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The Sixth Sense

1999 · directed by M. Night Shyamalan · 107 min
27,511 feet · Prominence
43rd of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘The Sixth Sense’ With Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, and Jason Concepcion

How this film scores

Draw82

$673m worldwide in 1999 — $1.33bn in today's money.

As released$673mIn 2026 money$1.33bnRank93 of 8,589In 19992 of 170

How Draw works

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

Praise83

Critics 75, awards 61. Half each, so Praise lands at 83.

Critics75 → 38Awards61 → 30

Oscars6 nominated Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Film Editing
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.

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 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 82 praise 83 legacy 88averages 84, which places it at27,511 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 Willis23,087 ft