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The Godfather Part II

1974 · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 202 min
27,743 feet · Prominence
27th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘The Godfather Part II’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, and Brian Koppelman

How this film scores

Draw74

$103m worldwide in 1974 — $687m in today's money.

As released$103mIn 2026 money$687mRank372 of 8,589In 19744 of 42

How Draw works

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

Praise96

Critics 93, awards 94. Half each, so Praise lands at 96.

Critics93 → 47Awards94 → 47

Oscars6 won Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Original Dramatic Score3 nominated Actor, Supporting Actress, Costume Design
BAFTAs1 won Actor1 nominated Original Music
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: Definitive sequel, cinematic gold standard.

Verdict88 of 100IMDb9 from 1.5mWikipedia119k views a monthAge52 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100Sight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 33 of 3,430 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 74 praise 96 legacy 88averages 86, which places it at27,743 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

Al Pacino

In these careers — elevation for this film

Al Pacino23,108 ftRobert De Niro22,791 ftRobert Duvall22,014 ftDiane Keaton21,858 ft