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

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GR Year Genres Title Extra links / Director, etc / «Original title»
8.0 2012 CDRColor Day of the Flowers John Roberts, W, C, M
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8.0 2012 DHColor Masquerade Chang-min Choo, W, W, C, M, M «Gwanghae, Wangyidoen namja»
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8.0 2012 DColor The Other Son Lorraine Levy, W, W, ++, C «Le fils de l'autre»
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8.0 2011 DColor Shuffle Kurt Kuenne, W, C, M
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8.0 2010 AdCDHRSpColor Montevideo: Taste of a Dream Dragan Bjelogrlic, W, W, ++, C, M «Montevideo, Bog te video!»
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8.0 2006 BDColor The Bondage Eric Allen Bell, W, C, M «Bondage»
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8.0 2004 DFColor Benji: Off the Leash! Joe Camp, W, C, M
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8.0 2003 CDRColor An American Reunion Jim Fitzpatrick, W, C, M
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8.0 2003 AdCRColor Rice Girl Michael Fischa, W, C
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8.0 2001 CDMColor Almost Salinas Terry Green, W, C, M
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8.0 2001 CDFColor Autumn Spring Vladimír Michálek, W, C, M «Babí léto»
8.0 2001 DRColor Tum Bin...: Love Will Find a Way Anubhav Sinha, W, W, C, M, M, M
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8.0 1999 CRColor Sun Alley Leander Haußmann, W, W, ++, C, M, M «Sonnenallee»
8.0 1996 American Job Chris Smith, W, W, ++, C
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8.0 1993 CDMcRColor Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa Kundan Shah, W, W, ++, C, M, M
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8.0 1991 CDRColor (Eastmancolor) High Heels Pedro Almodóvar, W, C, M «Tacones lejanos»
8.0 1983 CrDColor Ardh Satya Govind Nihalani, W, W, ++, C, M
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8.0 1981 CDRColor Do You Remember Dolly Bell? Emir Kusturica, W, W, C, C, M «Sjecas Li Se, Dolly Bell»
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8.0 1979 CDColor French Postcards Willard Huyck, W, W, C, M
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8.0 1977 DColor Short Eyes Robert M. Young, W, C, M
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8.0 1969 CDHoTBlack and White The Cremator Juraj Herz, W, ++, C, M «Spalovac mrtvol»
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8.0 1962 CCrDBlack and White Mafioso Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Alberto Lattuada, W, W, ++, C, M
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8.0 1960 DBlack and White The Angry Silence Guy Green, W, W, ++, C, M
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8.0 1959 DBlack and White Nazarin Luis Buñuel, W, W, ++, C, M «Nazarín»
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8.0 1959 DHWBlack and White The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Cr Cr-Photo Cr-On5 Cr-Feat Cr-Ess Cr-Photo Cr-Press Masaki Kobayashi, W, W, ++, C, M «Ningen no jôken»
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8.0 1958 CrTDBlack and White It Happened in Broad Daylight Ladislao Vajda, W, ++, C, M «Es geschah am hellichten Tag»
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8.0 1950 CBlack and White The Happiest Days of Your Life Frank Launder, W, W, C, M
7.9 2015 DTColor Papanasam Jeethu Joseph, W, W, C, M
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7.9 2014 CDColor Against the Jab Patrick Jerome, W, C, M, M, M
7.9 2014 DColor Punjab 1984 Anurag Singh, W, W, C, M, M
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7.9 2011 TColor Next Door to the Velinsky's Darren K. Hawkins, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.9 2009 DColor Brotherhood Nicolo Donato, W, W, C, M «Broderskab»
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7.9 2009 DColor For Love of Amy Ted Lange, W, C, M
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7.9 2008 CDColor Mid-August Lunch Gianni Di Gregorio, W, W, ++, C, M «Pranzo di ferragosto»
7.9 2007 DHColor Dharm Bhavna Talwar, W, W, C
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7.9 2006 CDRColor Premium Pete Chatmon, W, C, M
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7.9 2006 DColor Stephanie Daley Hilary Brougher, W, C, M
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7.9 2004 DColor Captive Gaston Biraben, W, C, C, M «Cautiva»
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7.9 2004 DSpColor Mickey Hugh Wilson, W, M
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7.9 2004 DColor On the Outs Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik, W, C, M, M
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7.9 2002 CrDTColor (Technicolor) Red Bear Adrián Caetano, W, W, ++, C, M, M «Un oso rojo»
7.9 2002 DColor Sleep Always Rick Palidwor, Mitch Perkins, W, C
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7.9 2001 CDColor Pauline and Paulette Lieven Debrauwer, W, W, C, M «Pauline & Paulette»
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7.9 2001 CDColor Vizontele Yilmaz Erdogan, Ömer Faruk Sorak, W, C, M, M
7.9 2000 ACCrFanColor Space Travelers Katsuyuki Motohiro, W, W, C, M «Supêsutoraberâzu»
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7.9 1998 CrDTColor Short Sharp Shock Fatih Akin, W, C, M «Kurz und schmerzlos»
