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Bend It Like Beckham

2002 · directed by Gurinder Chadha · 112 min
23,474 feet · Prominence
1,145th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw57

Lifetime worldwide gross $77m, re-releases included; about $140m in 2026 money.

Rank2,289 of 11,051In 200259 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.

Praise77

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 baseAwards12 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Best Picture
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.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Title is a phrase; women's football touchstone.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb6.7 from 120kWikipedia41k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 1,188 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 57 praise 77 legacy 48averages 61, placing it at23,474 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

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