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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007 · directed by Julian Schnabel · 112 min · PG-13
23,714 feet · Prominence
1,018th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw45

Lifetime worldwide gross $20m, re-releases included; about $31m in 2026 money.

Rank5,152 of 11,051In 2007146 of 320

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.

Critics93 baseAwards49 signal → +2 lift

Oscars4 nominated Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing
Golden Globes1 nominated Screenplay
BAFTAs1 won Screenplay
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Formally daring, widely admired memoir film.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb8 from 113kWikipedia8k views a monthAge19 years

Scored beside it · 1,354 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 45 praise 95 legacy 45averages 62, placing it at23,714 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

▲ Mathieu Amalric▲ Emmanuelle Seigner

In these careers — elevation for this film

Mathieu Amalric19,883 ftEmmanuelle Seigner18,438 ftAnne Consigny18,277 ftNiels Arestrup18,000 ftJean-Pierre Cassel17,851 ftMax von Sydow17,648 ftMichael Wincott17,635 ft