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Paris, Texas

1984 · directed by Wim Wenders · 145 min
24,558 feet · Prominence
638th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw35

Lifetime worldwide gross $2m, re-releases included; about $7m in 2026 money.

Rank7,490 of 11,051In 1984102 of 112

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards40 signal → +2 lift

BAFTAs1 won Direction3 nominated Best Picture, Screenplay, 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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Arthouse touchstone, Sight & Sound canon.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb8.1 from 139kWikipedia41k views a monthAge42 years

On the listsCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 505 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 35 praise 90 legacy 62averages 62, placing it at24,558 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

▲ Harry Dean Stanton

In these careers — elevation for this film

Harry Dean Stanton19,787 ftNastassja Kinski18,894 ftDean Stockwell18,380 ftHunter Carson18,161 ftJohn Lurie17,635 ft