Boyhood

2014 · directed by Richard Linklater · 165 min

24,766 feet · Prominence

557th of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

$48m worldwide in 2014 — $67m in today's money.

As released$48mIn 2026 money$67mRank3,300 of 8,589In 201492 of 253

How Draw works

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

Praise99

Critics 99, awards 91. Half each, so Praise lands at 99.

Critics99 → 49Awards91 → 45

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress5 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing

Golden Globes2 won Director, Supporting Actress

BAFTAs3 won Film, Direction, Actress

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.

Legacy52

Judged directly: Twelve-year shoot is the lasting artifact.

Verdict52 of 100IMDb7.9 from 378kWikipedia39k views a monthAge12 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 734 of 3,430 films judged

52All About My Mother (1999)

52The China Syndrome (1979)

52Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

52Hercules (1997)

52Ray (2004)

52Billy Elliot (2000)

52Boyhood (2014)

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 51 praise 99 legacy 52averages 67, which places it at24,766 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: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater.