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My Life as a Dog

1985 · directed by Lasse Hallström · 102 min
23,303 feet · Prominence
1,117th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw44

$8m worldwide in 1985 — $25m in today's money.

As released$8mIn 2026 money$25mRank4,829 of 8,589In 198576 of 109

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Critics 91, awards 35. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.

Critics91 → 46Awards35 → 17

Oscars2 nominated Director, Adapted Screenplay
BAFTAs1 nominated Film Not in the English Language
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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Criterion Swedish favorite, arthouse durable.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.6 from 24kWikipedia7k views a monthAge41 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 1,261 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 44 praise 93 legacy 40averages 59, which places it at23,303 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: Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén, Melinda Kinnaman.