Sorted list: Films with "intelligent grades" between 8.1 and 8.7 (robustness between 1.2 and 1.5)

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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 quality”.

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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»
	8.6	2014	DSp	Seve the Movie	John-Paul Davidson, W, P, M
	8.6	2013	DF	Fandry	Nagraj Manjule, W, P, M
	8.6	2011	C	Austin High	Alan Deutsch, W, W, ++, P
	8.6	2006	CR	Jasminum	Jan Jakub Kolski, W, P, M
	8.6	2005	MD	Murder on the Yellow Brick Road	Ross Hagen, W, W, P, M, M
	8.6	2004	CD	Four Shades of Brown	Tomas Alfredson, W, W, ++, P «Fyra nyanser av brunt»
	8.6	2004	CDR	Love's Brother	Jan Sardi, W, P, M
	8.6	2003	CDFMl	Gupta vs Gordon	Jitendra Pal, W, W, P, M, M
	8.6	2003	CR	Ladies' Night	Gabriela Tagliavini, W, W, ++, P
	8.6	2002	CR	Love Life	Ray Brady, W, W, P
	8.6	2001	MlDR	Waves	Mani Ratnam, W, ++, P, M «Alai Payuthey»
	8.6	1998	CCr	Serial Lover	James Huth, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.6	1997	CDHMlR	Destiny	Youssef Chahine, W, W, P, M, M «Al-massir»
	8.6	1994	DHoRT	Angel Dust	Gakuryu Ishii, W, W, P, M «Enjeru dasuto»
	8.6	1994	CHoSf	That Little Monster	Paul Bunnell, W, P, M
	8.6	1992	CD	Leaving Normal	Edward Zwick, W, P, M
	8.6	1991	DR	Children of Nature	Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, W, W, P, M «Börn náttúrunnar»
	8.6	1987	FMlFan	Hansel and Gretel	Len Talan, W, W, ++, P
	8.6	1983	AC	Bullshot Crummond	Dick Clement, W, W, ++, P, M «Bullshot»
	8.6	1981	CrDT	Garde à vue	Claude Miller, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.6	1980	CrRCD	The Black Marble	Harold Becker, W, P, M, M
	8.6	1979		Junoon	Shyam Benegal, W, W, ++, P, M, M
	8.6	1976	CrTM	Cadaveri eccellenti	Francesco Rosi, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.6	1973	D	The Homecoming	Peter Hall, W, P
	8.6	1972	DHMW	Under the Flag of the Rising Sun	Kinji Fukasaku, W, W, ++, P, M «Gunki hatameku motoni»
	8.6	1968	DW	The Long Day's Dying	Peter Collinson, W, W, P, P, M
	8.6	1967	WD	The Longest Hundred Miles	Don Weis, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.6	1953	BDH	Martin Luther	Irving Pichel, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.6	1952	DRW	So Little Time	Compton Bennett, W, W, P, M
	8.6	1942	D	There Was a Father	Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, ++, P, M «Chichi ariki»
	8.6	1935		Sequoia	Chester M. Franklin, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.5	2013	D	Circles	Srdan Golubovic, W, W, P, M «Krugovi»
	8.5	2013	CD	The Maladjusted	Chris Kiros, W, ++, P, M, M, M
	8.5	2012	BDMc	Renee	Nathan Frankowski, W, W, ++, P
	8.5	2012	D	Una noche	Lucy Mulloy, W, P, P
	8.5	2011	T	Bicycle Day	Damian Morter, W, P, M, M, M++
	8.5	2010	AD	Last Letters from Monte Rosa	Ari Taub, W, P, M
	8.5	2009	BCDH	Harishchandrachi Factory	Paresh Mokashi, W, P, M
	8.5	2007	D	A Winter Tale	Frances-Anne Solomon, W, W, ++, P, M, M
	8.5	2004	DR	A Common Thread	Éléonore Faucher, W, W, ++, P, M «Brodeuses»
	8.5	2003	DFanR	Expiration	Gavin Heffernan, W, P, P, M
	8.5	2001	D	Acts of Worship	Rosemary Rodriguez, W, P, M
	8.5	2001	CFDR	Oui, mais...	Yves Lavandier, W, P, M
