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The Motorcycle Diaries

2004 · directed by Walter Salles · 126 min · R
23,066 feet · Prominence
1,376th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw54

Lifetime worldwide gross $58m, re-releases included; about $101m in 2026 money.

Rank2,919 of 11,051In 200483 of 256

How Draw works

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

Praise84

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics79 baseAwards51 signal → +5 lift

Oscars1 won Original Song1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Original Music5 nominated Best Picture, Lead acting, Supporting acting, Screenplay, 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.

Legacy40

Judged directly: Che origin story, dorm-poster adjacent.

Verdict40 of 100IMDb7.7 from 106kWikipedia17k views a monthAge22 years

Scored beside it · 1,750 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 54 praise 84 legacy 40averages 59, placing it at23,066 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.

Whose apex this is

▲ Gael García Bernal▲ Mía Maestro

In these careers — elevation for this film

Gael García Bernal19,971 ftMía Maestro17,928 ftMercedes Morán17,840 ft