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7.9 1997 AdDColor Passion in the Desert Lavinia Currier, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.9 1996 CCrRColor (Eastmancolor) Regular Guys Rolf Silber, W, W, C, M «Echte Kerle»
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7.9 1994 DColor Dance Me Outside Bruce McDonald, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.9 1991 CDColor (Metrocolor) Hangin' with the Homeboys Joseph B. Vasquez, W, C, M
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7.9 1991 DColor The Stranger Satyajit Ray, W, ++, C, M «Agantuk»
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7.9 1984 CColor (Fujicolor) The Funeral Jûzô Itami, W, C, M «Osôshiki»
7.9 1983 DRColor El Sur Víctor Erice, W, W, C, M «El sur»
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7.9 1983 DColor Man of Flowers Paul Cox, W, W, C
7.9 1978 ACrTColor Don Chandra Barot, W, ++, C, M, M
7.9 1978 ADColor Heroes of the East Chia-Liang Liu, W, C, M «Zhong hua zhang fu»
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7.9 1977 DColor (Eastmancolor) Iphigenia Mihalis Kakogiannis, W, W, C, M «Ifigeneia»
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7.9 1976 DFanColor (Eastmancolor) Face to Face Ingmar Bergman, W, C «Ansikte mot ansikte»
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7.9 1971 DFColor (Eastmancolor) Flight of the Doves Ralph Nelson, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.9 1965 DBlack and White Fists in the Pocket Cr Cr-Perf Cr-Ess Cr-News Cr-Clip Marco Bellocchio, W, C, M «I pugni in tasca»
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7.9 1965 DRColor (Technicolor) Othello Stuart Burge, W, C, M
7.9 1962 AdCFanRSfWBlack and White, Color Baron Prásil Karel Zeman, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.9 1960 DRBlack and White The Lady with the Dog Iosif Kheifits, W, W, C, C, M «Dama s sobachkoj»
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7.9 1959 CBlack and White The Battle of the Sexes Charles Crichton, W, W, C, M
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7.9 1951 CDFanBlack and White Miracle in Milan Vittorio De Sica, W, ++, C, M «Miracolo a Milano»
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7.9 1951 BDMcColor (Technicolor) The Great Caruso Richard Thorpe, W, ++, C, M
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7.9 1939 AdCCrBlack and White Ask a Policeman Marcel Varnel, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M
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7.9 1936 CCrDBlack and White The Crime of Monsieur Lange Jean Renoir, W, W, ++, C, M, M «Le crime de Monsieur Lange»
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7.9 1935 CFanHoRBlack and White The Ghost Goes West René Clair, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.9 1934 DBlack and White; Silent The Goddess Yonggang Wu, W, C, M «Shen nu»
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7.9 1926 RWeBlack and White; Silent 3 Bad Men John Ford, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.9 1924 DRBlack and White; Silent Gösta Berlings saga Mauritz Stiller, W, W, ++, C
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7.8 2014 DColor Far from Men David Oelhoffen, W, C, M «Loin des hommes»
7.8 2014 HoColor Pisasu Myshkin, W, C, M
7.8 2013 ADColor Why Don't You Play in Hell? Shion Sono, W, C, M «Jigoku de naze warui»
7.8 2010 CDColor Hello Ghost Young-Tak Kim, W, C, M «Hellowoo goseuteu»
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7.8 2008 CDColor Real Time Randall Cole, W, C, M
7.8 2005 DColor Automatic Jonathan Walls, W, C, C, M
7.8 2005 CDFFanColor The Blue Umbrella Vishal Bhardwaj, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.8 2004 CMRColor Unconscious Joaquín Oristrell, W, W, ++, C, M «Inconscientes»
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7.8 2002 CMlColor Yes Nurse! No Nurse! Pieter Kramer, W, W, ++, C, M «Ja zuster, nee zuster»
7.8 2002 Color You Got Nothin' Philip Angelotti, W, W, C, C, C, M
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7.8 1998 CRColor The Misadventures of Margaret Brian Skeet, W, W, C, M, M
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7.8 1996 DColor Sticks & Stones Neil Tolkin, W, C, M
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7.8 1995 AdCCrFMColor Bushwhacked Greg Beeman, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.8 1993 DCColor Raining Stones Ken Loach, W, C, M
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7.8 1988 DColor Medea Lars von Trier, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.8 1983 HoColor Mo Chih-Hung Kuei, W, W, C, C, C, M, M
7.8 1979 CrDMTColor I as in Icarus Henri Verneuil, W, W, C, M «I... comme Icare»
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7.8 1979 ACCrFColor (Technicolor) The North Avenue Irregulars Bruce Bilson, W, W, C, M
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7.8 1971 CBlack and White, Color Made for Each Other Robert B. Bean, W, W, C, M
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7.8 1967 DRColor (Eastmancolor) The Wanderer Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, W, W, ++, C, M «Le grand Meaulnes»
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7.8 1959 MlRBlack and White Kaagaz Ke Phool Guru Dutt, W, C, M
7.8 1952 CBlack and White The Happy Time Richard Fleischer, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.8 1951 DNBlack and White The Well Leo C. Popkin, Russell Rouse, W, W, C, M
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7.8 1950 NDBlack and White The Sound of Fury Cy Endfield, W, ++, C, M
7.8 1949 DBlack and White Edward, My Son George Cukor, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.8 1936 DRColor (Technicolor) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Henry Hathaway, W, W, ++, C, C, M, M
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7.8 1929 AdDHRBlack and White; Silent The Iron Mask Allan Dwan, W, W, ++, C, C, M, M, M++
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7.8 1921 DBlack and White; Silent Tol'able David Henry King, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.7 2014 AdDTColor Theeb Naji Abu Nowar, W, W, C, M
7.7 2013 ACrTColor On the Job Erik Matti, W, W, C, M
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7.7 2010 BDColor The First Grader Justin Chadwick, W, C, M
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7.7 2009 BDColor, Color (35 mm version) Desert Flower Sherry Hormann, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.7 2009 DColor La mission Peter Bratt, W, C, M
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7.7 2007 AAdCCrColor Ladrón que roba a ladrón Joe Menendez, W, C, M
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7.7 2006 CDColor Two Weeks Steve Stockman, W, C, M
7.7 2005 AMlRTColor Athadu Trivikram Srinivas, W, C, M
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7.7 2003 CrDTColor Palabras encadenadas Laura Mañá, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.7 2002 DColor Big Girls Don't Cry Maria von Heland, W, C, M, M «Große Mädchen weinen nicht»
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7.7 2002 CDRColor Tattoo, a Love Story Richard W. Bean, W, W, C, M
7.7 2001 ACCrColor (Eastmancolor) Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella Santiago Segura, W, C, M «Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella»
7.7 2000 AdCColor A Dog's Will Guel Arraes, W, W, ++, C, M «O Auto da Compadecida»
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7.7 2000 DColor The Town Is Quiet Robert Guédiguian, W, W, C «La ville est tranquille»
7.7 1999 DColor Garage Olimpo Marco Bechis, W, W, ++, C, M
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7.7 1999 CRColor (Technicolor) Just One Time Lane Janger, W, ++, C, C, M, M
7.7 1997 DTColor Loved Erin Dignam, W, C, M
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7.7 1997 CRDColor Roseanna's Grave Paul Weiland, W, C, M
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7.7 1995 DRColor Angel Baby Michael Rymer, W, C, M, M, M
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7.7 1994 AAdCFanRColor 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»
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7.7 1992 CrDColor The Efficiency Expert Mark Joffe, W, W, C, M «Spotswood»
7.7 1991 ACrDFColor Hum Mukul Anand, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M++
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7.7 1990 DFanBlack and White The Juniper Tree Nietzchka Keene, W, C, M
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7.7 1989 DRColor Coming Out Heiner Carow, W, W, C, M
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7.7 1988 CrDRColor (Eastmancolor) Ariel Aki Kaurismäki, W, C, M, M, M++
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7.7 1984 DRColor A Cruel Romance Eldar Ryazanov, W, W, C, M «Zhestokiy romans»
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7.7 1984 MlSfCColor Voyage of the Rock Aliens James Fargo, W, W, ++, C, M
7.7 1982 AAdCrDFColor Shakti Ramesh Sippy, W, W, C, M
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7.7 1981 DColor Babylon Franco Rosso, W, W, C, M
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7.7 1980 ACFanHoColor Spooky Encounters Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, W, W, C, C «Gui da gui»
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7.7 1979 DColor Saint Jack Peter Bogdanovich, W, W, ++, C
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7.7 1973 CRColor The Thief Who Came to Dinner Bud Yorkin, W, W, C, M
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7.7 1971 CHColor (Eastmancolor) Delusions of Grandeur Gérard Oury, W, W, ++, C, M «La folie des grandeurs»
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7.7 1968 CDColor (Technicolor) Bye Bye Braverman Sidney Lumet, W, W, C, M
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7.7 1966 DFanHoColor (Eastmancolor) Daimajin Kimiyoshi Yasuda, W, C, M
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7.7 1964 DRColor, Black and White Before the Revolution Bernardo Bertolucci, W, W, C, M «Prima della rivoluzione»
7.7 1964 SfBlack and White Unearthly Stranger John Krish, W, W, C, M
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7.7 1963 DColor (Eastmancolor) Muriel, or The Time of Return Alain Resnais, W, C, M «Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour»
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7.7 1963 ACrMBlack and White, Color Youth of the Beast Cr Cr-Ess Seijun Suzuki, W, W, ++, C, M «Yajû no seishun»
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7.7 1958 CRColor (Metrocolor) The Reluctant Debutante Vincente Minnelli, W, W, ++, C
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7.7 1949 BMcColor (Technicolor) Jolson Sings Again Henry Levin, W, C, M
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7.7 1946 DRTWBlack and White Murderers Among Us Wolfgang Staudte, W, ++, C, C, M «Die Mörder sind unter uns»
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7.7 1934 DBlack and White No Greater Glory Frank Borzage, W, W, C, M
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7.7 1934 CBlack and White 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.