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. The release year is color-coded to denote TV films, TV mini-series, and TV series. The director’s name is bluish-tinted if its popup has additional info about other films by this director.

GR Year Genres Title Extra links / Director, etc / «Original title»
7.3 2013 HoTColor Compound Fracture Anthony J. Rickert-Epstein, W, W, P, M
7.3 2013 CDColor Miracle in Cell No.7 Lee Hwan-Kyung, W, W, ++, P
7.3 2012 FColor Cowgirls n' Angels Timothy Armstrong, W, W, P, M
7.3 2012 TColor (35 mm version) Ee Adutha Kaalath Arun Kumar, W, P, M
7.3 2010 DRColor Good Night Good Morning Sudhish Kamath, W, W, P
7.3 2010 DHRColor Madras Town Vijay, W, P, M «Madrasapattinam»
7.3 2009 DColor Rapt Lucas Belvaux, W, P, M
7.3 2008 BDColor Skin Anthony Fabian, W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 2007 DColor Blind Mountain Yang Li, W, P «Mang shan»
7.3 2006 CrDTColor Angosto Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo, W, P, M «La noche de los girasoles»
7.3 2005 CRColor Love, Ludlow Adrienne Weiss, W, P, M
7.3 2005 CCrDHColor The President's Last Bang Sang-soo Im, W, P, M «Geuddae geusaramdeul»
7.3 2004 CDSpColor Avellaneda's Moon Juan José Campanella, W, W, ++, P, M «Luna de Avellaneda»
7.3 2003 DColor Choker Bali: A Passion Play Rituparno Ghosh, W, W, P, M «Chokher Bali»
7.3 2002 ACSfColor Resurrection of the Little Match Girl Sun-Woo Jang, W, W, P, M «Sungnyangpali sonyeoui jaerim»
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 7.3 2001 DMcRColor A Song for Martin Bille August, W, W, P, M «En sång för Martin»
7.3 2001 CColor Killer Bud Karl T. Hirsch, W, W, P, M
7.3 2001 CColor Lammbock Christian Zübert, W, P, M
7.3 1999 CColor A Wake in Providence Rosario Roveto Jr., W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 1999 CRColor Paperback Hero Antony J. Bowman, W, P, M
7.3 1999 CDHRColor Propaganda Sinan Çetin, W, W, P, M
7.3 1999 CDColor Undercover Angel Bryan Michael Stoller, W, P, M
7.3 1998 CrDColor Gunshy Jeff Celentano, W, P, M
7.3 1998 CColor With Friends Like These... Philip Frank Messina, W, P, M
7.3 1997 CDFanRSpColor The Sixth Man Randall Miller, W, W, P, M
7.3 1995 CDHRColor Stonewall Nigel Finch, W, W, P, M
7.3 1994 AdCFColor (Technicolor) Monkey Trouble Franco Amurri, W, W, P, M
7.3 1993 CDColor Yankee Zulu Gray Hofmeyr, W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 1991 CSfColor Nu ji xie ren Jamie Luk, W, W, P, M
7.3 1990 CHoMlColor Rockula Luca Bercovici, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.3 1989 ARSfCColor (Technicolor) Ji dong ji xia Clarence Fok Yiu-leung, W, W, P
7.3 1984 CColor (Technicolor) Comfort and Joy Bill Forsyth, W, P, M
7.3 1982 CHoColor Wacko Greydon Clark, W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 1979 ACColor Magnificent Butcher Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Woo-ping Yuen, W, W, P, M «Lin Shi Rong»
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 7.3 1979 CColor Real Life Albert Brooks, W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 1978 CrDMTColor (Technicolor) "Columbo" Murder Under Glass Jonathan Demme, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.3 1977 CrMCDColor, Color (Metrocolor) The Late Show Robert Benton, W, P, M
7.3 1976 ACrDTColor (Eastmancolor) Man on the Roof Bo Widerberg, W, W, ++, P, M «Mannen på taket»
7.3 1975 CColor (Eastmancolor) White Collar Blues Luciano Salce, W, W, ++, P, M «Fantozzi»
7.3 1973 ADCrColor The Spook Who Sat by the Door Ivan Dixon, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.3 1972 DHoTColor (Technicolor) You'll Like My Mother Lamont Johnson, W, W, P, M
7.3 1971 DWColor (Eastmancolor) Long Live Death Fernando Arrabal, W, ++, P «Viva la muerte»
7.3 1970 CrDColor (Eastmancolor) Borsalino Jacques Deray, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.3 1965 ADBlack and White Sword of the Beast Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Hideo Gosha, W, W, P, M «Kedamono no ken»
