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»
7.6 2010 FColor First Dog Bryan Michael Stoller, W, P, M
7.6 2010 ATColor The Assault Julien Leclercq, W, W, ++, P, M «L'assaut»
7.6 2009 DTColor Absolute Evil - Final Exit Ulli Lommel, W, P, M «Absolute Evil»
7.6 2006 DColor Singapore Dreaming Colin Goh, Yen Yen Woo, W, W, P, M «Mei man ren sheng»
7.6 2005 DMcBlack and White The Violin Francisco Vargas, W, P, M «El violin»
7.6 2003 CDColor James' Journey to Jerusalem Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, W, W, P, M «Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh»
7.6 2002 DRColor Swingers Stephan Brenninkmeijer, W, P, M
7.6 2001 TColor Tempted Bill Bennett, W, P, M
7.6 2001 CColor Wooly Boys Leszek Burzynski, W, W, ++, P, M
7.6 1998 DRColor Dance Me to My Song Rolf de Heer, W, W, ++, P, M
7.6 1997 RWeColor Gunfighter's Moon Larry Ferguson, W, P, M
7.6 1997 ACCrColor Kiler Juliusz Machulski, W, P, M
7.6 1994 DRTColor Killer Mark Malone, W, W, P, M
7.6 1990 CHoColor I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle Dirk Campbell, W, W, P, M
7.6 1988 CFSfColor Purple People Eater Linda Shayne, W, P, M
7.6 1986 DRColor Violets Are Blue... Jack Fisk, W, P, M
7.6 1985 CRColor Breaking All the Rules James Orr, W, W, ++, P, M
7.6 1984 DColor The Stone Boy Christopher Cain, W, P, M
7.6 1977 DFanColor I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Anthony Page, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.6 1974 DRColor (Technicolor) A Very Natural Thing Christopher Larkin, W, ++, P, M
7.6 1973 CWeColor Kid Blue James Frawley, W, P, M
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 7.6 1972 DRColor (Eastmancolor) César and Rosalie Claude Sautet, W, W, ++, P, M «César et Rosalie»
7.6 1970 CrTColor (Eastmancolor) The Crook Claude Lelouch, W, ++, P, M «Le voyou»
7.6 1968 WeColor The Ruthless Four Giorgio Capitani, W, W, P, M «Ognuno per sé»
7.6 1966 AdWeColor (Technicolor) The Night of the Grizzly Joseph Pevney, W, P, M
7.6 1965 DMRFColor Waqt Yash Chopra, W, W, P, M
7.6 1964 DBlack and White The Girl-Getters Michael Winner, W, P, M «The System»
7.6 1964 DAColor The Lively Set Jack Arnold, W, W, ++, P, M
7.6 1962 DHRTColor Lisa Philip Dunne, W, W, P, M «The Inspector»
7.6 1960 FDColor (Technicolor) Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus Charles Barton, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.6 1958 DRWColor (Eastmancolor) A Time to Love and a Time to Die Douglas Sirk, W, W, P, M
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 7.6 1950 CrDRBlack and White Story of a Love Affair Michelangelo Antonioni, W, ++, P, M «Cronaca di un amore»
7.6 1949 DBlack and White Bitter Rice Giuseppe De Santis, W, ++, P, M «Riso amaro»
7.6 1949 CBlack and White Everybody Does It Edmund Goulding, W, W, ++, P
7.6 1948 CMlRColor (Technicolor) Luxury Liner Richard Whorf, W, W, ++, P, M
7.6 1944 CBlack and White Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Lewis Allen, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.6 1936 DRBlack and White Mayerling Anatole Litvak, W, W, ++, P, M
7.6 1931 DMBlack and White The Phantom of Paris John S. Robertson, W, W, ++, P
7.6 1930 CDBlack and White Min and Bill George W. Hill, W, W, ++, P
7.6 1928 DBlack and White A Woman of Affairs Clarence Brown, W, W, ++, P, M
7.6 1928 DRBlack and White; Silent White Shadows in the South Seas W.S. Van Dyke, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
7.6 1927 DRBlack and White; Silent Captain Salvation John S. Robertson, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.6 1919 HoWBlack and White; Silent I Accuse Abel Gance, W, P, M «J'accuse!»
7.5 2007 DColor Estomago: A Gastronomic Story Marcos Jorge, W, W, ++, P, M «Estômago»
7.5 2006 CDMlColor Colma: The Musical Richard Wong, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 2006 AdDColor Ghosts Nick Broomfield, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 2006 CDColor Naming Number Two Toa Fraser, W, P, M «No. 2»
7.5 2006 DRColor The Elephant King Seth Grossman, W, P, M
7.5 2005 AdDWBlack and White, Color Iluminados por el fuego Tristán Bauer, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 2005 CDColor The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros Auraeus Solito, W, P, M «Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros»
7.5 2002 CRColor Casomai Alessandro D'Alatri, W, W, P, M
7.5 2002 CrDTColor Deadly Outlaw: Rekka Takashi Miike, W, P, M «Jitsuroku Andô Noboru kyôdô-den: Rekka»
7.5 2001 DMlCrRColor Lajja Rajkumar Santoshi, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 2001 CSpColor Waterboys Shinobu Yaguchi, W, W, P, M
7.5 2000 Color Road Dogz Alfredo Ramos, W, P, M
7.5 1998 DRColor Late August, Early September Olivier Assayas, W, P «Fin août, début septembre»
7.5 1997 DRColor The Only Thrill Peter Masterson, W, P, M
7.5 1996 ADRColor Ghatak: Lethal Rajkumar Santoshi, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.5 1996 CDColor The Other Side of Sunday Berit Nesheim, W, W, ++, P, M «Søndagsengler»
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 7.5 1995 DRWColor (Eastmancolor) Frankie Starlight Michael Lindsay-Hogg, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1994 CDColor Whale Music Richard J. Lewis, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1993 RWDColor For the Moment Aaron Kim Johnston, W, P, M
7.5 1993 AAdRColor Zhan shen chuan shuo Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, W, P, M
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 7.5 1990 DTColor Naked Obsession Dan Golden, W, W, M
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 7.5 1990 CColor The Shrimp on the Barbie Michael Gottlieb, Alan Smithee, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.5 1990 CRColor (Technicolor) Tune in Tomorrow... Jon Amiel, W, W, P, M
7.5 1989 CHoSfColor Lobster Man from Mars Stanley Sheff, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1989 FanHoBlack and White Tales from the Gimli Hospital Guy Maddin, W, P
7.5 1986 ADColor Vendetta Bruce Logan, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1985 CFFanColor The Dirt Bike Kid Hoite C. Caston, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1983 DACRFColor Coolie Manmohan Desai, Prayag Raj, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.5 1981 CDColor (Fujicolor) Lola Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1976 DBlack and White The Middleman Satyajit Ray, W, W, P, M «Jana Aranya»
7.5 1975 HoColor (Eastmancolor) She sha shou Chih-Hung Kuei, W, P, M
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 7.5 1973 CrCColor Cops and Robbers Aram Avakian, W, P, M
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 7.5 1973 ACrTColor The Boss Fernando Di Leo, W, W, P, M «Il boss»
7.5 1973 DWBlack and White (archive footage), Black and White, Color (Eastmancolor) The Train Pierre Granier-Deferre, W, W, ++, P, M «Le train»
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 7.5 1971 AAdDColor (Eastmancolor) The Horsemen John Frankenheimer, W, W, P, M
7.5 1969 DBlack and White (tinted), Color (Eastmancolor) Boy Nagisa Ôshima, W, P, M «Shônen»
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 7.5 1968 ACDBlack and White Kill! Cr Cr-Video Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Kihachi Okamoto, W, W, ++, P, M «Kiru»
7.5 1965 CColor (Technicolor) The Art of Love Norman Jewison, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1965 CMColor (Eastmancolor) The Intelligence Men Robert Asher, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1964 CSfColor Kiss Me Quick! Peter Perry Jr., ++, P
7.5 1950 MBlack and White Five Angles on Murder Anthony Asquith, W, P, M «The Woman in Question»
7.5 1938 ADBlack and White The Crowd Roars Richard Thorpe, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1936 CDMlBlack and White Pennies from Heaven Norman Z. McLeod, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1936 WeBlack and White Three Godfathers Richard Boleslawski, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.5 1932 DBlack and White Broken Lullaby Ernst Lubitsch, W, W, ++, P, M
7.5 1932 DBlack and White The Mouthpiece James Flood, Elliott Nugent, W, W, ++, P
