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Requiem for a Dream

2000 · directed by Darren Aronofsky · 102 min
24,650 feet · Prominence
605th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw40

Lifetime worldwide gross $7m, re-releases included; about $14m in 2026 money.

Rank6,517 of 11,051In 2000139 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.

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics76 baseAwards29 signal → +4 lift

Oscars1 nominated Actress
Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
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: Lux Aeterna score everywhere; meme-heavy imagery.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb8.3 from 967kWikipedia111k views a monthAge26 years

Scored beside it · 373 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 40 praise 79 legacy 68averages 62, placing it at24,650 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

▲ Jared Leto

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ellen Burstyn19,913 ftJennifer Connelly19,088 ftJared Leto19,026 ftMarlon Wayans18,460 ftKeith David17,644 ftDylan Baker17,636 ft