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Transamerica

2005 · directed by Duncan Tucker · 103 min
21,858 feet · Prominence
1,756th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw43

$13m worldwide in 2005 — $23m in today's money.

As released$13mIn 2026 money$23mRank5,012 of 8,589In 2005135 of 209

How Draw works

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

Praise77

Critics 72, awards 41. Half each, so Praise lands at 77.

Critics72 → 36Awards41 → 21

Oscars1 nominated Actress
Golden Globes1 won Actress1 nominated Original Song
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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Early trans-representation milestone, now contested.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7.3 from 43kWikipedia9k views a monthAge21 years

Scored beside it · 1,744 of 3,430 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 43 praise 77 legacy 32averages 51, which places it at21,858 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: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Burt Young.