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Night of the Living Dead

1968 · directed by George A. Romero · 96 min
26,971 feet · Prominence
98th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 98th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $30m, re-releases included; about $287m in 2026 money.

Rank1,201 of 11,051In 196810 of 45

How Draw works

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

Praise92

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy82

Judged directly: Invented the modern zombie, endlessly imitated.

Verdict82 of 100IMDb7.8 from 149kWikipedia42k views a monthAge58 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 96 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 64 praise 92 legacy 82averages 79, placing it at26,971 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

▲ Judith O'Dea▲ Karl Hardman▲ Duane Jones▲ Marilyn Eastman

In these careers — elevation for this film

Duane Jones18,997 ftJudith O'Dea18,414 ftKarl Hardman18,279 ftMarilyn Eastman17,891 ft