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Dirty Harry

1971 · directed by Don Siegel · 102 min
26,831 feet · Prominence
112nd of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredThe 112nd highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw65

Lifetime worldwide gross $36m, re-releases included; about $293m in 2026 money.

Rank1,174 of 11,051In 19715 of 40

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

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.

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 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 65 praise 88 legacy 82averages 78, placing it at26,831 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

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