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Joker

2019 · directed by Todd Phillips · 122 min
26,173 feet · Prominence
216th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 216th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw83

Lifetime worldwide gross $1.08bn, re-releases included; about $1.39bn in 2026 money.

Rank85 of 11,051In 20196 of 280

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics64 baseAwards94 signal → +17 lift

Oscars2 won Actor, Original Score8 nominated Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound
Golden Globes2 won Actor, Original Score2 nominated Best Picture, Screenplay
BAFTAs2 won Actor, Original Music4 nominated Best Picture, 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.

Legacy70

Judged directly: 1.69M IMDb votes; stairs dance ubiquitous meme.

Verdict70 of 100IMDb8.3 from 1.7mWikipedia77k views a monthAge7 years

Scored beside it · 293 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 83 praise 81 legacy 70averages 78, placing it at26,173 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

▲ Joaquin Phoenix

In these careers — elevation for this film

Joaquin Phoenix20,808 ftRobert De Niro18,791 ftZazie Beetz18,232 ftFrances Conroy18,183 ftShea Whigham17,818 ftBrian Tyree Henry17,660 ftMarc Maron17,658 ftJustin Theroux17,656 ftJosh Pais17,642 ft