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All the President's Men

1976 · directed by Alan J. Pakula · 138 min
26,836 feet · Prominence
101st of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘All the President’s Men’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

How this film scores

Draw68

$71m worldwide in 1976 — $409m in today's money.

As released$71mIn 2026 money$409mRank789 of 8,589In 19766 of 44

How Draw works

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

Praise94

Critics 90, awards 81. Half each, so Praise lands at 94.

Critics90 → 45Awards81 → 40

Oscars4 won Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Sound4 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actress, Film Editing
BAFTAs1 nominated Actor
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy78

Judged directly: Defined journalism on film, follow the money.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb7.9 from 137kWikipedia45k views a monthAge50 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 144 of 3,430 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 68 praise 94 legacy 78averages 80, which places it at26,836 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.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Robert Redford22,726 ftDustin Hoffman22,639 ft