Sorted list: Films with "intelligent grades" between 7.2 and 7.4 (robustness between 2.0 and 3.5)

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GR	Year	Genres	Title	Extra links / Director, etc / «Original title»
7.3	2015	DoB	I Am Chris Farley	Brent Hodge, Derik Murray, W
7.3	2014	DR	Bangalore Days	Anjali Menon, W, ++, C, M
7.3	2014	DT	Munnariyippu	Venu, W, W, C, M
7.3	2014	AAdD	Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno	Keishi Ohtomo, W, W, ++, C «Rurôni Kenshin: Kyôto taika-hen»
7.3	2014	DoNeW	Virunga	Orlando von Einsiedel, W, C, M
7.3	2013	AnR	Garden of Words	Makoto Shinkai, W, C, M «Koto no ha no niwa»
7.3	2013	Do	History of the Eagles Part One	Alison Ellwood, C, C
7.3	2013	DoBHMc	Muscle Shoals	Greg 'Freddy' Camalier, C
7.3	2012	Cr	1,000 Times More Brutal	Kamal Ahmed, W, C, M «Brutal»
7.3	2012	AnSACF	Tangled Ever After	Nathan Greno, Byron Howard, W, W, ++, M
7.3	2012	CrDHoM	The Black Dahlia Haunting	Brandon Slagle, W, C, M
7.3	2011	CR	Take Me Home	Sam Jaeger, W, C, M
7.3	2010	AnS	Stanley Pickle	Victoria Mather, W, W, C, M
7.3	2009	CrDH	Polytechnique	Denis Villeneuve, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	2009	D	Teenage Dirtbag	Regina Crosby, W, C, M
7.3	2009	AnAAdCSfT	Turtles Forever	Roy Burdine, Lloyd Goldfine, W, W, ++ TV
7.3	2008	BDHW	"House of Saddam"	[ Alex Holmes, Jim O'Hanlon ], [ W, W ], C, M TV mini-series 2008-
7.3	2008	AnAAdCHo	"Soul Eater"	Takuya Igarashi, W, W, ++, C, M «"Sôru îtâ"» TV series 2008-
7.3	2008	AnAAdSf	"Wolverine and the X-Men"	[ Nicholas Filippi, Steven E. Gordon, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], M TV series 2008-
7.3	2007	CRSp	The Hammer	Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, W, W, C, M, M
7.3	2006	DoS	Deep Sea	Howard Hall, C, M, M
7.3	2006	CrDM	Inspector Lewis	Bill Anderson, W, W, ++, C, M «Lewis» TV
7.3	2006	AAdHW	Sharpe's Challenge	Tom Clegg, W, W, C, M, M TV
7.3	2006	CrDHoT	Sweeney Todd	David Moore, W, C, M TV
7.3	2006	DoHW	The Rape of Europa	Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, ++, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	2005	D	Iqbal	Nagesh Kukunoor, W, C, M, M, M
7.3	2005	D	Lovelorn	Yavuz Turgul, W «Gönül yarasi»
7.3	2005	CrD	The Magician	Scott Ryan, W, C
7.3	2004	AnAAdCFSf	"Danny Phantom"	[ Butch Hartman, Wincat Alcala, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], M TV series 2004-
7.3	2004	CFanR	Citizen Dog	Wisit Sasanatieng, W, W, C «Mah nakorn»
7.3	2004	DR	Dirty Filthy Love	Adrian Shergold, W, W, C, M TV
7.3	2004	DA	Khakee	Rajkumar Santoshi, W, ++, C, M
7.3	2004	AnAdCFan	Mind Game	Masaaki Yuasa, W, W, ++, M, M
7.3	2004	DR	The Hidden Blade	Yôji Yamada, W, W, ++, C, M «Kakushi ken oni no tsume»
7.3	2004	CD	The Syrian Bride	Eran Riklis, W, W, C, M
7.3	2003	D	Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women	Manish Jha, W, C, M, M
7.3	2003	DoBMc	Mayor of the Sunset Strip	George Hickenlooper, W, C, C, M
7.3	2002	CD	Intimate Stories	Carlos Sorin, W, C, M «Historias mínimas»
7.3	2002	D	Ten	Abbas Kiarostami, W, C
7.3	2001	AS	Ambush	John Frankenheimer, W, C, M
7.3	2001	CrD	Blue Hill Avenue	Craig Ross Jr., W, C, M, M
7.3	2001	AdDFanSf	The Lost World	Stuart Orme, W, W, ++, C, M TV
7.3	2001	DRMc	The Way She Moves	Ron Lagomarsino, W, C, M, M TV
7.3	2001	CFAdSf	Zenon: The Zequel	Manny Coto, W, W, ++, C, M TV
7.3	2000	D	El Bola	Achero Mañas, W, W, C, M
7.3	1999	D	After the Rain	Takashi Koizumi, W, W, C, M «Ame agaru»
7.3	1999	AAdDSf	Babylon 5: A Call to Arms	Michael Vejar, W, C, M TV
7.3	1998	CDMcR	That's the Way I Like It	Glen Goei, W, C, M «Forever Fever»
