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Paris, Texas

1984 · directed by Wim Wenders · 145 min
24,173 feet · Prominence
741st of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw35

$2m worldwide in 1984 — $7m in today's money.

As released$2mIn 2026 money$7mRank6,253 of 8,589In 198486 of 93

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

Critics 88, awards 26. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics88 → 44Awards26 → 13

BAFTAs1 won Direction
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

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 · 461 of 3,430 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, which places it at24,173 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Hunter Carson.