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 7.3 1960 DMlBlack and White The Cloud-Capped Star Ritwik Ghatak, W, W, ++, P, M «Meghe Dhaka Tara»
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 7.3 1958 CColor (Technicolor) Rock-a-Bye Baby Frank Tashlin, W, W, P, M
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 7.3 1953 CDBlack and White The Sun Shines Bright John Ford, W, W, P, M
7.3 1953 BDHRColor (Technicolor) Young Bess George Sidney, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.3 1951 DRBlack and White Summer Interlude Cr Cr-Photo Cr-Ess Ingmar Bergman, W, W, P, M «Sommarlek»
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 7.3 1950 SfBlack and White Atom Man vs. Superman Spencer Gordon Bennet, W, W, ++, P
7.3 1950 WeBlack and White Two Flags West Robert Wise, W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 1947 MBlack and White The October Man Roy Ward Baker, W, P, M
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 7.3 1942 CRBlack and White The Male Animal Elliott Nugent, W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 1937 DBlack and White Madame X Sam Wood, ++, W, W, P, M
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 7.3 1936 CMlFBlack and White Captain January David Butler, W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 1935 DBlack and White Dante's Inferno Harry Lachman, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.3 1931 CDCrRBlack and White Blonde Crazy Roy Del Ruth, W, W, P
7.3 1931 CrDRBlack and White The Criminal Code W, W, ++, P
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 7.3 1927 DHoBlack and White; Silent London After Midnight Tod Browning, W, W, ++, P
7.3 1926 CBlack and White; Silent Battling Butler Buster Keaton, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.3 1923 AdCFRColor (tinted and toned), Black and White; Silent Why Worry? Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 1922 DBlack and White; Silent Der brennende Acker F.W. Murnau, W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 1922 CFBlack and White; Silent Grandma's Boy Fred C. Newmeyer, W, W, ++, P, M
7.3 1916 DBlack and White (tinted); Silent Where Are My Children? W, W, ++, P
7.2 2011 ADHColor Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale Te-Sheng Wei, W, P «Sàidékè balái»
7.2 2009 DColor A Boy Called Dad Brian Percival, W, P, M
7.2 2009 DFColor A Shine of Rainbows Vic Sarin, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 2007 DFFanColor Christmas Story Juha Wuolijoki, W, W, ++, P, M «Joulutarina»
7.2 2007 ADColor Fighter Natasha Arthy, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 2007 DColor Kings Tom Collins, W, W, P, M
7.2 2005 DRColor April Snow Jin-ho Hur, W, W, ++, P, M «Oechul»
7.2 2005 FColor Come Away Home Doug McKeon, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 2004 DTColor Aitraaz Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla, W, ++, P, M
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 7.2 2004 DColor Red Dust Tom Hooper, W, W, P, M
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 7.2 2004 CDColor The Wedding Wojciech Smarzowski, W, P, M «Wesele»
7.2 2003 DColor Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women Manish Jha, W, P, M
7.2 2002 DCColor Solino Fatih Akin, W, P, M
7.2 2002 CDColor The Flats Kelly Requa, Tyler Requa, W, W, P, M
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 7.2 2001 CRDColor Possible Loves Sandra Werneck, W, W, P, M «Amores Possíveis»
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 7.2 2000 DHWBlack and White La commune (Paris, 1871) Peter Watkins, W, W, P
7.2 2000 CCrFanTAColor Monday Hiroyuki Tanaka, W, P, M
7.2 1999 DFanHoMTColor Sôseiji Shin'ya Tsukamoto, W, W, P, M
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 7.2 1998 DColor (Eastmancolor) Praise John Curran, W, P, M
7.2 1997 DWColor The Island on Bird Street Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.2 1995 CrDColor (Eastmancolor) The Deathmaker Romuald Karmakar, W, W, P «Der Totmacher»
