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The Pianist

2002 · directed by Roman Polanski · 150 min
25,682 feet · Prominence
311st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw62

$120m worldwide in 2002 — $220m in today's money.

As released$120mIn 2026 money$220mRank1,511 of 8,589In 200235 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.

Praise95

Critics 90, awards 93. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics90 → 45Awards93 → 47

Oscars3 won Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay4 nominated Picture, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 nominated Actor
BAFTAs2 won Film, Direction1 nominated 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.

Legacy62

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

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

Scored beside it · 419 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 62 praise 95 legacy 62averages 73, which places it at25,682 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman.