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Bullitt

1968 · directed by Peter Yates · 113 min
26,056 feet · Prominence
238th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 238th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $42m, re-releases included; about $401m in 2026 money.

Rank829 of 11,051In 19685 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.

Praise91

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards34 signal → +2 lift

Oscars1 won Film Editing1 nominated Sound
BAFTAs3 nominated Directing, Supporting acting, 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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy68

Judged directly: Registry film with cinema's defining car chase.

Verdict68 of 100IMDb7.4 from 81kWikipedia30k views a monthAge58 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 335 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 68 praise 91 legacy 68averages 76, placing it at26,056 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

▲ Steve McQueen

In these careers — elevation for this film

Steve McQueen20,558 ftRobert Vaughn18,487 ftJacqueline Bisset18,220 ftRobert Duvall18,152 ftDon Gordon18,069 ftGeorg Stanford Brown17,730 ft