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The Ice Storm

1997 · directed by Ang Lee · 113 min
23,136 feet · Prominence
1,205th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw46

$16m worldwide in 1997 — $33m in today's money.

As released$16mIn 2026 money$33mRank4,460 of 8,589In 199784 of 182

How Draw works

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

Praise81

Critics 79, awards 16. Half each, so Praise lands at 81.

Critics79 → 40Awards16 → 8

BAFTAs1 won Actress
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Criterion, Ang Lee, Seventies-suburbia canon.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.3 from 63kWikipedia16k views a monthAge29 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,040 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 46 praise 81 legacy 45averages 57, which places it at23,136 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

Sigourney Weaver21,816 ft