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Sideways

2004 · directed by Alexander Payne · 127 min
25,705 feet · Prominence
308th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘Sideways’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw60

$110m worldwide in 2004 — $191m in today's money.

As released$110mIn 2026 money$191mRank1,707 of 8,589In 200448 of 209

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

Critics 96, awards 75. Half each, so Praise lands at 97.

Critics96 → 48Awards75 → 38

Oscars1 won Adapted Screenplay4 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress
Golden Globes1 won Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Adapted Screenplay
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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Killed merlot sales, launched pinot boom.

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

Scored beside it · 418 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 60 praise 97 legacy 62averages 73, which places it at25,705 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: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh.