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Shine

1996 · directed by Scott Hicks · 105 min
23,422 feet · Prominence
1,054th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

$36m worldwide in 1996 — $75m in today's money.

As released$36mIn 2026 money$75mRank3,123 of 8,589In 199655 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Critics 89, awards 83. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics89 → 45Awards83 → 41

Oscars1 won Actor6 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Original Dramatic Score
Golden Globes1 nominated Original Score
BAFTAs1 won Actor1 nominated Original Music
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.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Rush's Oscar, film badly faded.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.6 from 57kWikipedia11k views a monthAge30 years

Scored beside it · 1,472 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 52 praise 94 legacy 35averages 60, which places it at23,422 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: Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lynn Redgrave.