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Boyhood

2014 · directed by Richard Linklater · 165 min
24,691 feet · Prominence
592nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw51

Lifetime worldwide gross $48m, re-releases included; about $67m in 2026 money.

Rank3,658 of 11,051In 2014102 of 348

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics99 baseAwards96 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress5 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes4 won Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Screenplay2 nominated Supporting acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs3 won Film, Direction, Actress2 nominated Supporting acting, Screenplay
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.

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 · 905 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 51 praise 99 legacy 52averages 67, placing it at24,691 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

▲ Ellar Coltrane▲ Lorelei Linklater

In these careers — elevation for this film

Patricia Arquette20,093 ftEthan Hawke19,715 ftEllar Coltrane18,737 ftLorelei Linklater17,904 ft