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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

1972 · directed by Luis Buñuel · 101 min
24,791 feet · Prominence
562nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw25

Lifetime worldwide gross $0m, re-releases included; about $1m in 2026 money.

Rank9,432 of 11,051In 197236 of 38

How Draw works

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

Praise97

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics96 baseAwards67 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 won International Feature Film1 nominated Original Screenplay
BAFTAs2 won Actress, Screenplay2 nominated Best Picture, Directing
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.

Legacy65

Judged directly: Criterion, Bunuel, permanent arthouse canon.

Verdict65 of 100IMDb7.8 from 49kWikipedia8k views a monthAge54 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 426 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 25 praise 97 legacy 65averages 62, placing it at24,791 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

▲ Stéphane Audran▲ Paul Frankeur

In these careers — elevation for this film

Fernando Rey18,500 ftStéphane Audran18,439 ftDelphine Seyrig18,204 ftJean-Pierre Cassel18,005 ftPaul Frankeur17,968 ftMichel Piccoli17,633 ft