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127 Hours

2010 · directed by Danny Boyle · 94 min
23,116 feet · Prominence
1,338th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

Lifetime worldwide gross $36m, re-releases included; about $54m in 2026 money.

Rank4,092 of 11,051In 2010122 of 306

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards71 signal → +4 lift

Oscars5 nominated Picture, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Original Score
Golden Globes2 nominated Lead acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs4 nominated Directing, Lead acting, 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.

Legacy38

Judged directly: The arm scene is all people recall.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb7.5 from 423kWikipedia39k views a monthAge16 years

Scored beside it · 1,879 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 49 praise 92 legacy 38averages 60, placing it at23,116 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

▲ James Franco

In these careers — elevation for this film

James Franco19,879 ftKate Mara18,060 ftAmber Tamblyn17,937 ftTreat Williams17,849 ftLizzy Caplan17,833 ftClémence Poésy17,805 ft