Sorted list: Films with "intelligent grades" between 7.7 and 8.1 (robustness between 1.5 and 2.0)

Very basic hints on how to use this list

Probably the most important feature is the links to “the most helpful” reviews of the film (click on the film’s title to jump there);
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”.

One may also want to know

(yet more details at the bottom of the page):

Colored grades GR are less statistically reliable than non-colored. More color means less reliability.
Most entries of the table (and all icons) have mouse popups with more details/explanations.
The headers of the table also have mouse popups. They explain what is in the column.
Thumbnails of movie poster’s (on the left) are clickable (moreover, a click on the large version brings the whole poster — if available)
To buy/view via IMDB, click on the title; on the IMDB page, use the links on the left.

GR	Year	Genres	Title	Extra links / Director, etc / «Original title»
8.0	2012	CDR	Day of the Flowers	John Roberts, W, C, M
8.0	2012	DH	Masquerade	Chang-min Choo, W, W, C, M, M «Gwanghae, Wangyidoen namja»
8.0	2012	D	The Other Son	Lorraine Levy, W, W, ++, C «Le fils de l'autre»
8.0	2011	D	Shuffle	Kurt Kuenne, W, C, M
8.0	2010	AdCDHRSp	Montevideo: Taste of a Dream	Dragan Bjelogrlic, W, W, ++, C, M «Montevideo, Bog te video!»
8.0	2006	BD	The Bondage	Eric Allen Bell, W, C, M «Bondage»
8.0	2004	DF	Benji: Off the Leash!	Joe Camp, W, C, M
8.0	2003	CDR	An American Reunion	Jim Fitzpatrick, W, C, M
8.0	2003	AdCR	Rice Girl	Michael Fischa, W, C
8.0	2001	CDM	Almost Salinas	Terry Green, W, C, M
8.0	2001	CDF	Autumn Spring	Vladimír Michálek, W, C, M «Babí léto»
8.0	2001	DR	Tum Bin...: Love Will Find a Way	Anubhav Sinha, W, W, C, M, M, M
8.0	1999	CR	Sun Alley	Leander Haußmann, W, W, ++, C, M, M «Sonnenallee»
8.0	1996		American Job	Chris Smith, W, W, ++, C
8.0	1993	CDMcR	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	Kundan Shah, W, W, ++, C, M, M
8.0	1991	CDR	High Heels	Pedro Almodóvar, W, C, M «Tacones lejanos»
8.0	1983	CrD	Ardh Satya	Govind Nihalani, W, W, ++, C, M
8.0	1981	CDR	Do You Remember Dolly Bell?	Emir Kusturica, W, W, C, C, M «Sjecas Li Se, Dolly Bell»
8.0	1979	CD	French Postcards	Willard Huyck, W, W, C, M
8.0	1977	D	Short Eyes	Robert M. Young, W, C, M
8.0	1969	CDHoT	The Cremator	Juraj Herz, W, ++, C, M «Spalovac mrtvol»
8.0	1962	CCrD	Mafioso	Alberto Lattuada, W, W, ++, C, M
8.0	1960	D	The Angry Silence	Guy Green, W, W, ++, C, M
8.0	1959	D	Nazarin	Luis Buñuel, W, W, ++, C, M «Nazarín»
8.0	1959	DHW	The Human Condition I: No Greater Love	Masaki Kobayashi, W, W, ++, C, M «Ningen no jôken»
8.0	1958	CrTD	It Happened in Broad Daylight	Ladislao Vajda, W, ++, C, M «Es geschah am hellichten Tag»
8.0	1950	C	The Happiest Days of Your Life	Frank Launder, W, W, C, M
7.9	2015	DT	Papanasam	Jeethu Joseph, W, W, C, M
7.9	2014	CD	Against the Jab	Patrick Jerome, W, C, M, M, M
7.9	2014	D	Punjab 1984	Anurag Singh, W, W, C, M, M
7.9	2011	T	Next Door to the Velinsky's	Darren K. Hawkins, W, W, ++, C, M
7.9	2009	D	Brotherhood	Nicolo Donato, W, W, C, M «Broderskab»
7.9	2009	D	For Love of Amy	Ted Lange, W, C, M
7.9	2008	CD	Mid-August Lunch	Gianni Di Gregorio, W, W, ++, C, M «Pranzo di ferragosto»
7.9	2007	DH	Dharm	Bhavna Talwar, W, W, C
7.9	2006	CDR	Premium	Pete Chatmon, W, C, M
7.9	2006	D	Stephanie Daley	Hilary Brougher, W, C, M
7.9	2004	D	Captive	Gaston Biraben, W, C, C, M «Cautiva»
7.9	2004	DSp	Mickey	Hugh Wilson, W, M
7.9	2004	D	On the Outs	Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik, W, C, M, M
7.9	2002	CrDT	Red Bear	Adrián Caetano, W, W, ++, C, M, M «Un oso rojo»
7.9	2002	D	Sleep Always	Rick Palidwor, Mitch Perkins, W, C
7.9	2001	CD	Pauline and Paulette	Lieven Debrauwer, W, W, C, M «Pauline & Paulette»
7.9	2001	CD	Vizontele	Yilmaz Erdogan, Ömer Faruk Sorak, W, C, M, M
7.9	2000	ACCrFan	Space Travelers	Katsuyuki Motohiro, W, W, C, M «Supêsutoraberâzu»
7.9	1998	CrDT	Short Sharp Shock	Fatih Akin, W, C, M «Kurz und schmerzlos»
7.9	1997	AdD	Passion in the Desert	Lavinia Currier, W, W, ++, C, M
7.9	1996	CCrR	Regular Guys	Rolf Silber, W, W, C, M «Echte Kerle»
7.9	1994	D	Dance Me Outside	Bruce McDonald, W, W, ++, C, M
7.9	1991	CD	Hangin' with the Homeboys	Joseph B. Vasquez, W, C, M
7.9	1991	D	The Stranger	Satyajit Ray, W, ++, C, M «Agantuk»
7.9	1984	C	The Funeral	Jûzô Itami, W, C, M «Osôshiki»
7.9	1983	DR	El Sur	Víctor Erice, W, W, C, M «El sur»
7.9	1983	D	Man of Flowers	Paul Cox, W, W, C
7.9	1978	ACrT	Don	Chandra Barot, W, ++, C, M, M
7.9	1978	AD	Heroes of the East	Chia-Liang Liu, W, C, M «Zhong hua zhang fu»
7.9	1977	D	Iphigenia	Mihalis Kakogiannis, W, W, C, M «Ifigeneia»
7.9	1976	DFan	Face to Face	Ingmar Bergman, W, C «Ansikte mot ansikte»
7.9	1971	DF	Flight of the Doves	Ralph Nelson, W, W, ++, C, M
7.9	1965	D	Fists in the Pocket	Marco Bellocchio, W, C, M «I pugni in tasca»
7.9	1965	DR	Othello	Stuart Burge, W, C, M
7.9	1962	AdCFanRSfW	Baron Prásil	Karel Zeman, W, W, ++, C, M
7.9	1960	DR	The Lady with the Dog	Iosif Kheifits, W, W, C, C, M «Dama s sobachkoj»
7.9	1959	C	The Battle of the Sexes	Charles Crichton, W, W, C, M
7.9	1951	CDFan	Miracle in Milan	Vittorio De Sica, W, ++, C, M «Miracolo a Milano»
7.9	1951	BDMc	The Great Caruso	Richard Thorpe, W, ++, C, M
7.9	1939	AdCCr	Ask a Policeman	Marcel Varnel, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M
7.9	1936	CCrD	The Crime of Monsieur Lange	Jean Renoir, W, W, ++, C, M, M «Le crime de Monsieur Lange»
7.9	1935	CFanHoR	The Ghost Goes West	René Clair, W, W, ++, C, M
7.9	1934	D	The Goddess	Yonggang Wu, W, C, M «Shen nu»
7.9	1926	RWe	3 Bad Men	John Ford, W, W, ++, C, M
7.9	1924	DR	Gösta Berlings saga	Mauritz Stiller, W, W, ++, C
7.8	2014	D	Far from Men	David Oelhoffen, W, C, M «Loin des hommes»
7.8	2014	Ho	Pisasu	Myshkin, W, C, M
7.8	2013	AD	Why Don't You Play in Hell?	Shion Sono, W, C, M «Jigoku de naze warui»
7.8	2010	CD	Hello Ghost	Young-Tak Kim, W, C, M «Hellowoo goseuteu»
7.8	2008	CD	Real Time	Randall Cole, W, C, M
7.8	2005	D	Automatic	Jonathan Walls, W, C, C, M
7.8	2005	CDFFan	The Blue Umbrella	Vishal Bhardwaj, W, W, ++, C, M
7.8	2004	CMR	Unconscious	Joaquín Oristrell, W, W, ++, C, M «Inconscientes»
7.8	2002	CMl	Yes Nurse! No Nurse!	Pieter Kramer, W, W, ++, C, M «Ja zuster, nee zuster»
7.8	2002		You Got Nothin'	Philip Angelotti, W, W, C, C, C, M
7.8	1998	CR	The Misadventures of Margaret	Brian Skeet, W, W, C, M, M
7.8	1996	D	Sticks & Stones	Neil Tolkin, W, C, M
7.8	1995	AdCCrFM	Bushwhacked	Greg Beeman, W, W, ++, C, M
7.8	1993	DC	Raining Stones	Ken Loach, W, C, M
7.8	1988	D	Medea	Lars von Trier, W, W, ++, C, M
7.8	1983	Ho	Mo	Chih-Hung Kuei, W, W, C, C, C, M, M
7.8	1979	CrDMT	I as in Icarus	Henri Verneuil, W, W, C, M «I... comme Icare»
7.8	1979	ACCrF	The North Avenue Irregulars	Bruce Bilson, W, W, C, M
7.8	1971	C	Made for Each Other	Robert B. Bean, W, W, C, M
7.8	1967	DR	The Wanderer	Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, W, W, ++, C, M «Le grand Meaulnes»
7.8	1959	MlR	Kaagaz Ke Phool	Guru Dutt, W, C, M
