Sorted list: Films with "intelligent grades" 8.7 or higher (robustness between 1.2 and 1.5)

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»
10.0	2014	T	Dark Disciple	M
10.0	2012	MT	The Holloway Story	Willie Speight, W, C, M
10.0	2012	DF	Wolf	Ya'Ke Smith, W, C, M
10.0	2011	D	Hitler's Grave	Daryush Shokof, W, C, C, M
10.0	2006	CDMcR	Siren	Pat Kerby, W, W, ++, M
10.0	2006	D	The Gold Bracelet	Kavi Raz, W, C, C, M, M
10.0	1993	A	Running Cool	Beverly Sebastian, Ferd Sebastian, W, W, C, M
10.0	1967	AdF	The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle	Jack Couffer, W, C, C, M
10.0	1957	D	He Who Must Die	Jules Dassin, W, W, ++, C, C, M «Celui qui doit mourir»
10.0	1940	D	Florian	Edwin L. Marin, W, W, C, M
9.7	1984		Hip Hip Hurray	Prakash Jha, C, M
9.6	1991	C	Michael Madana Kamarajan	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, W, W, ++, M
9.6	1987	CHoMlSpWe	Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire	Alan Clarke, W, C, M
9.6	1983	HMl	Le Bal	Ettore Scola, W, W, ++, C, M «Le bal»
9.6	1980	D	"BBC2 Playhouse" Grown-Ups	Mike Leigh, W, C
9.6	1971	C	The Apple War	Tage Danielsson, W, W, C, M «Äppelkriget»
9.5	2014	DMc	Lost Angels	Stan Harrington, W, C
9.5	2011	CD	The Three Way	Julian Renner, W, C, M
9.5	2010	DF	More Than Diamonds	Grant Skellenger, W, C, M
9.5	2002	DT	Blind Spot	Stephan Woloszczuk, W, C, M
9.5	1989	D	Slaves of New York	James Ivory, W, C, M
9.5	1980	D	Touched by Love	Gus Trikonis, W, W, C, M
9.4	2009	DM	Footprints	Steven Peros, W, C, M
9.4	2008	CrDHoT	Reflections	Barry L. Caldwell, W, C, M
9.3	2014	DFanR	Nocturne	Saul Pincus, W, W, ++, C, M
9.3	2009	DSp	The Mighty Macs	Tim Chambers, W, ++, C, M
9.3	1989	DMcMl	"Great Performances" Show Boat	Kirk Browning, W, W
9.3	1989	D	A City of Sadness	Hsiao-hsien Hou, W, W, C «Bei qing cheng shi»
9.3	1983	MlRD	Sagara Sangamam	K. Vishwanath, W, W, C, M
9.3	1967	CCr	The Jokers	Michael Winner, W, W, ++, C, M
9.3	1962	DMl	Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam	Abrar Alvi, W, W, C, M
9.2	2005	D	White Rainbow	Dharan Mandrayar, W, C, M
9.2	2003	C	Flavors	Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru, W, W, ++, C, M
9.2	2003	C	La taqueria	Martin Delon, W, C, M
9.2	2002	DR	Now & Forever	Bob Clark, W, C, M
9.2	1999	D	Shadows of the Past	Joe Camp III, W, C, M «Abilene»
9.2	1995	CDR	A Modern Affair	Vern Oakley, W, W, ++, C, M
9.2	1994	D	In the Heat of the Sun	Wen Jiang, W, W, C, M «Yangguang Canlan de Rizi»
9.2	1987	AAdCDFanMlRSf	Mr India	Shekhar Kapur, W, W, C, M, M
9.2	1981	D	Tuck Everlasting	Frederick King Keller, W, W, ++, C, M, M
9.2	1980	D	The Outsider	Tony Luraschi, W, W, C, M
9.2	1951	D	The Blue Veil	Curtis Bernhardt, ++, W, W, C, M
9.1	2013	D	Rites of Passage	Phillip Crawford, Mary Callaghan, ++, M
9.1	2011	C	Halloween Party	Linda Palmer, W, W, ++, C, C, M
9.1	2011	CD	Shuttlecock Boys	Hemant Gaba, W, C, M
9.1	2009	D	Still the Drums	Talbot Perry Simons, W, C, M, M, M
