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No Country for Old Men

2007 · directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen · 122 min
27,143 feet · Prominence
76th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $172m, re-releases included; about $273m in 2026 money.

Rank1,262 of 11,051In 200730 of 320

How Draw works

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

Praise96

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics93 baseAwards97 signal → +4 lift

Oscars4 won Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay4 nominated Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing
Golden Globes2 won Supporting Actor, Screenplay3 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Screenplay
BAFTAs3 won Direction, Actor, Cinematography4 nominated Film, Supporting acting, Adapted Screenplay, Editing
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.

Legacy82

Judged directly: Chigurh is a permanent screen villain.

Verdict82 of 100IMDb8.2 from 1.2mWikipedia188k views a monthAge19 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 93 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 64 praise 96 legacy 82averages 81, placing it at27,143 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

▲ Javier Bardem

In these careers — elevation for this film

Javier Bardem20,621 ftJosh Brolin19,884 ftTommy Lee Jones19,233 ftKelly Macdonald18,222 ftWoody Harrelson18,141 ftTess Harper17,796 ftCaleb Landry Jones17,659 ft