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In the Mood for Love

2000 · directed by Wong Kar-Wai · 99 min
25,608 feet · Prominence
327th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $16m, re-releases included; about $30m in 2026 money.

Rank5,217 of 11,051In 2000115 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.

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards6 signal → +0 lift

BAFTAs1 nominated Film Not in the English Language
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Modern canon summit, endlessly imitated visually.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb8 from 185kWikipedia58k views a monthAge26 years

On the listsCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 259 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 45 praise 90 legacy 72averages 69, placing it at25,608 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

▲ Tony Leung Chiu-wai▲ Maggie Cheung▲ Rebecca Pan▲ Siu Ping-Lam

In these careers — elevation for this film

Tony Leung Chiu-wai20,062 ftMaggie Cheung19,790 ftRebecca Pan17,847 ftSiu Ping-Lam17,778 ft