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That Obscure Object of Desire

1977 · directed by Luis Buñuel · 103 min
23,583 feet · Prominence
1,088th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw13

Lifetime worldwide gross $0m, re-releases included; about $0m in 2026 money.

Rank10,850 of 11,051In 197747 of 48

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.

Critics91 baseAwards27 signal → +1 lift

Oscars2 nominated Adapted Screenplay, International Feature Film
Golden Globes1 nominated Non-English Language Film
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Criterion Bunuel finale, arthouse canon.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.8 from 27kWikipedia5k views a monthAge49 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 699 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 13 praise 92 legacy 58averages 54, placing it at23,583 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

▲ Fernando Rey

In these careers — elevation for this film

Fernando Rey18,936 ftCarole Bouquet18,253 ftMichel Piccoli17,625 ft