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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969 · directed by Peter R. Hunt · 142 min
24,018 feet · Prominence
872nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw75

Lifetime worldwide gross $82m, re-releases included; about $737m in 2026 money.

Rank334 of 11,051In 19692 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.

Praise73

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics71 baseAwards11 signal → +2 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Reappraised as a top Bond, devastating ending.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb6.7 from 106kWikipedia45k views a monthAge57 years

Scored beside it · 1,044 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 75 praise 73 legacy 50averages 66, placing it at24,018 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

▲ Telly Savalas▲ Diana Rigg▲ Gabriele Ferzetti▲ George Lazenby

In these careers — elevation for this film

Diana Rigg19,320 ftTelly Savalas18,949 ftGeorge Lazenby18,617 ftGabriele Ferzetti18,098 ft