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The Spy Who Loved Me

1977 · directed by Lewis Gilbert · 125 min
24,994 feet · Prominence
498th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw79

Lifetime worldwide gross $185m, re-releases included; about $1.01bn in 2026 money.

Rank187 of 11,051In 19774 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.

Critics69 baseAwards12 signal → +2 lift

Oscars2 nominated Production Design, Original Score
BAFTAs1 nominated 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.

Legacy62

Judged directly: Best Moore Bond, ski jump, Jaws.

Verdict62 of 100IMDb7 from 123kWikipedia41k views a monthAge49 years

Scored beside it · 488 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 79 praise 70 legacy 62averages 70, placing it at24,994 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

▲ Barbara Bach▲ Curd Jürgens

In these careers — elevation for this film

Roger Moore19,187 ftBarbara Bach18,371 ftRichard Kiel18,216 ftCurd Jürgens18,113 ftVernon Dobtcheff17,630 ft