Sound of Metal

2020 · directed by Darius Marder · 121 min

22,627 feet · Prominence

1,466th of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw24

$1m worldwide in 2020 — $1m in today's money.

As released$1mIn 2026 money$1mRank7,679 of 8,589In 202091 of 122

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

Critics 90, awards 67. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.

Critics90 → 45Awards67 → 34

Oscars2 won Film Editing, Sound4 nominated Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay

BAFTAs2 won Sound, Editing

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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Criterion; landmark sound design, Deaf representation.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.7 from 184kWikipedia24k views a monthAge6 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 1,064 of 3,430 films judged

45The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

45Marie Antoinette (2006)

45Happiness (1998)

45Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

45Uncle Buck (1989)

45Waiting to Exhale (1995)

45Sound of Metal (2020)

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 45averages 54, which places it at22,627 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: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff.