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Knives Out

2019 · directed by Rian Johnson · 131 min
26,074 feet · Prominence
230th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 230th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $313m, re-releases included; about $404m in 2026 money.

Rank823 of 11,051In 201925 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.

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards42 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Screenplay
Golden Globes3 nominated Best Picture, Actor, Lead acting
BAFTAs1 nominated Screenplay
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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: 99th pct; revived the whodunit as genre.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.9 from 875kWikipedia214k views a monthAge7 years

Scored beside it · 333 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 68 praise 92 legacy 68averages 76, placing it at26,074 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

▲ Ana de Armas

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ana de Armas19,994 ftDaniel Craig19,953 ftChris Evans19,222 ftJamie Lee Curtis18,648 ftToni Collette18,536 ftMichael Shannon18,363 ftDon Johnson18,197 ftLaKeith Stanfield18,062 ftJoseph Gordon-Levitt17,666 ftChristopher Plummer17,663 ftFrank Oz17,657 ftJaeden Martell17,655 ft