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Gattaca

1997 · directed by Andrew Niccol · 107 min
23,564 feet · Prominence
986th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

$13m worldwide in 1997 — $26m in today's money.

As released$13mIn 2026 money$26mRank4,821 of 8,589In 199794 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.

Praise74

Critics 73, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 74.

Critics73 → 37Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated 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.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Bioethics touchstone, taught and endlessly cited.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.7 from 345kWikipedia63k views a monthAge29 years

Scored beside it · 592 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 44 praise 74 legacy 58averages 59, which places it at23,564 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

Uma Thurman21,795 ft