A Clockwork Orange

1971 · directed by Stanley Kubrick · 137 min

26,818 feet · Prominence

106th of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredThe 106th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw62

$27m worldwide in 1971 — $220m in today's money.

As released$27mIn 2026 money$220mRank1,512 of 8,589In 19719 of 36

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

Critics 82, awards 48. Half each, so Praise lands at 86.

Critics82 → 41Awards48 → 24

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Film 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.

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 · 45 of 3,430 films judged

88Chinatown (1974)

88Grease (1978)

88Die Hard (1988)

88Blade Runner (1982)

88Groundhog Day (1993)

88The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

88A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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 86 legacy 88averages 79, which places it at26,818 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: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Carl Duering, Michael Bates.