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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988 · directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 88 min · R
23,550 feet · Prominence
1,109th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw47

Lifetime worldwide gross $15m, re-releases included; about $42m in 2026 money.

Rank4,612 of 11,051In 198862 of 173

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

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics90 baseAwards12 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated International Feature Film
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.

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 · 1,367 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 47 praise 90 legacy 45averages 61, placing it at23,550 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

▲ Carmen Maura

In these careers — elevation for this film

Carmen Maura19,826 ftAntonio Banderas18,584 ft