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Dirty Harry

1971 · directed by Don Siegel · 102 min
26,691 feet · Prominence
135th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 135th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw65

$36m worldwide in 1971 — $293m in today's money.

As released$36mIn 2026 money$293mRank1,135 of 8,589In 19715 of 36

How Draw works

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

Praise88

Critics 88, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 88.

Critics88 → 44Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

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.

Legacy82

Judged directly: Registry film; 'do you feel lucky' immortal.

Verdict82 of 100IMDb7.7 from 180kWikipedia41k views a monthAge55 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 99 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 65 praise 88 legacy 82averages 78, which places it at26,691 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

Clint Eastwood22,825 ft