Sorted list: Films with "intelligent grades" between 7.4 and 7.7 (robustness between 2.0 and 3.5)

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• The list is ordered w.r.t. the “demanding viewer”’s grade GR; the better it is, the higher is the expectation of the “film’s worthyness”.

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• Colored grades GR are less statistically reliable than non-colored. More color means less reliability.
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	GR	Year	Genres	Title	Extra links / Director, etc / «Original title»
	7.6	2013	D	The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete	George Tillman Jr., W, C, M, M
	7.6	2010	CCrD	El Narco	Luis Estrada, W, ++, C, M «El infierno»
	7.6	2010	DA	King of Devil's Island	Marius Holst, W, W, ++, C, M «Kongen av Bastøy»
	7.6	2010	C	The Names of Love	Michel Leclerc, W, W, C, M, M «Le nom des gens»
	7.6	2009	DMRT	One Hour Fantasy Girl	Edgar Michael Bravo, W, C, M
	7.6	2007	C	Confusions of an Unmarried Couple	Brett M. Butler, Jason G. Butler, W, M
	7.6	2006	D	Destiny	Zeki Demirkubuz, W, C, M «Kader»
	7.6	2005	DR	Aurora Borealis	James C.E. Burke, W, C, M
	7.6	2005	BDSp	The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard	Charles Binamé, W, C, M «Maurice Richard»
	7.6	2004	CD	Mickybo and Me	Terry Loane, W, W, C, M
	7.6	2003	CrD	Blind Shaft	Yang Li, W, C, M «Mang jing»
	7.6	2003	ADF	The Road Home	Drew Johnson, W, W, C, M
	7.6	2003	CR	Why We Had to Kill Bitch	John-Paul Nickel, W, C, M, M, M
	7.6	2001	AAdC	Let's Get Skase	Matthew George, W, W, C, M
	7.6	2001	DT	Treed Murray	William Phillips, W, C, M
	7.6	2000	DMT	Auggie Rose	Matthew Tabak, W, C, M, M
	7.6	2000	D	The Circle	Jafar Panahi, W, W, C «Dayereh»
	7.6	1999	HoRW	Nang-Nak	Nonzee Nimibutr, W, C, M, M «Nang nak»
	7.6	1998	D	Eternity and a Day	Theodoros Angelopoulos, W, W, ++, C, C, M «Mia aioniotita kai mia mera»
	7.6	1998	CD	God Said, 'Ha!'	Julia Sweeney, W, C, M
	7.6	1998	AdCDFan	The Bird People in China	Takashi Miike, W, W, C, M «Chûgoku no chôjin»
	7.6	1997	CrD	Eye of God	Tim Blake Nelson, W, C, M
	7.6	1997	D	Men with Guns	John Sayles, W, C, M
	7.6	1997	DMR	Swept from the Sea	Beeban Kidron, W, W, C, M
	7.6	1996	CD	A Family Thing	Richard Pearce, W, W, C, M
	7.6	1996	CDMcR	Cosi	Mark Joffe, W, C, M
	7.6	1996	CD	The Eighth Day	Jaco Van Dormael, W, C, M «Le huitième jour»
	7.6	1992	CDR	Careful	Guy Maddin, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.6	1992	CrDRT	The Public Eye	Howard Franklin, W, C, M
	7.6	1991	DTWe	Clearcut	Ryszard Bugajski, W, W, C, M
	7.6	1991	D	Where the Day Takes You	Marc Rocco, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.6	1988	D	Dominick and Eugene	Robert M. Young, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.6	1987	DF	Where is the Friend's Home?	Abbas Kiarostami, W, C, M «Khane-ye doust kodjast?»
