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Shenandoah

1965 · directed by Andrew V. McLaglen · 105 min
22,789 feet · Prominence
1,535th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw60

Lifetime worldwide gross $17m, re-releases included; about $181m in 2026 money.

Rank1,875 of 11,051In 196510 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.

Praise100

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics100 baseAwards5 signal → +0 lift

Oscars1 nominated Sound
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy25

Judged directly: Stewart Civil War drama, faded.

Verdict25 of 100IMDb7.3 from 10kWikipedia6k views a monthAge61 years

Scored beside it · 2,852 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 60 praise 100 legacy 25averages 62, placing it at22,789 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

▲ James Stewart

In these careers — elevation for this film

James Stewart19,773 ftKatharine Ross18,090 ftWarren Oates17,651 ftGeorge Kennedy17,647 ftStrother Martin17,634 ft