9.1	2008	D	Only	Simon Reynolds, Ingrid Veninger, W, ++, C
9.1	2004	ADRT	Virumandi	Kamal Hassan, W, C, M
9.1	1999	DRFan	Alegría	Franco Dragone, W, C, M
9.1	1995		Baasha	Suresh Krishna, W, W, M
9.1	1992	D	Thevar Magan	Bharathan, W, C, M
9.1	1991	C	California Casanova	Nat Christian, W, C, M, M
9.1	1989	DRMc	Bye Bye Blues	Anne Wheeler, W, C, M
9.1	1983	CDR	Reuben, Reuben	Robert Ellis Miller, W, W, ++, C, M
9.0	2006	C	Living with Uncle Ray	Jennifer Corinna, Gene Duffy, W, C, C, M
9.0	2001	CrDR	By Hook or by Crook	Harriet Dodge, Silas Howard, W, W, C, M
9.0	2001	CrD	Chandni Bar	Madhur Bhandarkar, W, ++, C, M
9.0	2001	AdD	The Old Man Who Read Love Stories	Rolf de Heer, W, W, ++, C, M, M
9.0	2000	D	The Poor and Hungry	Craig Brewer, W, C
9.0	1997	DT	Tic Tac	Daniel Alfredson, W, C
9.0	1996	DATCrW	Maachis	Gulzar, W, C, M
9.0	1994	D	Through the Olive Trees	Abbas Kiarostami, W, W, ++, C, C «Zire darakhatan zeyton»
9.0	1992	D	The Stolen Children	Gianni Amelio, W, W, ++, C, C, M «Il ladro di bambini»
9.0	1992	CDMcR	Tito and Me	Goran Markovic, W, C, M «Tito i ja»
9.0	1972	CMlDF	Bawarchi	Hrishikesh Mukherjee, W, W, ++, C, M
9.0	1963	D	All the Way Home	Alex Segal, W, W, ++, C, M
9.0	1958	AdFanSf	The Fabulous World of Jules Verne	Karel Zeman, W, W, ++, C, C, C, M «Vynález zkázy»
9.0	1953	C	Welcome Mr. Marshall!	Luis García Berlanga, W, W, ++, C, M «Bienvenido Mister Marshall»
8.9	2012	DSp	From the Rough	Pierre Bagley, W, W, C, M, M
8.9	2011	C	3 Blind Saints	John Eschenbaum, W, C
8.9	2010	D	Vedam	Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, W, C, M
8.9	2008	CrDT	Y.M.I. Yeh Mera India	N. Chandra, W, C, M, M
8.9	2005	D	Thanmathra	Blessy, W, W, C, M
8.9	2003	C	My Girl	Vitcha Gojiew, Songyos Sugmakanan, ++ «Fan chan»
8.9	2000	DT	Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry	Paul Tickell, W, W, C, M
8.9	1999	C	Attack of the Bat Monsters	Kelly Greene, W, C, M
8.9	1990	AdCFan	Les 1001 nuits	Philippe de Broca, W, W, C, M
8.9	1988	DFan	Da	Matt Clark, W, C, M
8.9	1982	C	Angoor	Gulzar, W, W, ++, C, M
8.9	1982	AD	Legendary Weapons of China	Chia-Liang Liu, W, W, C, M, M «Shi ba ban wu yi»
8.9	1982	CD	The Marathon Family	Slobodan Sijan, W, C, M «Maratonci trce pocasni krug»
8.9	1978	R	Satyam Shivam Sundaram: Love Sublime	Raj Kapoor, W, C, M, M
8.9	1925	DMR	Faces of Children	Jacques Feyder, W, W, C, C, M «Visages d'enfants»
8.8	2009	D	Applause	Martin Zandvliet, W, W, C, M «Applaus»
8.8	2008	ADSp	The Sensei	Diana Lee Inosanto, W, C, M
8.8	2006	D	Mojave Phone Booth	John Putch, W, W, C, M, M
8.8	2005	D	A Buddha	Diego Rafecas, W, C, M, M «Un Buda»
8.8	2005	D	Aurore	Luc Dionne, W, W, C, M
8.8	2005	D	Peacock	Changwei Gu, W, C, M «Kong que»
8.8	2003	D	God Has a Rap Sheet	Kamal Ahmed, W, C, M
8.8	2000	CCr	Boys Don't Cry	Olaf Lubaszenko, W, C, M «Chlopaki nie placza»
8.8	2000	CMc	Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced	Espen Eckbo, Henrik Elvestad, ++, W, W, C, M
