18,915 ft