	7.6	1983	CMc	Get Crazy	Allan Arkush, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.6	1977	D	A Special Day	Ettore Scola, W, W, ++, C, M «Una giornata particolare»
	7.6	1977	D	Providence	Alain Resnais, W, C, M
	7.6	1975	CDR	Cooley High	Michael Schultz, W, C, M
	7.6	1974	D	Alice in the Cities	Wim Wenders, W, W, C, M «Alice in den Städten»
	7.6	1974	ACrT	Almost Human	Umberto Lenzi, W, C, M «Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare»
	7.6	1974	DA	Macon County Line	Richard Compton, W, ++, C, M
	7.6	1970	DR	The Strawberry Statement	Stuart Hagmann, W, W, C, M
	7.6	1969	AdDT	Dirkie	Jamie Uys, W, C, C, M, M, M++
	7.6	1969	DHW	Fraulein Doktor	Alberto Lattuada, W, W, ++, C, M «Fräulein Doktor»
	7.6	1969	CDW	The Secret of Santa Vittoria	Stanley Kramer, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.6	1964	C	Bedtime Story	Ralph Levy, W, W, C, M
	7.6	1959	CD	Good Morning	Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, C, M «Ohayô»
	7.6	1955	D	I Live in Fear	Akira Kurosawa, W, W, ++, C, M «Ikimono no kiroku»
	7.6	1954	CMlDR	French Cancan	Jean Renoir, W, W, C, M
	7.6	1954	AAdBDH	Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto	Hiroshi Inagaki, W, W, ++, C, M «Miyamoto Musashi»
	7.6	1945	C	Murder, He Says	George Marshall, W, W, C, M
	7.6	1941	ADH	The 47 Ronin	Kenji Mizoguchi, W, W, ++, C, M «Genroku Chûshingura»
	7.6	1929	CMlR	The Love Parade	Ernst Lubitsch, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M++
	7.6	1920	CrDHo	The Penalty	Wallace Worsley, W, ++, C
	7.5	2014	C	The Bélier Family	Eric Lartigau, W, W, ++, C, M, M «La famille Bélier»
	7.5	2013	BDH	Paradesi	Bala, W, W, C, M
	7.5	2012	CrMT	Last Hours in Suburbia	John Stimpson, W, C, M
	7.5	2011	ACrT	The Prey	Eric Valette, W, W, C, M «La proie»
	7.5	2008	BD	Everlasting Moments	Jan Troell, W, W, ++, C, C, M «Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick»
	7.5	2008	D	Lorna's Silence	Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, W, W, C «Le silence de Lorna»
	7.5	2008	AAdCFFan	The Gamers: Dorkness Rising	Matt Vancil, W, C, M, M
	7.5	2007	DHW	Shake Hands with the Devil	Roger Spottiswoode, W, W, C, M
	7.5	2007	DMR	The Love of Siam	Chookiat Sakveerakul, W, C, M «Rak haeng Siam»
	7.5	2006	D	Canvas	Joseph Greco, W, C, M
	7.5	2006	D	Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams	Jasmila Zbanic, W, C, M «Grbavica»
	7.5	2005	C	Checking Out	Jeff Hare, W, W, C, M
	7.5	2005	CrD	Le petit lieutenant	Xavier Beauvois, W, W, ++, C
	7.5	2005	CDR	Main, Meri Patni... Aur Woh!	Chandan Arora, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M
	7.5	2005	DW	Mother of Mine	Klaus Härö, W, W, ++, C, M «Äideistä parhain»
	7.5	2005	DR	Neo Ned	Van Fischer, W, C, M, M
	7.5	2005	CD	One Last Thing...	Alex Steyermark, W, C, M
	7.5	2005	RC	Socha Na Tha	Imtiaz Ali, W, C, M
	7.5	2004	FanMRT	Survive Style 5+	Gen Sekiguchi, W, C, M
	7.5	2004	DCMc	Swing Girls	Shinobu Yaguchi, W, W, C, M, M «Suwingu gâruzu»
	7.5	2003	D	The Mudge Boy	Michael Burke, W, C, M
	7.5	2002	D	EvenHand	Joseph Pierson, W, C, M
	7.5	2001	CD	Lawless Heart	Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter, W, W, C, M
	7.5	1998	D	The Grandfather	José Luis Garci, W, W, ++, C, M «El abuelo»
	7.5	1998	CCr	Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley	Santiago Segura, W, C, M
	7.5	1997	CCrD?	Six Ways to Sunday	Adam Bernstein, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.5	1996	D	Kids Return	Takeshi Kitano, W, C, M «Kizzu ritân»
	7.5	1994	D	Second Best	Chris Menges, W, C, M
	7.5	1993	BD	A Home of Our Own	Tony Bill, W, C, M
	7.5	1993	T	Darr	Yash Chopra, W, ++, C, M, M
	7.5	1993	CDMcMR	The Red Squirrel	Julio Medem, W, C, M, M «La ardilla roja»
	7.5	1992	CDR	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar	Mansoor Khan, W, W, ++, C, M, M
	7.5	1991	CCrR	Johnny Stecchino	Roberto Benigni, W, W, C, M
	7.5	1989	DHW	Black Rain	Shôhei Imamura, W, W, ++, C, M «Kuroi ame»
	7.5	1989	DFFan	Prancer	John D. Hancock, W, C, M
