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Cold War

2018 · directed by Paweł Pawlikowski · 88 min · R
24,368 feet · Prominence
714th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

Lifetime worldwide gross $19m, re-releases included; about $25m in 2026 money.

Rank5,592 of 11,051In 2018130 of 303

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics91 baseAwards39 signal → +2 lift

Oscars2 nominated Director, Cinematography
BAFTAs3 nominated Directing, 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Criterion, MC90; canon verdict against 9k traffic.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.5 from 65kWikipedia7k views a monthAge8 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 789 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 43 praise 93 legacy 55averages 64, placing it at24,368 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

▲ Tomasz Kot▲ Joanna Kulig

In these careers — elevation for this film

Joanna Kulig19,313 ftTomasz Kot19,018 ftBorys Szyc18,012 ftAgata Kulesza17,938 ft