8.8	2000	CMcR	Punks	Patrik-Ian Polk, W, C, M
8.8	1997	DR	Sunday	Jonathan Nossiter, W, ++, C, C
8.8	1996	CFanR	Camping Cosmos	Jan Bucquoy, W, C
8.8	1994	BD	Imaginary Crimes	Anthony Drazan, W, W, ++, C, M
8.8	1994	CDFanSf	Okno v Parizh	Yuri Mamin, W, W, ++, C, C, M, M
8.8	1988	DHR	Stealing Heaven	Clive Donner, W, W, C, M
8.8	1981	DMlR	Silsila	Yash Chopra, W, W, ++, C, M, M
8.8	1976	CD	Ugly, Dirty and Bad	Ettore Scola, W, W, ++, C, M «Brutti, sporchi e cattivi»
8.8	1971	BCrDH	Sacco & Vanzetti	Giuliano Montaldo, W, W, ++, C, M «Sacco e Vanzetti»
8.8	1968	CDFMlWe	The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band	Michael O'Herlihy, W, ++, C
8.8	1962	CD	The Reluctant Saint	Edward Dmytryk, W, W, C, M
8.8	1960	D	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs	Delbert Mann, W, W, ++, C, M
8.8	1931	D	Comradeship	Georg Wilhelm Pabst, W, W, ++, C, C, M «Kameradschaft»
8.8	1928	CDR	Lonesome	Pál Fejös, W, W, ++, C
8.7	2011	DHW	Guerrilla	Nasiruddin Yousuff, W, W, C, M
8.7	2011	D	Three Veils	Rolla Selbak, W, C, M
8.7	2008	DRW	American Son	Neil Abramson, W, W, ++, C, M, M
8.7	2007	D	Amal	Richie Mehta, W, W, ++, C, M
8.7	2003	R	...ing	Eon-hie Lee, W, M
8.7	2003	DR	Proteus	John Greyson, ++, W, W, ++, C, M, M
8.7	2002	CDR	Never Among Friends	Jason Allentoff, W, W, C, M, M, M++
8.7	2001	DC	The Sky Is Falling	Florrie Laurence, W, C, M
8.7	2001	CrDR	Virgil Bliss	Joe Maggio, W, C, M, M, M
8.7	2000	CDR	Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero	Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra, W, W, C, M «Km. 0»
8.7	1998	D	Blind Faith	Ernest R. Dickerson, W, C, M
8.7	1998	DMcR	Fogi is a Bastard	Marcel Gisler, W, W, ++, C, M «F. est un salaud»
8.7	1993	D	Where the Rivers Flow North	Jay Craven, W, W, ++, C, M, M
8.7	1992	C	Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me	Joel Hershman, W, C, M
8.7	1989	C	Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills	Paul Bartel, W, W, ++, C, M
8.7	1989	AT	Shotgun	Addison Randall, W, C, M, M
8.7	1980	C	Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten	Lasse Åberg, Peter Hald, W, W, C, M
8.7	1979	C	Derek and Clive Get the Horn	Russell Mulcahy, W, W
8.7	1978	AD	Zan xian sheng yu zhao qian Hua	Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, W
8.7	1976	D	Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000	Alain Tanner, W, W, ++, C, M «Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000»
8.7	1974	ACCrD	The Gravy Train	Jack Starrett, W, W, C, C, M
8.7	1971	C	The Gazebo	Jean Girault, W, W, ++, C, M «Jo»
8.7	1964	CrT	Pale Flower	Masahiro Shinoda, W, W, ++, C, M, M «Kawaita hana»
8.7	1962	DW	The Four Days of Naples	Nanni Loy, W, W, ++, C, M «Le quattro giornate di Napoli»
8.7	1960	D	The Goddess	Satyajit Ray, W, W, C, M «Devi»
8.7	1938	DHoSfW	I Accuse	Abel Gance, W, W, C, M «J'accuse!»

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.