7.3	1997	DR	Bliss	Lance Young, W, C, M
7.3	1997	BCD	Elvis Meets Nixon	Allan Arkush, W, C, M TV
7.3	1997	CR	Just Write	Andrew Gallerani, W, C, M
7.3	1997	CrD	Rainy Dog	Takashi Miike, W, M «Gokudô kuroshakai»
7.3	1996	AnCF	"Arthur"	[ Greg Bailey ], [ W, W, W++ ], M, M TV series 1996-
7.3	1996	DMc	Beyond Silence	Caroline Link, W, W, C, M «Jenseits der Stille»
7.3	1996	BCrD	Gotti	Robert Harmon, Robert Harmon, W, W, ++, C, M TV
7.3	1996	D	The War at Home	Emilio Estevez, W, C, M
7.3	1996	CR	When the Cat's Away	Cédric Klapisch, W, C «Chacun cherche son chat»
7.3	1995	D	Drunks	Peter Cohn, W, C, M
7.3	1992	CR	"Mad About You"	[ David Steinberg, Thomas Schlamme, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, C, M, M TV series 1992-1999
7.3	1992	AAdFM	"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles"	[ Carl Schultz, Simon Wincer, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, C, M, M, M TV series 1992-1993
7.3	1992	D	Breaking the Rules	Neal Israel, W, C, M
7.3	1992	D	Passion Fish	John Sayles, W, C, M
7.3	1990	D	Strangers in Good Company	Cynthia Scott, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1989	CDHo	Baxter	Jérôme Boivin, W, W, ++, C, M, M
7.3	1989	CFan	How to Get Ahead in Advertising	Bruce Robinson, W, C, M, M
7.3	1989	D	Small Sacrifices	David Greene, W, W, C, M TV
7.3	1988	DoMc	Let's Get Lost	Bruce Weber, C
7.3	1988	DoMc	The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years	Penelope Spheeris, C
7.3	1987	AnSCFMl	A Garfield Christmas Special	Phil Roman, George Singer, W, M, M TV
7.3	1987	D	Blind Chance	Krzysztof Kieslowski, W, C, M «Przypadek»
7.3	1987	AnDSf	Wings of Honneamise	Hiroyuki Yamaga, W, W, ++, C, M «Ôritsu uchûgun Oneamisu no tsubasa»
7.3	1986	CR	She's Gotta Have It	Spike Lee, W, C, M
7.3	1985	AnAdF	The Adventures of Mark Twain	Will Vinton, W, W, M
7.3	1985	D	When Father Was Away on Business	Emir Kusturica, W, C, M «Otac na sluzbenom putu»
7.3	1984	AnF	"Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends"	[ David Mitton, Steve Asquith, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, M, M, M++ TV series 1984-
7.3	1983	CD	Max Dugan Returns	Herbert Ross, W, C, M
7.3	1983	DHW	The Scarlet and the Black	Jerry London, W, W, C, M TV
7.3	1982	SfCMc	Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again	Jerry Belson, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1982	DT	World War III	David Greene, Boris Sagal, W, C, M TV
7.3	1981	D	Whose Life Is It Anyway?	John Badham, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1979	CCr	Buffet Froid	Bertrand Blier, W, C, M «Buffet froid»
7.3	1978	Do	"The Unknown War"	Isaac Kleinerman, Roman Karmen, W TV mini-series 1978-
7.3	1978	DH	The Tree of Wooden Clogs	Ermanno Olmi, W, C «L'albero degli zoccoli»
7.3	1976	DMCr	"Quincy M.E."	[ Georg Fenady, Ray Danton, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, C, C++, M, M, M++ TV series 1976-1983
7.3	1975	DCrR	Fox and His Friends	Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W, W, C, M «Faustrecht der Freiheit»
7.3	1975	DR	Hester Street	Joan Micklin Silver, W, W, C, M
7.3	1974	DT	School of the Holy Beast	Noribumi Suzuki, W, W, M «Seijû gakuen»
7.3	1973	AnSCF	A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving	Bill Melendez, Phil Roman, W, M TV
7.3	1973	D	Lolly-Madonna XXX	Richard C. Sarafian, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1972	D	The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant	Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W, C «Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant»
