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Alphaville

1965 · directed by Jean-Luc Godard · 99 min
23,843 feet · Prominence
957th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw23

Lifetime worldwide gross $0m, re-releases included; about $0m in 2026 money.

Rank9,754 of 11,051In 196532 of 33

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy57

Judged directly: Criterion Godard; influential sci-fi noir.

Verdict57 of 100IMDb7 from 30kWikipedia7k views a monthAge61 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 715 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 23 praise 92 legacy 57averages 57, placing it at23,843 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

▲ Anna Karina▲ Eddie Constantine▲ Akim Tamiroff▲ Valérie Boisgel

In these careers — elevation for this film

Anna Karina18,749 ftEddie Constantine18,569 ftAkim Tamiroff17,868 ftJean-Pierre Léaud17,745 ftValérie Boisgel17,701 ft