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Sound of Metal

2020 · directed by Darius Marder · 121 min
23,866 feet · Prominence
940th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw24

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

Rank9,560 of 11,051In 2020130 of 187

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards75 signal → +4 lift

Oscars2 won Film Editing, Sound4 nominated Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
BAFTAs2 won Sound, Editing2 nominated Lead acting, Supporting acting
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.

Legacy56

Judged directly: Criterion; sound-design landmark, deaf-community reach.

Verdict56 of 100IMDb7.7 from 184kWikipedia24k views a monthAge6 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 730 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 24 praise 93 legacy 56averages 58, placing it at23,866 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

▲ Riz Ahmed▲ Paul Raci

In these careers — elevation for this film

Riz Ahmed19,465 ftPaul Raci18,633 ftOlivia Cooke18,431 ftMathieu Amalric17,914 ftLauren Ridloff17,871 ft