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A Clockwork Orange

1971 · directed by Stanley Kubrick · 137 min
27,187 feet · Prominence
71st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 71st highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw62

Lifetime worldwide gross $27m, re-releases included; about $220m in 2026 money.

Rank1,575 of 11,051In 19719 of 40

How Draw works

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

Praise89

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics82 baseAwards76 signal → +7 lift

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes3 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs4 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Screenplay, Craft and other
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.

Legacy88

Judged directly: Droogs, milk bar, endlessly imitated imagery.

Verdict88 of 100IMDb8.2 from 930kWikipedia98k views a monthAge55 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100Sight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 43 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 62 praise 89 legacy 88averages 80, placing it at27,187 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

▲ Michael Bates▲ Carl Duering

In these careers — elevation for this film

Malcolm McDowell20,595 ftPatrick Magee18,435 ftMichael Bates17,916 ftWarren Clarke17,831 ftCarl Duering17,740 ftSteven Berkoff17,643 ft