Parasite

2019 · directed by Bong Joon Ho · 133 min

27,525 feet · Prominence

41st of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredThe 41st highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw66

$258m worldwide in 2019 — $332m in today's money.

As released$258mIn 2026 money$332mRank992 of 8,589In 201927 of 199

How Draw works

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

Praise99

Critics 98, awards 94. Half each, so Praise lands at 99.

Critics98 → 49Awards94 → 47

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, International Feature Film2 nominated Production Design, Film Editing

Golden Globes1 won Non-English Language Film2 nominated Director, Screenplay

BAFTAs2 won Original Screenplay, Film Not in the English Language2 nominated Film, Direction

How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy88

Judged directly: First non-English Best Picture, century-defining.

Verdict88 of 100IMDb8.5 from 1.1mWikipedia123k views a monthAge7 years

On the listsCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 36 of 3,430 films judged

88The Godfather Part II (1974)

88Spirited Away (2001)

88Shrek (2001)

88The Sixth Sense (1999)

88Iron Man (2008)

88Rocky (1976)

88Parasite (2019)

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 66 praise 99 legacy 88averages 84, which places it at27,525 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik.