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The Outlaw Josey Wales

1976 · directed by Clint Eastwood · 135 min
24,876 feet · Prominence
530th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw60

Lifetime worldwide gross $32m, re-releases included; about $184m in 2026 money.

Rank1,847 of 11,051In 197614 of 48

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics80 baseAwards5 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 nominated Original Score
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: Registry Western, Eastwood at his best.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7.8 from 84kWikipedia30k views a monthAge50 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 493 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 80 legacy 62averages 67, placing it at24,876 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

▲ Clint Eastwood▲ Chief Dan George

In these careers — elevation for this film

Clint Eastwood20,297 ftChief Dan George18,845 ftSondra Locke18,306 ftJohn Vernon18,114 ftBill McKinney18,025 ftRichard Farnsworth17,648 ftSheb Wooley17,623 ft