7.3	1970	CD	Diary of a Mad Housewife	Frank Perry, W, W, C
7.3	1970	C	Lovers and Other Strangers	Cy Howard, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1967	DHMc	Marat/Sade	Peter Brook, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1966	DSf	The Face of Another	Hiroshi Teshigahara, W, C, M «Tanin no kao»
7.3	1965	DW	It Happened Here	Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo, W, W, ++, C, C
7.3	1964	AdSf	"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"	[ Jus Addiss, Jerry Hopper, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, C, C++, M, M, M++ TV series 1964-1968
7.3	1964	DR	The Soft Skin	François Truffaut, W, W, C, M «La peau douce»
7.3	1962	D	Mamma Roma	Pier Paolo Pasolini, W, C
7.3	1961	AdFan	The Thief of Baghdad	Arthur Lubin, Bruno Vailati, W, W, ++, C, M «Il ladro di Bagdad»
7.3	1961	CrDT	Underworld U.S.A.	Samuel Fuller, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1960	DHW	Kapò	Gillo Pontecorvo, W, W, C, M
7.3	1959	D	The World of Apu	Satyajit Ray, W, W, C, M «Apur Sansar»
7.3	1957	D	A Hatful of Rain	Fred Zinnemann, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1956	D	Early Spring	Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, C, M «Sôshun»
7.3	1956	AAdBDH	Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island	Hiroshi Inagaki, W, W, ++, C, M «Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettô Ganryûjima»
7.3	1954	DR	About Mrs. Leslie	Daniel Mann, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1953	DF	Little Fugitive	Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, ++, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1952	CrD	Deadline - U.S.A.	Richard Brooks, W, C, M, M
7.3	1952	MRD	My Cousin Rachel	Henry Koster, W, W, C, M
7.3	1951	AdDR	Bird of Paradise	Delmer Daves, W, W, C, M
7.3	1951	AnFSC	Putty Tat Trouble	Friz Freleng, W, M
7.3	1951	DR	Summer Interlude	Ingmar Bergman, W, W, C, M, M «Sommarlek»
7.3	1951	C	The Mating Season	Mitchell Leisen, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1948	WD	Command Decision	Sam Wood, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1948	DFanNT	Night Has a Thousand Eyes	John Farrow, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1945	D	The Corn Is Green	Irving Rapper, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1942	CMT	The Murderer Lives at Number 21	Henri-Georges Clouzot, W, W, ++, C, M «L'assassin habite... au 21»
7.3	1941	CMlR	It Started with Eve	Henry Koster, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1938	DoSp	Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations	Leni Riefenstahl, W, C, C, C++, M, M «Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker»
7.3	1936	D	The Green Pastures	Marc Connelly, William Keighley, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1936	DR	These Three	William Wyler, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1935	CR	The Good Fairy	William Wyler, W, W, ++, C, M
7.3	1934	MlCR	The Merry Widow	Ernst Lubitsch, W, W, ++, C
7.3	1933	AnMlFCS	Three Little Pigs	[ Burt Gillett ], ++, M
7.3	1933	AdD	Wild Boys of the Road	William A. Wellman, W, W, C, M
7.3	1931	D	Five and Ten	[ Robert Z. Leonard ], W, W, ++, C
7.3	1927	DHo	London After Midnight	Tod Browning, W, W, ++, C
7.3	1923	CDR	Souls for Sale	Rupert Hughes, W, C, M
7.3	1919	AdD	Male and Female	Cecil B. DeMille, W, W, C, M
7.2	2015	C	"Catastrophe"	Ben Taylor, W, W, C, M TV series 2015-
7.2	2015		"Sinatra: All or Nothing at All"	Alex Gibney, C TV mini-series 2015-
7.2	2014	B	"Cilla"	[ Paul Whittington ], [ W ], C, M TV mini-series 2014-
7.2	2014	DoH	Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus	Tim Mahoney, W, W
7.2	2013	DM	"Endeavour"	[ Edward Bazalgette, Colm McCarthy, D++ ], [ W, W ], C, C, C++, M TV series 2013-
7.2	2013		Ilo Ilo	Anthony Chen, W, C
7.2	2013	ACrDT	Metro Manila	Sean Ellis, W, ++, C, M
7.2	2013	CR	Raja Rani	Atlee Kumar, W, C, C, M
7.2	2013	CF	Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu	Srikanth Addala, W, W, ++, C, M, M
7.2	2013	B	The Dance of Reality	Alejandro Jodorowsky, W, C, M «La danza de la realidad»
7.2	2012	DSp	9-Ball	Anthony Palma, W, C, C, C, M
7.2	2011	CD	Footnote	Joseph Cedar, W, C, M «Hearat Shulayim»
7.2	2011	SDFanM	Hawk	M.J. McMahon, W, ++, C, M
7.2	2011	DR	Mayakkam Enna	K. Selvaraghavan, W, C, M
7.2	2011	D	Pariah	Dee Rees, W, C
7.2	2011	CDF	Stanley's Tiffin Box	Amole Gupte, W, W, C, M «Stanley Ka Dabba»
7.2	2010	ACDWe	Gunless	William Phillips, W, C, M
7.2	2010	Do	Happy People: A Year in the Taiga	Dmitry Vasyukov, Werner Herzog, W, W, ++, M
7.2	2010	T	Legacy	Thomas Ikimi, W, C, M
7.2	2010	DoBMW	The Tillman Story	Amir Bar-Lev, W, W, C, C, M
7.2	2010	CrDT	The Yellow Sea	Hong-jin Na, W, C, M, M «Hwanghae»
7.2	2009	AnSACr	Logorama	François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, ++, W, W, ++
7.2	2009	D	Welcome	Philippe Lioret, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	2008	C	"Gary Unmarried"	[ James Burrows ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, M TV series 2008-2010
7.2	2008	DoBMc	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson	Alex Gibney, W, W, C, M
7.2	2008	DFFan	The Good Witch	Craig Pryce, W, C, M TV
7.2	2007	DF	"Heartland"	[ Dean Bennett, Grant Harvey, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, C, C, M, M TV series 2007-
7.2	2007	CD	"Kingdom"	[ Edward Hall, Metin Hüseyin, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, M TV series 2007-
7.2	2007	DFanHoM	Hansel & Gretel	Pil-Sung Yim, W, W, C, M «Henjel gwa Geuretel»
7.2	2007	D	Save Me	Robert Cary, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	2006	DFFan	"H2O: Just Add Water"	[ Colin Budds, Jeffrey Walker ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, C, M, M TV series 2006-
7.2	2006	BDR	Woh Lamhe	Mohit Suri, W, W, C, M
7.2	2005	CG	"Mock the Week"	[ Geraldine Dowd ], [ W, W ] TV series 2005-
7.2	2005	CD	"Noah's Arc"	[ Laurie Lynd, Mina Shum ], [ W ], C, M TV series 2005-2006
7.2	2005	DS	A Sight for Sore Eyes	Shane Stanley, W, C, M
7.2	2005	D	Hell	Danis Tanovic, W, W, C, M, M «L'enfer»
7.2	2005	D	Tom Brown's Schooldays	David Moore, W, W, C, M TV
7.2	2004	D	Everyday People	Jim McKay, W, C, M
7.2	2004	AAdCCrT	Matando Cabos	Alejandro Lozano, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	2004	CD	Whisky	Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	2003	DR	Straight from the Heart	David S. Cass Sr., W, C, M TV
7.2	2003	CCrDR	The Man Who Copied	Jorge Furtado, W, C «O Homem Que Copiava»
7.2	2002	AnADSf	"Mobile Suit Gundam Seed"	[ Yasuhiro Minami, Kôichi Takada, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, M «"Kidô senshi Gundam Seed"» TV series 2002-2003
7.2	2002	CrMD	Hukkle	György Pálfi, W, C, M, M
7.2	2002	DC	I Not Stupid	Jack Neo, W, C, M «Xiaohai bu ben»
7.2	2002	CDMlR	The Other Side of the Bed	Emilio Martínez Lázaro, W, C, M, M, M «El otro lado de la cama»
7.2	2002	CDR	Valentin	Alejandro Agresti, W, C, M, M «Valentín»
7.2	2001	ADC	Guns & Talks	Jin Jang, W, C, M «Killerdeului suda»
7.2	2001	ASMR	The Follow	Kar Wai Wong, W, C, M, M
7.2	2000	AnADFanRSfT	"X-Men: Evolution"	[ Gary Graham, Frank Paur, D++ ], ++, M TV series 2000-2003