	8.5	2000	D	First, Last and Deposit	Peter Hyoguchi, W, W, P, M
	8.5	1999	D	Railroad Man	Yasuo Furuhata, W, W, P, M «Poppoya»
	8.5	1992	CrRT	Roja	Mani Ratnam, W, P, M
	8.5	1990	DSp	Pastime	Robin B. Armstrong, W, P, M
	8.5	1988	D	Pascali's Island	James Dearden, W, W, P, M
	8.5	1986	D	Night of the Pencils	Héctor Olivera, W, W, ++, P, M «La noche de los lápices»
	8.5	1983	D	Lianna	John Sayles, W, P, M
	8.5	1981	D	Three Brothers	Francesco Rosi, W, W, ++, P, M «Tre fratelli»
	8.5	1979	AD	The Kid with the Golden Arm	Cheh Chang, W, W, P, M «Jin bei tong»
	8.5	1978	D	An Enemy of the People	George Schaefer, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.5	1972	MlR	Amar Prem	Shakti Samanta, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.5	1972	CD	Mera Naam Joker	Raj Kapoor, W, ++, P, M, M
	8.5	1971	C	Made for Each Other	Robert B. Bean, W, W, P, M
	8.5	1968	DMlRC	Padosan	Jyoti Swaroop, W, P, M
	8.5	1959	DW	Il Generale della Rovere	Roberto Rossellini, W, W, ++, P, M «Il generale della Rovere»
	8.5	1936	D	Hitori musuko	Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.5	1932	DC	Blessed Event	Roy Del Ruth, W, W, ++, P
	8.5	1928	D	The Wedding March	Erich von Stroheim, W, W, P, P, P++, M, M, M++
	8.4	2013	D	Listen... Amaya	Avinash Kumar Singh, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.4	2009	D	Earthwork	Chris Ordal, W, P
	8.4	2004	D	Des Hoyaa Pardes	Manoj Punj, W, M
	8.4	2004	DH	The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do	Ha Yoo, W, P, M «Maljukgeori janhoksa»
	8.4	2003	T	Samay: When Time Strikes	Robby Grewal, W, W, P, M
	8.4	2000	DR	Dhadkan	Dharmesh Darshan, W, W, ++, P, M, M, M++
	8.4	2000	DR	Restless	Aku Louhimies, W, ++, P, M «Levottomat»
	8.4	1999	CD	Getting to Know You	Lisanne Skyler, W, W, ++, P, M, M
	8.4	1999	D	The Dream Catcher	Ed Radtke, W, W, P, M
	8.4	1998	DT	Miss Monday	Benson Lee, W, W, P, M
	8.4	1991	D	The Boy Who Cried Bitch	Juan José Campanella, W, P, M
	8.4	1990	D	Everybody's Fine	Giuseppe Tornatore, W, W, ++, P, M «Stanno tutti bene»
	8.4	1988	ACrT	The Big Heat	Yeung-Wah Kam, Johnnie To, ++, W, M, M «Seng fat dak ging»
	8.4	1984	D	A Sunday in the Country	Bertrand Tavernier, W, W, ++, P «Un dimanche à la campagne»
	8.4	1980	AAdCrDT	Shaan	Ramesh Sippy, W, W, P, M
	8.4	1976	DF	Storm Boy	Henri Safran, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.4	1975	MlR	Mausam	Gulzar, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.4	1971	D	T.R. Baskin	Herbert Ross, W, P, M
	8.4	1967	CR	Kidnapping, Caucasian Style	Leonid Gayday, W, W, ++, P, M «Kavkazskaya plennitsa, ili Novye priklyucheniya Shurika»
	8.4	1965	DR	Wild Seed	Brian G. Hutton, W, W, P, M
	8.4	1963	AAdDHRW	El Naser Salah el Dine	Youssef Chahine, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.4	1960	CDR	Once More, with Feeling!	Stanley Donen, W, P
	8.4	1959	DHW	The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity	Masaki Kobayashi, W, W, ++, P, M «Ningen no jôken»
	8.4	1951	D	Death of a Salesman	Laslo Benedek, W, W, P, M
	8.4	1944	AdDR	Frenchman's Creek	Mitchell Leisen, W, W, P, P, M
	8.4	1938	AdH	If I Were King	Frank Lloyd, W, W, P, M
	8.3	2014	T	Black Fly	Jason Bourque, W, P, M
