Cabaret

1972 · directed by Bob Fosse · 124 min

26,705 feet · Prominence

128th of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredThe 128th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw66

$43m worldwide in 1972 — $338m in today's money.

As released$43mIn 2026 money$338mRank970 of 8,589In 19729 of 31

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Critics 86, awards 95. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.

Critics86 → 43Awards95 → 48

Oscars8 won Director, Actress, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Production Design, Film Editing, Original Song Score, Sound2 nominated Picture, Adapted Screenplay

Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actor

BAFTAs2 won Direction, Cinematography1 nominated Editing

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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Cabaret reviewed.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.8 from 63kWikipedia34k views a monthAge54 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 147 of 3,430 films judged

78All the President's Men (1976)

78Good Will Hunting (1997)

78Jerry Maguire (1996)

78Blazing Saddles (1974)

78Brokeback Mountain (2005)

78The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

78Cabaret (1972)

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 66 praise 93 legacy 78averages 79, which places it at26,705 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: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey.