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The Sea Inside

2004 · directed by Alejandro Amenábar · 126 min
22,443 feet · Prominence
1,533rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw52

$44m worldwide in 2004 — $76m in today's money.

As released$44mIn 2026 money$76mRank3,105 of 8,589In 200479 of 209

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

Critics 80, awards 47. Half each, so Praise lands at 84.

Critics80 → 40Awards47 → 23

Oscars1 won International Feature Film1 nominated Makeup and Hairstyling
Golden Globes1 won Non-English Language Film1 nominated Actor
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.

Legacy28

Judged directly: Foreign Oscar winner, narrow reach.

Verdict28 of 100IMDb8 from 87kWikipedia5k views a monthAge22 years

Scored beside it · 2,035 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 52 praise 84 legacy 28averages 55, which places it at22,443 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

No scored career runs through this film yet. The people-side engine currently covers 108careers, and this film’s cast sits outside them. Top billing: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Joan Dalmau.