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The Sound of Music

1965 · directed by Robert Wise · 174 min
28,203 feet · Prominence
10th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 10th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw94

Lifetime worldwide gross $286m, re-releases included; about $3.00bn in 2026 money.

Rank5 of 11,051In 19651 of 33

How Draw works

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

Praise86

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics73 baseAwards95 signal → +13 lift

Oscars5 won Picture, Director, Film Editing, Adaptation or Treatment, Sound3 nominated Actress, Supporting Actress, Color
Golden Globes2 won Best Picture, Actress2 nominated Supporting acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy92

Judged directly: Universal songbook, permanent family canon.

Verdict92 of 100IMDb8.1 from 289kWikipedia129k views a monthAge61 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 12 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 94 praise 86 legacy 92averages 91, placing it at28,203 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

▲ Charmian Carr

In these careers — elevation for this film

Julie Andrews21,237 ftChristopher Plummer20,021 ftCharmian Carr18,250 ftEleanor Parker18,091 ft