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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966 · directed by Sergio Leone · 161 min
27,688 feet · Prominence
31st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 31st highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $39m, re-releases included; about $396m in 2026 money.

Rank840 of 11,051In 19662 of 34

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics94 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

Legacy90

Judged directly: Western landmark, unforgettable Morricone theme.

Verdict90 of 100IMDb8.8 from 890kWikipedia77k views a monthAge60 years

On the listsSight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 22 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 68 praise 94 legacy 90averages 84, placing it at27,688 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

▲ Lee Van Cleef▲ Eli Wallach▲ Aldo Giuffrè

In these careers — elevation for this film

Clint Eastwood20,198 ftEli Wallach19,739 ftLee Van Cleef19,446 ftAldo Giuffrè17,790 ft