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»
8.0 2014 CrTColor Thegidi P. Ramesh, W, P, M
8.0 2013 CRColor Twenty Million People Michael Ferrell, W, P
8.0 2011 CRColor Conception Josh Stolberg, W, P, M
8.0 2011 DTColor, Color (HD) Strings Mark Dennis, Ben Foster, W, P, M
8.0 2010 BDColor The First Grader Justin Chadwick, W, P, M
8.0 2007 DRColor A West Texas Children's Story Brad Isaacs, W, P, M «Have Dreams, Will Travel»
8.0 2004 CDFRColor Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds Ahmet Ulucay, W, P, M «Karpuz kabugundan gemiler yapmak»
8.0 2004 DColor Campfire Joseph Cedar, W, P, M «Medurat Hashevet»
8.0 2003 CDColor November Achero Mañas, W, W, P, M «Noviembre»
8.0 2003 CHoColor The Janitor TJ Nordaker, Andy Signore, W, ++, P, M
8.0 2002 DColor Common Ground Adolfo Aristarain, W, W, ++, P «Lugares comunes»
8.0 2002 CDColor The Butterfly Philippe Muyl, W, P, M «Le papillon»
8.0 2002 Color The Good Thief R.T. Herwig, W, W, P, M
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 8.0 2000 CDColor Captain Pantoja and the Special Services Francisco J. Lombardi, W, W, ++, P, M «Pantaleón y las visitadoras»
8.0 1999 DColor Lola and Billy the Kid Kutlug Ataman, W, P, M «Lola + Bilidikid»
8.0 1999 CRColor Sun Alley Leander Haußmann, W, W, ++, P, M «Sonnenallee»
8.0 1998 DColor Radiance Rachel Perkins, W, P, M
8.0 1998 Color Such a Long Journey Sturla Gunnarsson, W, W, P, M
8.0 1997 CDColor Sparkler Darren Stein, W, W, P, M
8.0 1997 CColor (Eastmancolor) Tre uomini e una gamba Aldo, Giacomo, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1996 CTCrRColor A Thin Line Between Love and Hate Martin Lawrence, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1995 CDMlRColor (Technicolor) Bollywood Dreams Ram Gopal Varma, W, W, ++, P, M «Rangeela»
8.0 1995 CDMColor Little Sister Robert Jan Westdijk, W, W, P «Zusje»
8.0 1995 DColor (Technicolor) The Stars Fell on Henrietta James Keach, W, P, M
8.0 1994 CDRColor (Technicolor) I Like It Like That Darnell Martin, W, P, M
8.0 1992 ATColor Khiladi Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla, Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla, W, ++, P, M
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 8.0 1992 AdDColor Life, and Nothing More... Abbas Kiarostami, W, P «Zendegi va digar hich»
8.0 1992 CrDColor South Central Stephen Milburn Anderson, W, W, P, M
8.0 1991 CDColor Mon père, ce héros. Gérard Lauzier, W, P, M
8.0 1991 AAdCSfColor Zeiramu Keita Amemiya, W, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1989 CFanBlack and White, Color The Icicle Thief Maurizio Nichetti, W, W, ++, P, M «Ladri di saponette»
8.0 1987 DHoMRTColor Sister, Sister Bill Condon, W, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1986 DHRWColor (Fujicolor) The Assault Fons Rademakers, W, W, P, M «De aanslag»
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 8.0 1984 CRColor (Metrocolor) Micki + Maude Blake Edwards, W, P, M
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 8.0 1982 DColor (Technicolor) The Escape Artist Caleb Deschanel, W, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1980 DSfColor (Eastmancolor) Death Watch Bertrand Tavernier, W, W, ++, P, M «La mort en direct»
8.0 1979 DHWColor (Sovcolor) Siberiade Andrey Konchalovskiy, W, W, P, M «Sibiriada»
8.0 1978 ADMlColor Trishul Yash Chopra, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1977 DMColor (Eastmancolor) Summerfield Ken Hannam, W, P, M
8.0 1975 CColor (Technospes) My Friends Mario Monicelli, W, W, ++, P, M «Amici miei»
