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The Wild Bunch

1969 · directed by Sam Peckinpah · 145 min
25,954 feet · Prominence
254th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw34

Lifetime worldwide gross $1m, re-releases included; about $6m in 2026 money.

Rank7,700 of 11,051In 196922 of 25

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics95 baseAwards16 signal → +0 lift

Oscars2 nominated Original Screenplay, no Musical
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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Changed screen violence; canonical revisionist western.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.9 from 92kWikipedia16k views a monthAge57 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100Sight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 170 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 34 praise 95 legacy 78averages 69, placing it at25,954 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

▲ Robert Ryan▲ Jaime Sánchez▲ Edmond O'Brien

In these careers — elevation for this film

William Holden19,542 ftErnest Borgnine18,981 ftRobert Ryan18,636 ftWarren Oates18,512 ftBen Johnson18,220 ftEdmond O'Brien17,962 ftJaime Sánchez17,956 ftStrother Martin17,634 ftBo Hopkins17,630 ft