7.5 1926 CBlack and White; Silent The Strong Man Frank Capra, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.5 1924 DRBlack and White; Silent Wild Oranges King Vidor, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.5 1921 AAdRBlack and White, Color (Wyckoff-DeMill Color) (some sequences); Silent The Three Musketeers Fred Niblo, W, W, ++, P, M
7.4 2011 CHoColor Game of Werewolves Juan Martínez Moreno, W, P, M «Lobos de Arga»
7.4 2011 CRColor Love Birds Paul Murphy, W, P, M
7.4 2010 DColor The Life of Fish Matías Bize, W, ++, P, M «La vida de los peces»
7.4 2009 DRColor City of Life Ali F. Mostafa, W, W, ++, P, M
7.4 2009 Color Frontier Blues Babak Jalali, W, P, M
7.4 2006 DTColor Last Train to Freo Jeremy Sims, W, P
7.4 2004 CrRTColor Lautlos Mennan Yapo, W, W, P, M
7.4 2003 DFRColor Armaan Honey Irani, W, ++, P, M
7.4 2003 DColor Tehzeeb Khalid Mohamed, W, W, P, M
7.4 2002 DColor Dekada '70 Chito S. Roño, W, P, M
7.4 2002 CHoFRColor My Left Eye Sees Ghosts Johnnie To, Ka-Fai Wai, W, W, ++, P, M «Ngo joh aan gin diy gwai»
7.4 2002 Color The Keyman Daniel Millican, W, W, P, M
7.4 2001 CFFanColor Miss Minoes Vincent Bal, W, W, ++, P, M «Minoes»
7.4 2001 DAColor Nayak: The Real Hero S. Shankar, W, W, P, M
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 7.4 2001 CrDTColor One Eyed King Robert Moresco, W, P, M
7.4 2000 BCrDColor Murderous Maids Jean-Pierre Denis, W, W, ++, P «Les blessures assassines»
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 7.4 1999 DColor Charisma Kiyoshi Kurosawa, W, P, M «Karisuma»
7.4 1997 CDColor Dry Cleaning Anne Fontaine, W, W, P «Nettoyage à sec»
7.4 1997 Black and White Mr. Vincent Robert Celestino, W, W, ++, P, M
7.4 1997 DRColor Touch Me H. Gordon Boos, W, ++, P, M
7.4 1995 CrDMTColor Shinjuku kuroshakai: Chaina mafia sensô Takashi Miike, W, P, M
7.4 1992 DColor Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. Leslie Harris, W, P, M
7.4 1990 CColor (Eastmancolor) Cold Dog Soup Alan Metter, W, W, P, M
7.4 1990 DColor Journey of Hope Xavier Koller, W, W, P «Reise der Hoffnung»
7.4 1989 HoTColor The Forgotten One Phillip Badger, W, P, M
7.4 1988 CMRColor Plain Clothes Martha Coolidge, W, ++, P, M
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 7.4 1988 CCrColor Switching Channels Ted Kotcheff, W, W, ++, P, M
7.4 1979 ADColor Last Hurrah for Chivalry John Woo, W, P «Hao xia»
7.4 1978 CrATDColor Money Movers Bruce Beresford, W, W, P
7.4 1976 DColor (Eastmancolor) I Love You, I Don't Serge Gainsbourg, W, P, M «Je t'aime moi non plus»
7.4 1975 DColor The Other Side of the Mountain Larry Peerce, W, W, P, M
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 7.4 1974 DColor (Technicolor) Conversation Piece Luchino Visconti, W, W, ++, P, M «Gruppo di famiglia in un interno»
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 7.4 1974 CrDColor (Eastmancolor) Stavisky... Alain Resnais, W, P, M
7.4 1973 CSfMColor Turist Ömer Uzay Yolu'nda Hulki Saner, W, ++, P
7.4 1973 DRAMlFColor Yaadon Ki Baaraat Nasir Hussain, W, ++, P, M
7.4 1969 CFColor (Technicolor) Angel in My Pocket Alan Rafkin, W, W, P, M
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 7.4 1967 CRColor (Pathécolor) Enter Laughing Carl Reiner, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.4 1960 CrTBlack and White Hell Is a City Val Guest, W, W, P, M
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 7.4 1956 CColor (Technicolor) Hollywood or Bust Frank Tashlin, W, ++, P, M
7.4 1953 DBlack and White Do Bigha Zamin Bimal Roy, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.4 1953 CMlRColor (Technicolor) I Love Melvin Don Weis, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.4 1951 DNTBlack and White M Joseph Losey, W, W, ++, P, M
7.4 1949 DBlack and White Come to the Stable Henry Koster, W, W, ++, P, M
7.4 1948 WeColor (Cinecolor) Coroner Creek Ray Enright, W, W, P, M
7.4 1947 MlColor (Technicolor) Mother Wore Tights Walter Lang, W, W, P, M
7.4 1942 AAdBlack and White Spy Smasher William Witney, W, W, ++, P, M
7.4 1938 AAdSfBlack and White Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Ford Beebe, Robert F. Hill, ++, W, W, ++, P
7.4 1935 FMlRBlack and White Curly Top Irving Cummings, W, W, ++, P, M
7.4 1931 DBlack and White Five and Ten W, W, ++, P
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 7.4 1929 AAdDRBlack and White; Silent White Hell of Pitz Palu Arnold Fanck, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, W, W, P, M «Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü»
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 7.4 1925 DRBlack and White; Silent The Merry Widow Erich von Stroheim, W, W, ++, P