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Love Story

1970 · directed by Arthur Hiller · 100 min
25,263 feet · Prominence
423rd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw81

Lifetime worldwide gross $136m, re-releases included; about $1.16bn in 2026 money.

Rank133 of 11,051In 19702 of 38

How Draw works

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

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics75 baseAwards94 signal → +12 lift

Oscars1 won Original Score6 nominated Picture, Director, Actress, Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
Golden Globes5 won Motion Picture, Director, Actress, Screenplay, Original Score3 nominated Actor, Lead acting, Supporting 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Vast at the time, thin decades on.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb6.9 from 39kWikipedia34k views a monthAge56 years

Scored beside it · 739 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 81 praise 87 legacy 55averages 74, placing it at25,263 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

▲ Ali MacGraw▲ John Marley

In these careers — elevation for this film

Ali MacGraw20,643 ftRyan O'Neal20,551 ftJohn Marley18,529 ftRay Milland18,381 ftTommy Lee Jones17,891 ft