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 7.2 1994 CrCDColor Jimmy Hollywood Barry Levinson, W, P, M
7.2 1991 AdDHColor (Eastmancolor) Cabeza de Vaca Nicolás Echevarría, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1985 BDHColor (Eastmancolor) Colonel Redl István Szabó, W, W, ++, P, M «Oberst Redl»
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 7.2 1984 CDColor (Technicolor) The Wild Life Art Linson, W, P, M
7.2 1980 DMcColor Rude Boy Jack Hazan, David Mingay, W, W, P, M
7.2 1980 CDSpColor The Club Bruce Beresford, W, P, M
7.2 1976 CColor (Technicolor) Drive-In Rod Amateau, W, P
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 7.2 1976 ACrDTColor (Telecolor) Il grande racket Enzo G. Castellari, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.2 1975 CrDColor The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Cr Cr-Ess Cr-News Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, W, W, ++, P, M «Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum»
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 7.2 1971 CrDColor (Eastmancolor) Just Before Nightfall Claude Chabrol, W, W, P, M «Juste avant la nuit»
7.2 1970 DHoMTColor An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe Kenneth Johnson, W, W, ++, M
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 7.2 1964 DRColor, Black and White Before the Revolution Bernardo Bertolucci, W, W, P, M «Prima della rivoluzione»
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 7.2 1964 CDRColor (Eastmancolor) Marriage Italian Style Vittorio De Sica, W, W, ++, P, M «Matrimonio all'italiana»
7.2 1960 DWBlack and White (archive footage), Black and White Conspiracy of Hearts Ralph Thomas, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1959 AAdColor (Eastmancolor) Tarzan's Greatest Adventure John Guillermin, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1959 FanHoMBlack and White The Black Pit of Dr. M Fernando Méndez, W, P, M «Misterios de ultratumba»
7.2 1958 DHRWBlack and White A Tale of Two Cities Ralph Thomas, W, W, P, M
7.2 1953 CFMlRColor (Technicolor) By the Light of the Silvery Moon David Butler, W, W, ++, P
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 7.2 1953 DFBlack and White White Mane Albert Lamorisse, W, W, ++, P, M «Crin blanc: Le cheval sauvage»
7.2 1952 DRWBlack and White Breaking the Sound Barrier David Lean, W, P, M «The Sound Barrier»
7.2 1949 MlRColor (Technicolor) That Midnight Kiss Norman Taurog, W, W, P, M
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 7.2 1948 CMlRColor (Technicolor) The Emperor Waltz Billy Wilder, W, W, P, M
7.2 1948 DBlack and White Yoru no onnatachi Kenji Mizoguchi, W, W, P, M
7.2 1946 WeBlack and White Bad Bascomb S. Sylvan Simon, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1946 DFColor (Technicolor) Smoky Louis King, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1945 CDBlack and White Roughly Speaking Michael Curtiz, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1941 CrDRTBlack and White The Face Behind the Mask Robert Florey, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1940 MlRAdBlack and White New Moon Robert Z. Leonard, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.2 1936 CRCrBlack and White Desire Frank Borzage, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1936 CMRTBlack and White The Princess Comes Across William K. Howard, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1932 DWBlack and White Wooden Crosses Raymond Bernard, W, W, ++, P «Les croix de bois»
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 7.2 1925 CWeBlack and White; Silent Go West Buster Keaton, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1925 DCBlack and White; Silent Little Annie Rooney William Beaudine, W, W, ++, P, M
7.2 1922 DRBlack and White (tinted); Silent Down to the Sea in Ships Elmer Clifton, W, P, M
7.2 1921 DBlack and White; Silent The Conquering Power Rex Ingram, W, W, P