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The Pianist

2002 · directed by Roman Polanski · 150 min
25,589 feet · Prominence
331st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $120m, re-releases included; about $220m in 2026 money.

Rank1,574 of 11,051In 200238 of 253

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards95 signal → +5 lift

Oscars3 won Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay4 nominated Picture, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing
Golden Globes2 nominated Best Picture, Actor
BAFTAs2 won Film, Direction3 nominated Actor, Screenplay, Craft and other
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Holocaust canon, less quoted than Schindler's.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb8.5 from 1.0mWikipedia53k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 463 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 62 praise 95 legacy 62averages 73, placing it at25,589 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

▲ Adrien Brody▲ Thomas Kretschmann▲ Maureen Lipman

In these careers — elevation for this film

Adrien Brody20,400 ftThomas Kretschmann18,499 ftFrank Finlay18,002 ftMaureen Lipman17,837 ftBorys Szyc17,638 ftJohn Bennett17,625 ft