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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2014 · directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo · 136 min
26,396 feet · Prominence
180th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 180th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw79

$715m worldwide in 2014 — $997m in today's money.

As released$715mIn 2026 money$997mRank186 of 8,589In 20148 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.

Praise80

Critics 80, awards 5. Half each, so Praise lands at 80.

Critics80 → 40Awards5 → 2

Oscars1 nominated Visual Effects
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Best-regarded Cap film, genre shift.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb7.7 from 971kWikipedia44k views a monthAge12 years

Scored beside it · 227 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 79 praise 80 legacy 72averages 77, which places it at26,396 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

Scarlett Johansson22,667 ftRobert Redford22,318 ftChris Evans22,271 ftSamuel L. Jackson22,178 ft