	8.3	2014	C	Cinema Purgatorio	Chris White, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.3	2013	DH	Ephraim's Rescue	T.C. Christensen, W, P
	8.3	2013	CT	Soodhu Kavvum	Nalan Kumarasamy, W, W, P, M
	8.3	2012	CDF	God's Country	Chris Armstrong, W, W, ++, P
	8.3	2012	C	My Uncle Rafael	Marc Fusco, W, W, ++, P, M, M
	8.3	2009	D	Brotherhood	Nicolo Donato, W, W, P, M «Broderskab»
	8.3	2007	CD	The Rest is Silence	Nae Caranfil, W, P, M «Restul e tacere»
	8.3	2006	C	Cross Eyed	Adam Jones, W, P, P, M
	8.3	2005	D	Night People	Adrian Mead, W, W, P, M
	8.3	2001	D	Jet Boy	Dave Schultz, W, P, M, M
	8.3	2001	AD	MacArthur Park	Billy Wirth, W, ++, P, M, M
	8.3	2000	C	Compassionate Sex	Laura Mañá, W, P, M, M «Sexo por compasión»
	8.3	2000	RSf	Ditto	Jeong-kwon Kim, W, P, M «Donggam»
	8.3	2000	DFanHoMR	Wild Flowers	F.A. Brabec, W, W, ++, P, M, M «Kytice»
	8.3	1999	DC	Enlightenment Guaranteed	Doris Dörrie, W, W, P «Erleuchtung garantiert»
	8.3	1999	CDR	King of Comedy	Stephen Chow, Lik-Chi Lee, W, W, ++, P, M, M «Hei kek ji wong»
	8.3	1999	D	The Tic Code	Gary Winick, W, P, M
	8.3	1999	AD	Vaastav: The Reality	Mahesh Manjrekar, W, W, ++, P, M, M, M++
	8.3	1997	ACrDR	Sara	Maciej Slesicki, W, P
	8.3	1996	D	Hollow Reed	Angela Pope, W, W, P, M
	8.3	1992	CD	In the Soup	Alexandre Rockwell, W, W, P, M
	8.3	1992	CR	The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them	Matthew Meshekoff, W, P, M
	8.3	1989	BDHSpW	Triumph of the Spirit	Robert M. Young, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.3	1986	Ad	Where the River Runs Black	Christopher Cain, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.3	1982	D	Volver a empezar	José Luis Garci, W, ++, P
	8.3	1981	AAdCD	Goodbye Pork Pie	Geoff Murphy, W, W, P, M
	8.3	1980	ADMcR	Stunt Rock	Brian Trenchard-Smith, W, W, P, P, M
	8.3	1972	DHW	The Dawns Here are Quiet	Stanislav Rostotsky, W, W, P, M «A zori zdes tikhie»
	8.3	1967	FanCR	More Than a Miracle	Francesco Rosi, W, W, ++, P, M «C'era una volta..»
	8.3	1960	AAdDF	Kidnapped	Robert Stevenson, W, ++, P, M
	8.3	1950	C	The Magnet	Charles Frend, W, P, M
	8.3	1922	DR	Tess of the Storm Country	John S. Robertson, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.2	2014	F	Waterfall 1: No Words, No Sex, Just Relax	Volker Bossert, P
	8.2	2012	AT	Pseudo	Gursimran Dhillon, W, W, P, M
	8.2	2009	CD	Archie's Final Project	David Lee Miller, W, ++, P, P, M «My Suicide»
	8.2	2005	DSp	Crying Fist	Seung-wan Ryoo, W, W, M «Jumeogi unda»
	8.2	2005	D	The Willow Tree	Majid Majidi, W, ++, P, P, M «Beed-e majnoon»
	8.2	2003	C	Perico ripiao	Ángel Muñiz, W, W, P, M
	8.2	2002	AdCR	A Kind of America	Gábor Herendi, W, W, P, M «Valami Amerika»
	8.2	2002	DF	Elina: As If I Wasn't There	Klaus Härö, W, W, ++, P, M «Elina - Som om jag inte fanns»
	8.2	2001	DC	Jackpot	Michael Polish, W, W, P, M
	8.2	2001	DRW	The Officer's Ward	François Dupeyron, W, W, P, M «La chambre des officiers»
	8.2	2000	D	The Bench	Per Fly, W, W, P, M «Bænken»
	8.2	1998	ACMl	Bade Miyan Chote Miyan	David Dhawan, W, P, M
	8.2	1998	TD	Dead by Dawn	James Salisbury, W, M
	8.2	1998	D	La vendedora de rosas	Víctor Gaviria, W, W, P, P, M
	8.2	1997	DHR	The Soong Sisters	Mabel Cheung, W, P, M, M «Song jia huang chao»
	8.2	1996	AD	Indian	S. Shankar, W, ++, P, M
