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Road to Perdition

2002 · directed by Sam Mendes · 117 min
24,838 feet · Prominence
536th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw66

$181m worldwide in 2002 — $332m in today's money.

As released$181mIn 2026 money$332mRank993 of 8,589In 200224 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Critics 77, awards 41. Half each, so Praise lands at 82.

Critics77 → 39Awards41 → 20

Oscars1 won Cinematography5 nominated Supporting Actor, Production Design, Original Score, Sound, Sound Editing
BAFTAs1 won Cinematography
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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Respected but quietly remembered.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.6 from 297kWikipedia0k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 634 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 66 praise 82 legacy 55averages 68, which places it at24,838 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 Hanks23,024 ftPaul Newman22,533 ft