7.8	1952	C	The Happy Time	Richard Fleischer, W, W, ++, C, M
7.8	1951	DN	The Well	Leo C. Popkin, Russell Rouse, W, W, C, M
7.8	1950	ND	The Sound of Fury	Cy Endfield, W, ++, C, M
7.8	1949	D	Edward, My Son	George Cukor, W, W, ++, C, M
7.8	1936	DR	The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	Henry Hathaway, W, W, ++, C, C, M, M
7.8	1929	AdDHR	The Iron Mask	Allan Dwan, W, W, ++, C, C, M, M, M++
7.8	1921	D	Tol'able David	Henry King, W, W, ++, C, M
7.7	2014	AdDT	Theeb	Naji Abu Nowar, W, W, C, M
7.7	2013	ACrT	On the Job	Erik Matti, W, W, C, M
7.7	2010	BD	The First Grader	Justin Chadwick, W, C, M
7.7	2009	BD	Desert Flower	Sherry Hormann, W, W, ++, C, M
7.7	2009	D	La mission	Peter Bratt, W, C, M
7.7	2007	AAdCCr	Ladrón que roba a ladrón	Joe Menendez, W, C, M
7.7	2006	CD	Two Weeks	Steve Stockman, W, C, M
7.7	2005	AMlRT	Athadu	Trivikram Srinivas, W, C, M
7.7	2003	CrDT	Palabras encadenadas	Laura Mañá, W, W, ++, C, M
7.7	2002	D	Big Girls Don't Cry	Maria von Heland, W, C, M, M «Große Mädchen weinen nicht»
7.7	2002	CDR	Tattoo, a Love Story	Richard W. Bean, W, W, C, M
7.7	2001	ACCr	Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella	Santiago Segura, W, C, M «Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella»
7.7	2000	AdC	A Dog's Will	Guel Arraes, W, W, ++, C, M «O Auto da Compadecida»
7.7	2000	D	The Town Is Quiet	Robert Guédiguian, W, W, C «La ville est tranquille»
7.7	1999	D	Garage Olimpo	Marco Bechis, W, W, ++, C, M
7.7	1999	CR	Just One Time	Lane Janger, W, ++, C, C, M, M
7.7	1997	DT	Loved	Erin Dignam, W, C, M
7.7	1997	CRD	Roseanna's Grave	Paul Weiland, W, C, M
7.7	1995	DR	Angel Baby	Michael Rymer, W, C, M, M, M
7.7	1994	AAdCFanR	A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box	Jeffrey Lau, W, W, C «Sai yau gei: Dai yat baak ling yat wui ji - Yut gwong bou haap»
7.7	1992	CrD	The Efficiency Expert	Mark Joffe, W, W, C, M «Spotswood»
7.7	1991	ACrDF	Hum	Mukul Anand, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M++
7.7	1990	DFan	The Juniper Tree	Nietzchka Keene, W, C, M
7.7	1989	DR	Coming Out	Heiner Carow, W, W, C, M
7.7	1988	CrDR	Ariel	Aki Kaurismäki, W, C, M, M, M++
7.7	1984	DR	A Cruel Romance	Eldar Ryazanov, W, W, C, M «Zhestokiy romans»
7.7	1984	MlSfC	Voyage of the Rock Aliens	James Fargo, W, W, ++, C, M
7.7	1982	AAdCrDF	Shakti	Ramesh Sippy, W, W, C, M
7.7	1981	D	Babylon	Franco Rosso, W, W, C, M
7.7	1980	ACFanHo	Spooky Encounters	Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, W, W, C, C «Gui da gui»
7.7	1979	D	Saint Jack	Peter Bogdanovich, W, W, ++, C
7.7	1973	CR	The Thief Who Came to Dinner	Bud Yorkin, W, W, C, M
7.7	1971	CH	Delusions of Grandeur	Gérard Oury, W, W, ++, C, M «La folie des grandeurs»
7.7	1968	CD	Bye Bye Braverman	Sidney Lumet, W, W, C, M
7.7	1966	DFanHo	Daimajin	Kimiyoshi Yasuda, W, C, M
7.7	1964	DR	Before the Revolution	Bernardo Bertolucci, W, W, C, M «Prima della rivoluzione»
7.7	1964	Sf	Unearthly Stranger	John Krish, W, W, C, M
7.7	1963	D	Muriel, or The Time of Return	Alain Resnais, W, C, M «Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour»
7.7	1963	ACrM	Youth of the Beast	Seijun Suzuki, W, W, ++, C, M «Yajû no seishun»
7.7	1958	CR	The Reluctant Debutante	Vincente Minnelli, W, W, ++, C
7.7	1949	BMc	Jolson Sings Again	Henry Levin, W, C, M
7.7	1946	DRTW	Murderers Among Us	Wolfgang Staudte, W, ++, C, C, M «Die Mörder sind unter uns»
7.7	1934	D	No Greater Glory	Frank Borzage, W, W, C, M
7.7	1934	C	You're Telling Me!	Erle C. Kenton, W, W, ++, C, M, M

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.