	7.5	1983	BDH	Danton	Andrzej Wajda, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.5	1982	BCrDHMR	The Return of Martin Guerre	Daniel Vigne, W, W, ++, C, M «Le retour de Martin Guerre»
	7.5	1981	AC	The Prodigal Son	Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, W, W, ++, C, M, M «Bai ga jai»
	7.5	1980	CDR	Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears	Vladimir Menshov, W, W, C, M «Moskva slezam ne verit»
	7.5	1980	AdD	The Earthling	Peter Collinson, W, C, M, M
	7.5	1979	D	Camera Buff	Krzysztof Kieslowski, W, ++, C, C, C++, M «Amator»
	7.5	1977	D	"Play for Today" Abigail's Party	Mike Leigh, W
	7.5	1977	DW	The Ascent	Larisa Shepitko, W, W, ++, C, C, M «Voskhozhdeniye»
	7.5	1975	C	Smile	Michael Ritchie, W, C
	7.5	1973	D	The Iceman Cometh	John Frankenheimer, W, W, C
	7.5	1972	DTCr	Female Convict Scorpion Jailhouse 41	Shunya Ito, W, M «Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô»
	7.5	1970	CCrD	Something for Everyone	Harold Prince, W, W, C, M
	7.5	1969	CSf	Hello Down There	Jack Arnold, Ricou Browning, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.5	1964	AAdCR	That Man from Rio	Philippe de Broca, W, W, ++, C, M «L'homme de Rio»
	7.5	1962	AAdD	The Tale of Zatoichi	Kenji Misumi, W, W, C, M «Zatôichi monogatari»
	7.5	1961	DRW	Bridge to the Sun	Etienne Périer, W, W, C, C, C, M
	7.5	1960	D	The Naked Island	Kaneto Shindô, W, C, M «Hadaka no shima»
	7.5	1957	DMlF	Mother India	Mehboob Khan, W, W, C, M
	7.5	1956	D	Street of Shame	Kenji Mizoguchi, W, W, C, M «Akasen chitai»
	7.5	1955	T	The Night My Number Came Up	Leslie Norman, W, W, C, M
	7.5	1953	D	Man on a Tightrope	Elia Kazan, W, W, C, M
	7.5	1950	BH	The Flowers of St. Francis	Roberto Rossellini, W, W, ++, C, M «Francesco, giullare di Dio»
	7.5	1946	CM	Home, Sweet Homicide	Lloyd Bacon, W, W, C, M
	7.5	1943	CAdFan	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Josef von Báky, W, ++, C, C, M «Münchhausen»
	7.5	1935	DMl	Naughty Marietta	[ Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke ], W, W, ++, C
	7.5	1934	AAdDHRT	The Count of Monte Cristo	Rowland V. Lee, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.5	1930	D	Beauty Prize	Augusto Genina, W, W, C, C, M «Prix de beauté (Miss Europe)»
	7.5	1930	DR	City Girl	F.W. Murnau, W, W, ++, C, M, M
	7.5	1929	DMl	Applause	Rouben Mamoulian, W, W, C
	7.5	1928	D	Sadie Thompson	Raoul Walsh, W, W, ++, C, C, C
	7.5	1926	CDRW	Tell It to the Marines	George W. Hill, W, W, C, M
	7.5	1926	AdD	The Son of the Sheik	George Fitzmaurice, W, W, ++, C, M, M
	7.5	1925	D	Strike	Sergei M. Eisenstein, W, W, ++, C, C, C «Stachka»
	7.5	1925	CFSp	The Freshman	Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, W, W, ++, C, M, M
	7.4	2014	D	Lilting	Hong Khaou, W, C, M
	7.4	2014	ATW	O21	Jamshed Mahmood Raza, ++, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	2013	CD	Miracle in Cell No.7	Lee Hwan-Kyung, W, W, ++, C
	7.4	2013	D	Phantom	Jonathan Soler, W, C
	7.4	2013	D	The Caribbean Heist	Max Sainvil, W
	7.4	2011	ADHW	Memorial Day	Samuel Fischer, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	2011	DHTW	Return to the Hiding Place	Peter C. Spencer, Josiah Spencer, W, W, C, M
	7.4	2011	ADR	The Bodyguard	Siddique, W, C, M «Kaavalan»
	7.4	2010	CD	My Afternoons with Margueritte	Jean Becker, W, W, ++, C, M «La tête en friche»
	7.4	2009	D	Entre nos	Gloria La Morte, Paola Mendoza, W, W, C, M
	7.4	2005	AdCDF	Lassie	Charles Sturridge, W, W, C, M
	7.4	2005	DHT	The King and the Clown	Joon-ik Lee, W, W, C, M «Wang-ui namja»
	7.4	2003	D	Blind Flight	John Furse, W, C, M
	7.4	2003	DR	Take My Eyes	Icíar Bollaín, W, W, C, M «Te doy mis ojos»
	7.4	2002	RD	The Sea Is Watching	Kei Kumai, W, W, ++, C, M «Umi wa miteita»
	7.4	2002	DRW	Twin Sisters	Ben Sombogaart, W, W, C, M «De tweeling»
	7.4	2000	CRD	Bossa Nova	Bruno Barreto, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	2000	CR	Luminarias	José Luis Valenzuela, W, C, M, M
	7.4	1999	C	The Big Tease	Kevin Allen, W, W, C, M
	7.4	1998	CrD	Gunshy	Jeff Celentano, W, C, M
	7.4	1998	C	Relax... It's Just Sex	P.J. Castellaneta, W, C, M
	7.4	1998	AAdC	Samurai Fiction	Hiroyuki Nakano, W, W, C, M «SF: Episode One»
	7.4	1998	DR	Under the Sun	Colin Nutley, W, W, ++, C «Under solen»
	7.4	1997	CD	Dream with the Fishes	Finn Taylor, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1996	D	La promesse	Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, W, W, C, M, M
	7.4	1994	CFSp	Little Big League	Andrew Scheinman, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1994	C	Maybe... Maybe Not	Sönke Wortmann, W, W, C, M «Der bewegte Mann»
	7.4	1994	CDHMR	Princess Caraboo	Michael Austin, W, W, C, M
	7.4	1993	DRWe	The Ballad of Little Jo	Maggie Greenwald, W, C, M
	7.4	1993	C	The Making of '...And God Spoke'	Arthur Borman, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1993	BDMc	Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould	François Girard, W, W, ++, C
	7.4	1992	CD	Just Like a Woman	Christopher Monger, W, W, C, M
	7.4	1992	D	Laws of Gravity	Nick Gomez, W, C
	7.4	1992	C	Schtonk!	Helmut Dietl, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1991	CHoSf	There's Nothing Out There	Rolfe Kanefsky, W, C, M
	7.4	1989	CMc	Leningrad Cowboys Go America	Aki Kaurismäki, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1989	BD	Romero	John Duigan, W, C, M
	7.4	1988	BDHR	Camille Claudel	Bruno Nuytten, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1977	D	Opening Night	John Cassavetes, W, C, M
	7.4	1976	ACrDT	Man on the Roof	Bo Widerberg, W, W, ++, C, C, M «Mannen på taket»
	7.4	1974	CD	California Split	Robert Altman, W, C
	7.4	1974	D	Conrack	Martin Ritt, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1974	AC	Watch Out, We're Mad	Marcello Fondato, W, W, ++, C, M, M «...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!»
	7.4	1973	DR	The Mother and the Whore	Jean Eustache, W, C «La maman et la putain»
	7.4	1970	D	I Never Sang for My Father	Gilbert Cates, W, C, C, M, M
	7.4	1969	CD	The Sterile Cuckoo	Alan J. Pakula, W, W, C, M
	7.4	1967	DHR	Marketa Lazarová	Frantisek Vlácil, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1965	AdD	A High Wind in Jamaica	Alexander Mackendrick, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1965	TD	Moment to Moment	Mervyn LeRoy, W, W, C, M
	7.4	1964	CDR	Marriage Italian Style	Vittorio De Sica, W, W, ++, C, M «Matrimonio all'italiana»
	7.4	1955	D	Death of a Cyclist	Juan Antonio Bardem, W, W, C, M «Muerte de un ciclista»
	7.4	1954	DHRW	Senso	Luchino Visconti, W, W, ++, C, C
	7.4	1953	DHR	Gate of Hell	Teinosuke Kinugasa, W, W, ++, C, M «Jigokumon»
	7.4	1950	CR	Champagne for Caesar	Richard Whorf, W, W, C, M
	7.4	1950	D	Scandal	Akira Kurosawa, W, W, C, M «Shûbun»
	7.4	1947	CrDMc	Quai des Orfèvres	Henri-Georges Clouzot, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1947	C	The Farmer's Daughter	H.C. Potter, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1946	D	Shoeshine	Vittorio De Sica, W, W, ++, C, M «Sciuscià (Ragazzi)»
	7.4	1946	DR	To Each His Own	Mitchell Leisen, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1944	D	The Keys of the Kingdom	John M. Stahl, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1943	AdDF	Lassie Come Home	Fred M. Wilcox, W, W, C, C, M
	7.4	1943	CrDR	Ossessione	Luchino Visconti, W, W, ++, C, C, M
	7.4	1939	CrDRT	Daybreak	Marcel Carné, W, W, C, C, C++, M «Le jour se lève»
	7.4	1933	DR	Employees' Entrance	Roy Del Ruth, W, W, C
	7.4	1932	CMlR	The Kid from Spain	Leo McCarey, W, W, ++, C, M
	7.4	1930	CMl	Whoopee!	Thornton Freeland, W, W, ++, C, C, C
	7.4	1929	CDRSf	By Rocket to the Moon	Fritz Lang, W, W, ++, C, C, C++, M, M «Frau im Mond»
	7.4	1927	CDFR	The Kid Brother	Ted Wilde, J.A. Howe, ++, W, W, ++, C, M, M
	7.4	1925	ACDHR	The Eagle	Clarence Brown, W, W, ++, C, C, M, M, M
	7.4	1922	AdRF	Robin Hood	Allan Dwan, W, ++, C, C, M

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What is the grade GR?

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).

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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.)

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