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2001: A Space Odyssey

1968 · directed by Stanley Kubrick · 149 min
27,930 feet · Prominence
20th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw74

Lifetime worldwide gross $72m, re-releases included; about $682m in 2026 money.

Rank383 of 11,051In 19681 of 45

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.

Critics87 baseAwards55 signal → +4 lift

Oscars1 won Visual Effects3 nominated Director, Original Screenplay, Production Design
BAFTAs2 won Sound, Cinematography1 nominated Film
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.

Legacy93

Judged directly: HAL and the monolith, endlessly influential.

Verdict93 of 100IMDb8.3 from 773kWikipedia128k views a monthAge58 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 9 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 74 praise 91 legacy 93averages 86, placing it at27,930 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

▲ Douglas Rain▲ Keir Dullea▲ William Sylvester

In these careers — elevation for this film

Douglas Rain18,669 ftKeir Dullea18,368 ftGary Lockwood18,329 ftWilliam Sylvester18,018 ft