	8.2	1992	BDH	Daens	Stijn Coninx, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.2	1988	DFan	Da	Matt Clark, W, P, M
	8.2	1984	D	Misunderstood	Jerry Schatzberg, W, W, P, M
	8.2	1983	BDW	Entre Nous	Diane Kurys, W, ++, P, M «Coup de foudre»
	8.2	1982	FD	Night Crossing	Delbert Mann, W, P, M
	8.2	1981	D	Ticket to Heaven	Ralph L. Thomas, W, W, ++, P, M, M
	8.2	1973	D	Payday	Daryl Duke, W, P, M, M, M++
	8.2	1969	D	Funeral Procession of Roses	Toshio Matsumoto, W, P, M «Bara no sôretsu»
	8.2	1960	D	Sons and Lovers	Jack Cardiff, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.2	1956	D	Gervaise	René Clément, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.2	1940	DF	The Biscuit Eater	Stuart Heisler, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.2	1933	DR	The Silver Cord	John Cromwell, W, W, P, M
	8.2	1926	DR	Bardelys the Magnificent	King Vidor, W, W, P, M, M
	8.1	2014	Ho	Charlie's Farm	Chris Sun, W, P, M
	8.1	2013	D	King's Faith	Nicholas DiBella, W, W, P, M, M
	8.1	2012	F	Balak Palak	Ravi Jadhav, W, W, P, M, M
	8.1	2010	CDR	I Wish I Were Stephanie V	Jon Cohen, W, P, M
	8.1	2010	D	Ocean Paradise	Xiao Lu Xue, W, P, M «Haiyang tiantang»
	8.1	2009	D	Sezon tumanov	Anna Tchernakova, W, W, P, M
	8.1	2006	MlD	Banaras	Pankaj Parashar, W, W, P, M
	8.1	2006	DR	Bommarillu	Bhaskar, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.1	2005	MlW	Bosta	Philippe Aractingi, W, P, M, M, M
	8.1	2003	CDMc	Hey DJ	Migel Delgado, Jon Jacobs, W, P, M
	8.1	1999	DR	Bad Company	Jean-Pierre Améris, W, P «Mauvaises fréquentations»
	8.1	1998	ACrDT	No Code of Conduct	Bret Michaels, W, W, ++, P, M, M
	8.1	1998	FD	Owd Bob	Rodney Gibbons, W, W, M
	8.1	1998	DTCrA	The Longest Nite	Tat-Chi Yau, W, W, P, M «Am faa»
	8.1	1997	D	Dancehall Queen	Rick Elgood, Don Letts, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.1	1995	CCr	Palookaville	Alan Taylor, W, P, M
	8.1	1975		Rime of the Ancient Mariner	Raul daSilva, W, W, ++, P, P, P++
	8.1	1974	DT	Eugenie Sex Happening	Jesús Franco, W, W, P, M «Eugénie»
	8.1	1972	ACrDT	Fear Is the Key	Michael Tuchner, W, W, P, M
	8.1	1970	FC	The Boatniks	Norman Tokar, W, W, P, M
	8.1	1970	DT	The Ear	Karel Kachyna, W, W, ++, P, M «Ucho»
	8.1	1963	CACr	Monsieur Gangster	Georges Lautner, W, W, ++, P, M «Les tontons flingueurs»
	8.1	1959	DMT	Night Train	Jerzy Kawalerowicz, W, W, P, M «Pociag»
	8.1	1958	CD	Equinox Flower	Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, ++, P, M «Higanbana»
	8.1	1958	CrTD	It Happened in Broad Daylight	Ladislao Vajda, W, ++, P, M «Es geschah am hellichten Tag»
	8.1	1956	C	Four Bags Full	Claude Autant-Lara, W, W, ++, P, M «La traversée de Paris»
	8.1	1952	D	Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie	Henry King, W, W, ++, P, M
	8.1	1951	C	Laughter in Paradise	Mario Zampi, W, W, P, M
	8.1	1950	D	The Mudlark	Jean Negulesco, W, W, P, M
	8.1	1949	BMc	Jolson Sings Again	Henry Levin, W, P, M
	8.1	1947	BMl	My Wild Irish Rose	David Butler, W, W, ++, P, P
	8.1	1931	C	Girls About Town	George Cukor, W, W, ++, P, M

What is this list?

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).

How to use this list?

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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