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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983 · directed by Terry Jones · 107 min · R
24,187 feet · Prominence
788th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw58

Lifetime worldwide gross $43m, re-releases included; about $142m in 2026 money.

Rank2,274 of 11,051In 198318 of 101

How Draw works

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

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics79 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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: Python canon, wafer-thin mint.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.5 from 130kWikipedia12k views a monthAge43 years

Scored beside it · 803 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 58 praise 79 legacy 55averages 64, placing it at24,187 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

▲ Michael Palin▲ Graham Chapman▲ Eric Idle

In these careers — elevation for this film

John Cleese18,982 ftMichael Palin18,883 ftEric Idle18,856 ftGraham Chapman18,771 ftTerry Gilliam18,147 ftMichael Caine17,661 ftMatt Frewer17,637 ft