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A Bridge Too Far

1977 · directed by Richard Attenborough · 175 min
23,112 feet · Prominence
1,339th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $51m, re-releases included; about $276m in 2026 money.

Rank1,241 of 11,051In 197710 of 48

How Draw works

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

Praise70

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics62 baseAwards43 signal → +8 lift

BAFTAs3 won Actor, Cinematography, Craft and other3 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Craft and other
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Star-packed war epic; the title endures.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.4 from 67kWikipedia39k views a monthAge49 years

Scored beside it · 1,410 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 64 praise 70 legacy 45averages 60, placing it at23,112 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

▲ Edward Fox

In these careers — elevation for this film

Anthony Hopkins18,991 ftSean Connery18,865 ftRobert Redford18,639 ftMichael Caine18,529 ftDirk Bogarde18,494 ftEdward Fox18,435 ftElliott Gould18,349 ftJames Caan18,347 ftRichard Attenborough18,321 ftMichael Graham Cox17,679 ftLaurence Olivier17,654 ftMaximilian Schell17,652 ftDenholm Elliott17,650 ftGene Hackman17,648 ftLiv Ullmann17,646 ftRyan O'Neal17,645 ftBen Cross17,640 ftHardy Krüger17,627 ft