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Barry Lyndon

1975 · directed by Stanley Kubrick · 188 min
26,081 feet · Prominence
228th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 228th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw60

Lifetime worldwide gross $32m, re-releases included; about $193m in 2026 money.

Rank1,784 of 11,051In 197512 of 43

How Draw works

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

Praise91

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics84 baseAwards85 signal → +7 lift

Oscars4 won Cinematography, Costume Design, Production Design, Original Song Score3 nominated Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes3 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs2 won Direction, Cinematography1 nominated Best Picture
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.

Legacy72

Judged directly: Kubrick, hugely influential cinematography.

Verdict72 of 100IMDb8.1 from 202kWikipedia66k views a monthAge51 years

On the listsCriterion CollectionSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 244 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 91 legacy 72averages 74, placing it at26,081 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

▲ Patrick Magee▲ Marisa Berenson

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ryan O'Neal19,232 ftPatrick Magee18,164 ftMarisa Berenson18,057 ftSteven Berkoff17,811 ftHardy Krüger17,788 ft