Sorted list: Films with "intelligent grades" 8.7 or higher (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»
10.0	2015	HoMl	Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival	Darren Lynn Bousman, W, C, M
10.0	1999	CrD	Born Bad	Jeff Yonis, W, W, ++, C, M
10.0	1988	Ml	Rudra Veena	K. Balachander, W, ++, C, M
10.0	1946	DW	Gallant Bess	Andrew Marton, W, W, ++, C, M
9.8	2015	ACCrT	Pocket Listing	Conor Allyn, W, C, M
9.8	1983	C	Party Party	Terry Winsor, W, W, C
9.7	2010	ACrD	The Waiter	Jason Konopisos, W, C, C
9.7	1951	CMcR	Frühling auf dem Eis	Georg Jacoby, W, C, M, M
9.6	2015	ADF	Ti mene nosis	Ivona Juka, W, C, M
9.6	2013	DF	Christmas Grace	Keith Perna, W, C, M
9.6	2010	CD	This Wretched Life	Frankie J. Mosca, W, W, ++, C, C
9.6	2006	CFan	Coming Soon	Sir Tijn Po, W, C, C, C++
9.6	1969	FFan	The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha	Satyajit Ray, W, W, C, M «Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne»
9.6	1966	CDMl	"ABC Stage 67" A Christmas Memory	Frank Perry, W, ++, C, C, C, M
9.5	2009	D	Passengers	Michael Bond, W, C, M
9.5	1989	D	Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?: A Zen Fable	Yong-Kyun Bae, W, C, M «Dharmaga tongjoguro kan kkadalgun»
9.5	1988	D	Time of Violence	Ludmil Staikov, W, W, ++, C, M «Vreme na nasilie»
9.4	2010	C	Pickin' & Grinnin'	Jon Gries, W, W, C, M, M, M++
9.4	1997	D	The Duo	Mani Ratnam, W, ++, C, M «Iruvar»
9.4	1987	CR	The Love Chariot	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, W, M «Pushpak»
9.4	1979	C	J-Men Forever	Richard Patterson, W, W, C, M
9.4	1961	DHW	The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer	Masaki Kobayashi, W, W, ++, C, M «Ningen no jôken»
9.3	2014	AdCF	Usturoi	Lucian Alexandrescu, W, C
9.3	2005	C	Shades of Gray	Jesse Cowell, W, C
9.3	1969	AAdD	Goyôkin	Hideo Gosha, W, W, C, M
9.2	1999	TA?	The Killing Zone	Ian David Diaz, W, C, M
9.2	1979	AdDF	Spirit of the Wind	Ralph Liddle, W, W, C, M
9.2	1971	ADW	Michael the Brave	Sergiu Nicolaescu, W, C, M «Mihai Viteazul»
9.2	1966	AdC	For Love and Gold	Mario Monicelli, W, W, ++, C, M «L'armata Brancaleone»
9.2	1950	CRSp	The Happy Years	William A. Wellman, W, W, C, M
9.1	2008	R	Channels	Nat Christian, W, C, M
9.1	2001	DFC	The Immigrant Garden	C. Tad Devlin, W, C, M
9.1	1999	CD	Cosy Dens	Jan Hrebejk, W, W, C, M, M «Pelísky»
9.1	1991	CrDR	A Brighter Summer Day	Edward Yang, W, W, ++, C, C «Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian»
9.1	1964	D	Hamlet	Grigori Kozintsev, W, W, ++, C, M «Gamlet»
9.0	2012	AdCCrRT	Kismet Love Paisa Dilli	Sanjay M. Khanduri, W, W, ++, C, M
9.0	2011	C	Adventures of Serial Buddies	Keven Undergaro, W, C, M, M
9.0	2011	CHoSf	Overtime	Brian Cunningham, Matt Niehoff, W, W, C, M
9.0	2005	BD	The Eyes of Van Gogh	Alexander Barnett, W, C, M
9.0	1998	CCrT	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Aris Iliopulos, W, C, M
9.0	1997	D	Baunsu ko gaurusu	Masato Harada, W, C, M
9.0	1990	D	"The Decalogue" Dekalog, piec	Krzysztof Kieslowski, W, W, C, M «"Dekalog" Dekalog, piec»
9.0	1973	DMlF	Abhimaan	Hrishikesh Mukherjee, W, W, ++, C, M
9.0	1964	D	This Special Friendship	Jean Delannoy, W, W, ++, C, M «Les amitiés particulières»
9.0	1940	CrDR	The Way of All Flesh	Louis King, W, W, ++, C, M
8.9	2007	CSf	Return of the Ghostbusters	Hank Braxtan, W, W, C, M
8.9	2007	AdSf	Spiritual Warriors	David Raynr, W, W, C, M
8.9	1998	D	Walking to the Waterline	Matt Mulhern, W, C, M
8.9	1978	CDMc	Rockers	Ted Bafaloukos, W, C
8.9	1973	Ad	Brother of the Wind	Dick Robinson, W, W, C, C, C++, M, M
8.9	1962	FanHoMSfT	"Twilight Zone" The Changing of the Guard	Robert Ellis Miller, W, C «"The Twilight Zone" The Changing of the Guard»
8.9	1962	D	Kanchenjungha	Satyajit Ray, W, C, M
8.8	2014	DFR	Patrick's Day	Terry McMahon, W, C, M
8.8	2012	CD	Material	Craig Freimond, W, W, ++, C, M
8.8	2006	CD	Forgiving the Franklins	Jay Floyd, W, M
8.8	1998	C	Fishing with Gandhi	Gabe Weisert, W, W, ++, C, M
8.8	1994	CDF	A Feast at Midnight	Justin Hardy, W, W, C, M, M
8.8	1993	CD	La estrategia del caracol	Sergio Cabrera, W, W, ++, C, M
8.8	1993	D	The Saint of Fort Washington	Tim Hunter, W, C, M
8.8	1989	D	Sing	Richard J. Baskin, W, C, M
8.8	1984	CDR	Kaos	Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, W, W, ++, C, M
8.8	1981	CSf	La soupe aux choux	Jean Girault, W, W, ++, C, M
8.8	1977	C	Mimino	Georgiy Daneliya, W, W, ++, C, M
8.8	1968	C	Very Happy Alexander	Yves Robert, W, ++, C, M «Alexandre le bienheureux»
8.8	1964	D	Hamlet	Bill Colleran, John Gielgud, W, C
8.7	2013	CD	Isn't It Delicious	Michael Patrick Kelly, W, W, C, M
8.7	2011	ADR	To Be King	Steve Rahaman, W, W, C, C, M, M
8.7	1992	CRD	The Dark Side of the Heart	Eliseo Subiela, W, W, ++, C, M «El lado oscuro del corazón»
8.7	1986	CD	Saving Grace	Robert M. Young, W, W, ++, C, M
8.7	1980	CD	Why Would I Lie?	Larry Peerce, W, W, C, M
8.7	1978	C	The Adventures of Picasso	Tage Danielsson, W, W, C, C, M «Picassos äventyr»
8.7	1959	DT	The Last Mile	Howard W. Koch, W, W, ++, C, C, M
8.7	1939	CrAAd	Daredevils of the Red Circle	John English, William Witney, W, W, ++, C, M, 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.