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Rosemary's Baby

1968 · directed by Roman Polanski · 138 min
26,955 feet · Prominence
101st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 101st highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw65

Lifetime worldwide gross $33m, re-releases included; about $317m in 2026 money.

Rank1,085 of 11,051In 19688 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.

Praise98

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics97 baseAwards65 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actress2 nominated Lead acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs1 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.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Horror canon, endlessly referenced and homaged.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb8 from 251kWikipedia65k views a monthAge58 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 142 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 65 praise 98 legacy 78averages 80, placing it at26,955 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

▲ John Cassavetes▲ Ruth Gordon▲ Sidney Blackmer

In these careers — elevation for this film

Mia Farrow20,617 ftRuth Gordon19,740 ftJohn Cassavetes19,172 ftRalph Bellamy17,982 ftSidney Blackmer17,977 ftMaurice Evans17,918 ftCharles Grodin17,663 ftTony Curtis17,653 ft