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The Matrix

1999 · directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski · 136 min
27,884 feet · Prominence
23rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 23rd highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw78

Lifetime worldwide gross $464m, re-releases included; about $918m in 2026 money.

Rank236 of 11,051In 19994 of 196

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics78 baseAwards49 signal → +5 lift

Oscars4 won Film Editing, Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing
BAFTAs2 won Sound, Special Visual Effects1 nominated 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.

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 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 78 praise 83 legacy 95averages 85, placing it at27,884 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

▲ Laurence Fishburne

In these careers — elevation for this film

Keanu Reeves20,808 ftLaurence Fishburne20,356 ftHugo Weaving19,931 ftCarrie-Anne Moss19,319 ftJoe Pantoliano18,494 ftJulian Arahanga17,732 ft