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The Artist

2011 · directed by Michel Hazanavicius · 100 min
24,321 feet · Prominence
678th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw61

$133m worldwide in 2011 — $196m in today's money.

As released$133mIn 2026 money$196mRank1,680 of 8,589In 201157 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.

Praise96

Critics 92, awards 97. Half each, so Praise lands at 96.

Critics92 → 46Awards97 → 49

Oscars5 won Picture, Director, Actor, Costume Design, Original Score5 nominated Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 won Actor
BAFTAs4 won Film, Direction, Actor, Cinematography
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Best Picture, and almost entirely forgotten.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.8 from 255kWikipedia19k views a monthAge15 years

Scored beside it · 1,223 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 61 praise 96 legacy 40averages 66, which places it at24,321 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: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell.