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The Man Who Would Be King

1975 · directed by John Huston · 129 min
23,619 feet · Prominence
1,071st of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw17

Lifetime worldwide gross $0m, re-releases included; about $0m in 2026 money.

Rank10,512 of 11,051In 197543 of 43

How Draw works

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

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics94 baseAwards28 signal → +1 lift

Oscars4 nominated Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 nominated Original Score
BAFTAs1 nominated 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.

Legacy55

Judged directly: Huston adventure, beloved, absent from lists.

Verdict55 of 100IMDb7.8 from 54kWikipedia22k views a monthAge51 years

Scored beside it · 846 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 17 praise 95 legacy 55averages 56, placing it at23,619 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

Michael Caine19,214 ftSean Connery18,884 ftJohn Huston18,034 ftChristopher Plummer18,018 ftSaeed Jaffrey17,985 ft