Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967 · directed by Stanley Kramer · 108 min

26,382 feet · Prominence

182nd of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredThe 182nd highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw72

$57m worldwide in 1967 — $560m in today's money.

As released$57mIn 2026 money$560mRank507 of 8,589In 19675 of 29

How Draw works

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

Praise82

Critics 67, awards 90. Half each, so Praise lands at 82.

Critics67 → 34Awards90 → 45

Oscars2 won Actress, Original Screenplay8 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Production Design, Film Editing, Adaptation or Treatment

BAFTAs1 won Actor

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.

Legacy76

Judged directly: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner reviewed.

Verdict76 of 100IMDb7.8 from 52kWikipedia21k views a monthAge59 years

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

Scored beside it · 183 of 3,430 films judged

76Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

76Amadeus (1984)

76Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

76They Live (1988)

76Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

75Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

75Men in Black (1997)

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 72 praise 82 legacy 76averages 77, which places it at26,382 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

Sidney Poitier22,423 ft