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The Iron Lady

2011 · directed by Phyllida Lloyd · 105 min
22,271 feet · Prominence
1,594th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw59

$116m worldwide in 2011 — $170m in today's money.

As released$116mIn 2026 money$170mRank1,865 of 8,589In 201164 of 242

How Draw works

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

Praise69

Critics 52, awards 71. Half each, so Praise lands at 69.

Critics52 → 26Awards71 → 36

Oscars2 won Actress, Makeup and Hairstyling
Golden Globes1 won Actress
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.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Streep's Oscar, film immediately forgotten.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb6.4 from 116kWikipedia15k views a monthAge15 years

Scored beside it · 1,730 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 59 praise 69 legacy 32averages 53, which places it at22,271 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

Meryl Streep22,522 ft