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Bullitt

1968 · directed by Peter Yates · 113 min
26,113 feet · Prominence
228th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 228th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw68

$42m worldwide in 1968 — $401m in today's money.

As released$42mIn 2026 money$401mRank808 of 8,589In 19685 of 35

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

Critics 90, awards 16. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics90 → 45Awards16 → 8

Oscars1 won Film Editing1 nominated Sound
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. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so the awards half halves it — which penalises it for the Academy's rules rather than its quality.

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 · 313 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 90 legacy 68averages 75, which places it at26,113 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

Steve McQueen22,538 ftRobert Duvall21,646 ft