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Brazil

1985 · directed by Terry Gilliam · 143 min
25,136 feet · Prominence
450th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

$10m worldwide in 1985 — $31m in today's money.

As released$10mIn 2026 money$31mRank4,566 of 8,589In 198572 of 109

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Critics 91, awards 16. Half each, so Praise lands at 92.

Critics91 → 46Awards16 → 8

Oscars2 nominated Original Screenplay, Production Design
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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Criterion; dystopian design touchstone, legendary battle.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.8 from 222kWikipedia44k views a monthAge41 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 339 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 45 praise 92 legacy 68averages 68, which places it at25,136 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

Robert De Niro21,719 ft