Tootsie

1982 · directed by Sydney Pollack · 116 min

26,809 feet · Prominence

108th of 15,261 films scored

Not coveredThe 108th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw73

$177m worldwide in 1982 — $606m in today's money.

As released$177mIn 2026 money$606mRank460 of 8,589In 19822 of 82

How Draw works

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

Praise93

Critics 90, awards 75. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.

Critics90 → 45Awards75 → 38

Oscars1 won Supporting Actress7 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound

BAFTAs1 won Makeup and Hair

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.

Legacy74

Judged directly: Beloved comedy, still widely cited.

Verdict74 of 100IMDb7.4 from 121kWikipedia25k views a monthAge44 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryCriterion CollectionAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 202 of 3,430 films judged

75V for Vendetta (2006)

75Friday the 13th (1980)

74La La Land (2016)

74Apollo 13 (1995)

74Chicago (2002)

74Minority Report (2002)

74Tootsie (1982)

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 73 praise 93 legacy 74averages 80, which places it at26,809 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

Dustin Hoffman23,323 ft Bill Murray21,752 ft