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To Die For

1995 · directed by Gus Van Sant · 106 min
23,645 feet · Prominence
952nd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw48

$21m worldwide in 1995 — $46m in today's money.

As released$21mIn 2026 money$46mRank3,916 of 8,589In 199572 of 156

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Critics 87, awards 25. Half each, so Praise lands at 89.

Critics87 → 44Awards25 → 12

Golden Globes1 won Actress
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Criterion; Kidman breakout, sharp satire.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb6.8 from 57kWikipedia24k views a monthAge31 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,000 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 48 praise 89 legacy 45averages 61, which places it at23,645 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

Nicole Kidman22,443 ftJoaquin Phoenix21,855 ft