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Life of Brian

1979 · directed by Terry Jones · 94 min
26,669 feet · Prominence
141st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 141st highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw54

Lifetime worldwide gross $21m, re-releases included; about $95m in 2026 money.

Rank3,044 of 11,051In 197937 of 64

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy85

Judged directly: Endlessly quoted; 'Bright Side' universal singalong.

Verdict85 of 100IMDb8 from 433kWikipedia45k views a monthAge47 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 75 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 54 praise 87 legacy 85averages 75, placing it at26,669 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

Graham Chapman19,566 ftJohn Cleese19,388 ftMichael Palin19,330 ftEric Idle19,090 ftTerry Gilliam18,190 ft