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Marriage Story

2019 · directed by Noah Baumbach · 137 min
24,805 feet · Prominence
555th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw23

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

Rank9,841 of 11,051In 2019234 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.

Praise97

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics95 baseAwards90 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress5 nominated Picture, Actress, Actor, Original Screenplay, Original Score
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress3 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Actress3 nominated Actress, Lead acting, Screenplay
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.

Legacy66

Judged directly: Criterion, MC94; argument scene endlessly memed.

Verdict66 of 100IMDb7.9 from 370kWikipedia35k views a monthAge7 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 401 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 23 praise 97 legacy 66averages 62, placing it at24,805 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

▲ Laura Dern

In these careers — elevation for this film

Adam Driver19,513 ftLaura Dern19,513 ftScarlett Johansson19,513 ftAlan Alda18,277 ftRay Liotta18,240 ftJulie Hagerty17,837 ftWallace Shawn17,632 ftMark O'Brien17,629 ftMickey Sumner17,622 ftBashir Salahuddin17,621 ft