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Cool Hand Luke

1967 · directed by Stuart Rosenberg · 127 min
26,593 feet · Prominence
148th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 148th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw59

$16m worldwide in 1967 — $160m in today's money.

As released$16mIn 2026 money$160mRank1,944 of 8,589In 196713 of 29

How Draw works

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

Praise97

Critics 96, awards 52. Half each, so Praise lands at 97.

Critics96 → 48Awards52 → 26

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor3 nominated Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
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: Failure to communicate, permanently quoted Registry classic.

Verdict78 of 100IMDb8 from 197kWikipedia35k views a monthAge59 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 151 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 59 praise 97 legacy 78averages 78, which places it at26,593 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

Paul Newman22,716 ft