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 8.0 1975 DTWColor (Eastmancolor) The Old Gun Robert Enrico, W, W, ++, P, M «Le vieux fusil»
8.0 1974 AdColor (Technicolor) The Story of Juliane Koepcke Giuseppe Maria Scotese, W, W, P, M «I miracoli accadono ancora»
8.0 1971 DHoSfColor (Gevacolor) The Legend of Doom House Harry Kümel, W, W, P, M «Malpertuis»
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 8.0 1969 DRColor (3-strip Technicolor) Camille 2000 Radley Metzger, W, W, P, M
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 8.0 1968 DBlack and White Memories of Underdevelopment Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, W, ++, P, M «Memorias del subdesarrollo»
8.0 1967 CrDMlMTColor Jewel Thief Vijay Anand, W, W, P, M
8.0 1966 SfHoBlack and White The Diabolical Dr. Z Jesús Franco, W, W, ++, P, M «Miss Muerte»
8.0 1965 CMcBlack and White Having a Wild Weekend John Boorman, W, P, M «Catch Us If You Can»
8.0 1964 SfBlack and White Unearthly Stranger John Krish, W, W, P, M
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 8.0 1959 BDWBlack and White Fate of a Man Sergey Bondarchuk, W, W, ++, P, M «Sudba cheloveka»
8.0 1952 DWBlack and White Children of Hiroshima Kaneto Shindô, W, W, P, M «Genbaku no ko»
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 8.0 1936 CCrDBlack and White The Crime of Monsieur Lange Jean Renoir, W, W, ++, P, M «Le crime de Monsieur Lange»
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 8.0 1934 DBlack and White; Silent The Goddess Yonggang Wu, W, P, M «Shen nu»
7.9 2011 ACrHoSfTColor Adam Chaplin Emanuele De Santi, W
7.9 2011 DACrTColor Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Tigmanshu Dhulia, W, W, P, M
7.9 2010 CHoColor All About Evil Joshua Grannell, W, P, M
7.9 2010 DRColor Night Catches Us Tanya Hamilton, W, P, M
7.9 2010 DColor Paradise Recovered Storme Wood, W, P, M
7.9 2009 CrDMTColor The Stoneman Murders Manish Gupta, W, P, M
7.9 2008 AdFanColor Kingdoms of Grace Nastasha Baron, Tom Raycove, W, P, M
7.9 2007 DRColor Anwar Manish Jha, W, W, P, M
7.9 2007 DTColor PVC-1 Spiros Stathoulopoulos, W, W, P
7.9 2006 CrDHoTColor (HDCAM), Color Chores Sonnie Hamner, W, W, ++, P, M «Something in the Clearing»
7.9 2006 DMColor Fireworks Wednesday Asghar Farhadi, W, W, P, M «Chaharshanbe-soori»
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 7.9 2006 CColor The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down Paul Sapiano, W, W, P, M
7.9 2003 DColor A Relative Thing Garrett Bennett, W, P, M
7.9 2003 AdCRColor Rice Girl Michael Fischa, W, P
7.9 2003 CColor The Honourable Wally Norman Ted Emery, W, W, P, M
7.9 2003 CColor Upswing Johanna Vuoksenmaa, W, P, M «Nousukausi»
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 7.9 2002 DColor Big Girls Don't Cry Maria von Heland, W, P, M «Große Mädchen weinen nicht»
7.9 2001 ACDColor Road to Redemption Robert Vernon, W, P, M
7.9 2000 DColor Canone inverso Ricky Tognazzi, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1998 CrDColor Expect the Unexpected Tat-Chi Yau, W, W, ++, P, M «Fai seung dat yin»
7.9 1998 TCrColor Random Encounter Douglas Jackson, W, P, M
7.9 1994 ADTColor Mohra Rajiv Rai, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1988 BDHMcBlack and White, Color Testimony Tony Palmer, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1984 DColor Heartbreakers Bobby Roth, W, P, M
7.9 1982 ADSpColor Running on Empty John Clark, W, P, M
