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The Quiet American

2002
22,206 feet · Prominence
1,617th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw49

$28m worldwide in 2002 — $51m in today's money.

As released$28mIn 2026 money$51mRank3,774 of 8,589In 200299 of 196

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Critics 86, awards 20. Half each, so Praise lands at 87.

Critics86 → 43Awards20 → 10

Oscars1 nominated Actor
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

Legacy25

Judged directly: Fine Greene adaptation, culturally quiet.

Verdict25 of 100IMDb7 from 31kWikipedia9k views a monthAge24 years

Scored beside it · 2,212 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 49 praise 87 legacy 25averages 54, which places it at22,206 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

Michael Caine

In these careers — elevation for this film

Michael Caine22,284 ft