7.2	2000	BD	Growing Up Brady	Richard A. Colla, W, W, ++, C, M TV
7.2	2000	CDR	The Adventures of Felix	Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau, W, W, C «Drôle de Félix»
7.2	2000	C	The Independent	Stephen Kessler, W, W, C, M
7.2	2000	CD	The Iron Ladies	Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, W, W, ++, C «Satree lek»
7.2	1999	CSf	Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death	John Henderson, W, C, M TV
7.2	1999	CrTD	Dead End	Iren Koster, W, C, M
7.2	1999	T	Kaun?	Ram Gopal Varma, W, C, M
7.2	1999	CR	Paperback Hero	Antony J. Bowman, W, C, M
7.2	1998	D	At Sachem Farm	John Huddles, W, C, M
7.2	1998	D	Down in the Delta	Maya Angelou, W, C, M
7.2	1997	AnAAdCrDFFanM	"The New Batman Adventures"	Tim Maltby, Toshihiko Masuda, [ W, W, W++ ], M, M, M++ TV series 1997-1999
7.2	1997	BDHW	Behind the Lines	Gillies MacKinnon, W, W, C, M «Regeneration»
7.2	1996	CD	"Ballykissangel"	[ Paul Harrison, Dermot Boyd, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, C, C++, M, M, M TV series 1996-2001
7.2	1996	C	Family Resemblances	Cédric Klapisch, W, W, ++, C, M «Un air de famille»
7.2	1996	ADFanHoSfT	Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion	Shûsuke Kaneko, W, C, M «Gamera 2: Region shurai»
7.2	1996	DH	Some Mother's Son	Terry George, W, W, C
7.2	1996	AC	The God of Cookery	Stephen Chow, Lik-Chi Lee, W, W, ++, C, M, M «Sik san»
7.2	1995	ACT	Coldblooded	Wallace Wolodarsky, W, C, M
7.2	1995	D	My Family	Gregory Nava, W, W, C, M
7.2	1995	DR	The Star Maker	Giuseppe Tornatore, W, W, ++, C, M «L'uomo delle stelle»
7.2	1995	ADT	Tokyo Fist	Shin'ya Tsukamoto, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1994	HoT	Nightwatch	Ole Bornedal, W, C, M, M, M++ «Nattevagten»
7.2	1994	ACD	Wing Chun	Woo-ping Yuen, W, W, C, M, M, M
7.2	1993	AnACrDSf	Battle Angel	Hiroshi Fukutomi, W, W, C, M, M «Gunnm» TV
7.2	1993	BCD	Caro diario	Nanni Moretti, W, C, M
7.2	1993	D	The Cement Garden	Andrew Birkin, W, W, C, M
7.2	1990	AnAdCFFan	DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp	Bob Hathcock, W, M
7.2	1988	ADAdSf	The Incredible Hulk Returns	Nicholas Corea, ++, W, W, C, M TV
7.2	1986	DMc	'Round Midnight	Bertrand Tavernier, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1986	ADAd	Never Too Young to Die	Gil Bettman, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1985	CDMR	"Moonlighting"	[ Allan Arkush, Peter Werner, D++ ], [ W, W, W++ ], C, M, M, M TV series 1985-1989
7.2	1985	CCr	Restless Natives	Michael Hoffman, W, C, M
7.2	1985	CrDM	The Moving Finger	Roy Boulting, W, ++, C, M, M TV
7.2	1984	CDR	Racing with the Moon	Richard Benjamin, W, C, M
7.2	1982	BCrD	The Executioner's Song	Lawrence Schiller, W, C, M TV
7.2	1981	CCrD	Coup de torchon	Bertrand Tavernier, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1981	CD	Four Friends	Arthur Penn, W, C, M
7.2	1980	AdDHW	Shogun	Jerry London, W, W, C, M TV
7.2	1979	CDR	Osenniy marafon	Georgiy Daneliya, W, C, M
7.2	1976	AC	The Human Tornado	Cliff Roquemore, W, W, ++, C, C, M
7.2	1975	DHoM	Satan's Triangle	Sutton Roley, W, C, M TV
7.2	1975	AdD	The Great Waldo Pepper	George Roy Hill, W, W, C, M
7.2	1974	AAdDHR	The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge	Richard Lester, W, W, C, M «The Four Musketeers»
7.2	1972	CM	The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe	Yves Robert, W, W, C, M «Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire»
7.2	1970	C	The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer	Kevin Billington, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1969	T	This Man Must Die	Claude Chabrol, W, ++, C, M «Que la bête meure»
