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Sideways

2004 · directed by Alexander Payne · 127 min
25,651 feet · Prominence
311st of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw60

Lifetime worldwide gross $110m, re-releases included; about $191m in 2026 money.

Rank1,793 of 11,051In 200450 of 256

How Draw works

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

Praise97

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics96 baseAwards87 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 won Adapted Screenplay4 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress
Golden Globes2 won Best Picture, Screenplay3 nominated Lead acting, Supporting acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Adapted 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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Killed merlot sales, launched pinot boom.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.5 from 216kWikipedia24k views a monthAge22 years

Scored beside it · 457 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 60 praise 97 legacy 62averages 73, placing it at25,651 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

▲ Paul Giamatti▲ Thomas Haden Church

In these careers — elevation for this film

Paul Giamatti20,367 ftThomas Haden Church19,899 ftVirginia Madsen19,206 ftSandra Oh18,410 ft