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1974 · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 115 min
25,515 feet · Prominence
350th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $5m, re-releases included; about $32m in 2026 money.

Rank5,121 of 11,051In 197430 of 47

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.

Critics91 baseAwards76 signal → +3 lift

Oscars3 nominated Picture, Original Screenplay, Sound
Golden Globes5 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Actor, Lead acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs2 won Sound, Editing3 nominated Direction, Actor, Screenplay
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.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Registry and Sight and Sound surveillance canon.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.7 from 133kWikipedia0k views a monthAge52 years

On the listsNational Film RegistrySight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 356 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 45 praise 94 legacy 68averages 69, placing it at25,515 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

▲ Allen Garfield

In these careers — elevation for this film

Gene Hackman19,958 ftJohn Cazale18,539 ftFrederic Forrest18,103 ftAllen Garfield18,081 ftTeri Garr17,987 ftMichael Higgins17,798 ftHarrison Ford17,660 ftRobert Duvall17,660 ftBilly Dee Williams17,642 ftRamon Bieri17,626 ft