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Parasite

2019 · directed by Bong Joon Ho · 133 min
27,652 feet · Prominence
35th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 35th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw66

Lifetime worldwide gross $258m, re-releases included; about $332m in 2026 money.

Rank1,023 of 11,051In 201927 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.

Praise99

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics98 baseAwards94 signal → +1 lift

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

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.

Legacy87

Judged directly: Criterion, Sight & Sound, MC97, 96th pct.

Verdict87 of 100IMDb8.5 from 1.1mWikipedia123k views a monthAge7 years

On the listsCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 51 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 66 praise 99 legacy 87averages 84, placing it at27,652 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

▲ Song Kang-ho▲ Lee Sun-kyun▲ Choi Woo-shik▲ Cho Yeo-jeong

In these careers — elevation for this film

Song Kang-ho20,293 ftChoi Woo-shik18,965 ftLee Sun-kyun18,800 ftCho Yeo-jeong18,724 ft