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A Man for All Seasons

1966 · directed by Fred Zinnemann · 120 min
24,516 feet · Prominence
649th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw64

Lifetime worldwide gross $28m, re-releases included; about $289m in 2026 money.

Rank1,193 of 11,051In 19666 of 34

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise90

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics81 baseAwards99 signal → +10 lift

Oscars5 won Picture, Director, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Color2 nominated Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress
Golden Globes4 won Best Picture, Director, Actor, Screenplay1 nominated Supporting acting
BAFTAs5 won Film, British Film, Actor, British Screenplay, 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.

Legacy50

Judged directly: Best Picture, largely forgotten.

Verdict50 of 100IMDb7.7 from 40kWikipedia21k views a monthAge60 years

Scored beside it · 1,009 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 64 praise 90 legacy 50averages 68, placing it at24,516 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

▲ Paul Scofield

In these careers — elevation for this film

Paul Scofield20,295 ftRobert Shaw18,653 ftLeo McKern18,133 ftJohn Hurt18,092 ftWendy Hiller18,022 ftVanessa Redgrave17,656 ftColin Blakely17,634 ft