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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988
23,672 feet · Prominence
939th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

$15m worldwide in 1988 — $42m in today's money.

As released$15mIn 2026 money$42mRank4,093 of 8,589In 198854 of 140

How Draw works

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

Praise90

Critics 90, awards 12. Half each, so Praise lands at 90.

Critics90 → 45Awards12 → 6

Oscars1 nominated International Feature Film
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.

Legacy45

Judged directly: Almodovar breakout, later Broadway musical.

Verdict45 of 100IMDb7.5 from 50kWikipedia7k views a monthAge38 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 996 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 47 praise 90 legacy 45averages 61, which places it at23,672 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.