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City of God

2002 · directed by Fernando Meirelles · 129 min
25,378 feet · Prominence
384th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw50

Lifetime worldwide gross $31m, re-releases included; about $56m in 2026 money.

Rank4,009 of 11,051In 2002107 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics85 baseAwards41 signal → +3 lift

Oscars4 nominated Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing
BAFTAs1 won Craft and other
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: Modern world cinema canon, hugely influential visually.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb8.6 from 869kWikipedia37k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 362 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 50 praise 88 legacy 68averages 69, placing it at25,378 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

▲ Phellipe Haagensen▲ Leandro Firmino▲ Alexandre Rodrigues

In these careers — elevation for this film

Leandro Firmino18,476 ftPhellipe Haagensen18,376 ftAlexandre Rodrigues18,297 ftDouglas Silva17,976 ftAlice Braga17,643 ft