7.2	1962	ADH	Chushingura	Hiroshi Inagaki, W, C, M «Chûshingura»
7.2	1959	BDMc	The Five Pennies	Melville Shavelson, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1957	DW	Kanal	Andrzej Wajda, W, C, M
7.2	1956	D	Aparajito	Satyajit Ray, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1953	D	El bruto	Luis Buñuel, W, W, C, M
7.2	1952	CrDR	Casque d'Or	Jacques Becker, W, W, ++, C, M «Casque d'or»
7.2	1951	D	Payment on Demand	Curtis Bernhardt, W, W, C, M
7.2	1950	DR	Gone to Earth	Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1949	D	The Passionate Friends	David Lean, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1948	CrDMR	Blanche Fury	Marc Allégret, W, W, ++, C, C, M
7.2	1946	AdCFMl	Road to Utopia	Hal Walker, W, W, C, M
7.2	1943	DMlR	The Hard Way	Vincent Sherman, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1942	DW	Journey for Margaret	W.S. Van Dyke, ++, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M++
7.2	1942	AdDR	Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake	John Cromwell, W, W, C, M
7.2	1942	CR	The Male Animal	Elliott Nugent, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1941	CrDRT	The Face Behind the Mask	Robert Florey, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1939	AdHR	The Man in the Iron Mask	James Whale, W, W, C, M
7.2	1938	FAd	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Norman Taurog, ++, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1937	C	It's Love I'm After	Archie Mayo, W, W, C, M
7.2	1937	CFAnS	Lonesome Ghosts	[ Burt Gillett ], ++, M
7.2	1937	CDR	The Bride Wore Red	Dorothy Arzner, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1936	CCrMSpT	Charlie Chan at the Race Track	H. Bruce Humberstone, W, W, ++, C
7.2	1936	CRCr	Desire	Frank Borzage, W, W, ++, C, C, M
7.2	1936	AAdSf	Flash Gordon	Frederick Stephani, ++, W, W, ++, C, C, M
7.2	1936	DF	Little Lord Fauntleroy	John Cromwell, W, W, C, M
7.2	1936	D	Sisters of the Gion	Kenji Mizoguchi, W, W, ++, C «Gion no shimai»
7.2	1936	BDH	The Prisoner of Shark Island	John Ford, W, C, M, M
7.2	1935	D	Dante's Inferno	Harry Lachman, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M++
7.2	1935	DHR	Les Misérables	Richard Boleslawski, W, W, C, M
7.2	1933	SC	Busy Bodies	Lloyd French, ++, C
7.2	1933	CFanMlR	Roman Scandals	Frank Tuttle, W, W, ++, C, C, M
7.2	1933	SC	The Fatal Glass of Beer	Clyde Bruckman, ++
7.2	1932	DR	Skyscraper Souls	Edgar Selwyn, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1932	D	What Price Hollywood?	George Cukor, W, W, ++, C, M
7.2	1930	CMlS	The Devil's Cabaret	Nick Grinde
7.2	1928	DW	Noah's Ark	Michael Curtiz, ++, W, W, ++, C, C, M, M, M++
7.2	1928	T	Spies	Fritz Lang, W, W, ++, C, M «Spione»
7.2	1928	AnFCMlS	Steamboat Willie	Ub Iwerks, ++, ++, M, M
7.2	1928	Ho	The Fall of the House of Usher	Jean Epstein, W, W, ++, C, C «La chute de la maison Usher»
7.2	1928	DR	The Mysterious Lady	Fred Niblo, W, W, ++, C, M, M
7.2	1926	AdA	The Black Pirate	Albert Parker, W, W, C, M
7.2	1925	Do	Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life	[ Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack ], W, W, C, C, C
7.2	1924	We	The Iron Horse	John Ford, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M
7.2	1923	AdCFR	Why Worry?	Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, W, W, ++, C, M, M
7.2	1921	FanT	Destiny	Fritz Lang, W, W, C, C, C++, M, M, M «Der müde Tod»
7.2	1918	CW	Shoulder Arms	Charles Chaplin, W, C, M
7.2	1895	DoS	Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory	Louis Lumière, C «La sortie des usines Lumière»

