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The Sixth Sense

1999 · directed by M. Night Shyamalan · 107 min
27,564 feet · Prominence
41st of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw82

Lifetime worldwide gross $673m, re-releases included; about $1.33bn in 2026 money.

Rank96 of 11,051In 19992 of 196

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.

Critics75 baseAwards75 signal → +9 lift

Oscars6 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Film Editing
Golden Globes2 nominated Supporting acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs4 nominated Best Picture, Directing, 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.

Legacy88

Judged directly: Twist ending permanently in culture.

Verdict88 of 100IMDb8.2 from 1.1mWikipedia112k views a monthAge27 years

On the listsAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 37 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 82 praise 84 legacy 88averages 85, placing it at27,564 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

▲ Bruce Willis

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bruce Willis21,007 ftHaley Joel Osment20,970 ftToni Collette20,308 ftOlivia Williams18,604 ft