The Matrix

1999 · directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski · 136 min

27,749 feet · Prominence

25th of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredThe 25th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw78

$464m worldwide in 1999 — $918m in today's money.

As released$464mIn 2026 money$918mRank231 of 8,589In 19994 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Critics 78, awards 46. Half each, so Praise lands at 83.

Critics78 → 39Awards46 → 23

Oscars4 won Film Editing, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing

BAFTAs2 won Sound, Special Visual Effects

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.

Legacy95

Judged directly: Red pill, bullet time icon.

Verdict95 of 100IMDb8.7 from 2.2mWikipedia134k views a monthAge27 years

On the listsNational Film RegistrySight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 6 of 3,430 films judged

96Jaws (1975)

95Titanic (1997)

95The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

95The Shining (1980)

95The Matrix (1999)

93Pulp Fiction (1994)

932001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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 78 praise 83 legacy 95averages 85, which places it at27,749 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

Keanu Reeves23,259 ft