What is this list?

This list of films is ordered w.r.t. the “demanding viewer” grade GR. The higher in the list, the better is what “demaning users” of IMDB think about the film. To augment the grade, the entries in the list are equipped with exhaustive additional information (a lot of it in mouse popups!) and with links leading to more detailed reviews of the film

What is the grade GR?

The grade GR is a calculated grade; it is not my (or anybody else’s) personal opinion, but an “objective grade”: a result of certain delicate massage of what IMDB contributors think about the film. While it uses the same units as the IMDB grade (for example, the range is from 1 to 10; higher means better), it is significantly more evenly distributed; most of the time, it is also significantly below the average IMDB grade (although there are many exceptions).

These “delicate considerations” are based on my observations of how IMDB contributors behave, hence the grade GR is an objective measure choosen based on subjective observations (for more details, jump here). Currently, I believe that, for many people around me, this calculated grade is much more helpful for deciding which film to watch than any other system I saw (either “objective”, or based on opinions of friends, critics etc).

How to use this list?

Of course, as with any “objective measure”, one should not trust the calculated grade GR blindly (especially if the “robustness” is low). This grade (and the relative position of a film in the list below) is just a suggestion; clicking on the film’s title (better click with the middle mouse button!) leads to the “most helpful” reviews of the film.

I consider these reviews (which I call “reviews from demanding viewers”) to be much more important than the grade GR itself. These reviews have a very good chance to contain intelligent observations about the film. (The way to find these reviews is the keystone which makes this page possible.) Let me repeat: I strongly recommend inspecting all the supplied “additional info” about the film and these reviews before deciding whether to watch a film or not; the grade GR should only help to decide which rows in the table should be inspected first! (For more details, visit the main page.)

Review links leading to empty pages (or pages with few review):

these are not always avoidable due to very limited control one has over IMDB display of reviews. If you see this, just switch to the “opposite” view-type (Hate It vs. Love It), and go to the end of the list of reviews.

Film’s info hidden in the entries in the list:

Grades GR are color-coded for robustness: 0 / 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7 / 7.5 / 8 / 8.5 / 9. The lower the robustness, the more probable it is that the grade is a result of a statistical fluke. Robustness above 3.5 is expected to be sufficient for most practical purposes. Grades with robustness below about 0.5 have a very high chance to be affected by statistical flukes.

Most columns in the table have additional information provided when mouse is resting over the field. (This information is summarized when mouse is resting over cells in the header row of the table.) The display (or non-display) of icons can be controlled by changing selection in the browser’s menu View/Page Style (press Alt to see the menu). The release year is color-coded to denote TV films, TV mini-series, and TV series. A person’s name is bluish-tinted if its popup has additional info about other films by the guy (in the same capacity: director/writer/camera/music); the pale-red number is the best GR-grade they.achieved in this capacity.