7.9 1982 DColor (Metrocolor) That Championship Season Jason Miller, W, P, M
7.9 1981 CColor Shortcuts Jirí Menzel, W, W, P, M «Postriziny»
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 7.9 1977 ACDFColor (Eastmancolor) Amar Akbar Anthony Manmohan Desai, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1977 AdFanColor (Technicolor) Giant of the 20th Century Gianfranco Parolini, W, W, ++, P, M «Yeti - Il gigante del 20° secolo»
7.9 1975 CCrDWColor (Eastmancolor) Jacob the Liar Frank Beyer, W, ++, P, M «Jakob, der Lügner»
7.9 1971 DColor (Eastmancolor) The Touch Ingmar Bergman, ++, P, M «Beröringen»
7.9 1970 DColor (Eastmancolor) Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler, W, W, P «Warum läuft Herr R. Amok»
7.9 1969 CCrColor (Eastmancolor) The Brain Gérard Oury, W, W, ++, P, M «Le cerveau»
7.9 1966 AdFColor (Metrocolor) Maya John Berry, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1966 DTBlack and White The Hunt Carlos Saura, W, W, P, M «La caza»
7.9 1966 AdCRColor (Eastmancolor) They're a Weird Mob Michael Powell, W, W, P, M
7.9 1965 DRColor (Technicolor) Othello Stuart Burge, W, P, M
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 7.9 1964 CDBlack and White Seduced and Abandoned Cr Cr-Ess Pietro Germi, W, W, ++, P, M «Sedotta e abbandonata»
7.9 1960 AAdColor (Eastmancolor) Tarzan the Magnificent Robert Day, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.9 1959 DRBlack and White Letter Never Sent Cr Cr-Photo Cr-Video Cr-Ess Cr-Photo Mikhail Kalatozov, W, W, ++, P, M «Neotpravlennoye pismo»
7.9 1957 BDColor (Technicolor) Beau James Melville Shavelson, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1952 BCrDBlack and White Carbine Williams Richard Thorpe, W, P, M
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 7.9 1951 DMlRBlack and White Awaara Raj Kapoor, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1936 CMlBlack and White The Gay Desperado Rouben Mamoulian, W, W, P, M
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 7.9 1934 CFDBlack and White Little Miss Marker Alexander Hall, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1927 CCrDBlack and White; Silent Chicago Frank Urson, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1919 DBlack and White; Silent The Dragon Painter William Worthington, W, W, P, M
7.9 1919 DRBlack and White; Silent Victory Maurice Tourneur, W, W, P
7.9 1918 CDBlack and White; Silent Mickey F. Richard Jones, James Young, W, P
7.9 1917 CDFFanRBlack and White; Silent The Poor Little Rich Girl Maurice Tourneur, W, W, P
7.8 2010 ATColor Jersey Justice John Charles Hunt, W, P, M
7.8 2010 DTColor Road to Sangam Amit Rai, W, P, M
7.8 2010 ADTColor The Stool Pigeon Dante Lam, W, W, P, M «Sin yan»
7.8 2007 DColor Crashing Gary Walkow, W, ++, P, M
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 7.8 2007 DFanSfBlack and White La antena Esteban Sapir, W, P, M
7.8 2007 DColor The Pope's Toilet César Charlone, Enrique Fernández, W, W, P, M «El baño del Papa»
7.8 2007 ADRColor The Rebel Charlie Nguyen, W, W, ++, P, M «Dong Mau Anh Hung»
7.8 2006 CDColor Crossing Borders Carlos Iglesias, W, P, M «Un franco, 14 pesetas»
7.8 2006 CrDColor Heavens Fall Terry Green, W, P, M
7.8 2003 CMlColor Jhankaar Beats Sujoy Ghosh, W, W, ++, P, M
7.8 2002 DColor Grill Point Andreas Dresen, W, W, P, M «Halbe Treppe»
7.8 2001 DColor Brainstorm Laís Bodanzky, W, W, P, M «Bicho de Sete Cabeças»
7.8 2001 DRColor One Fine Spring Day Jin-ho Hur, P, M «Bomnaleun ganda»
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 7.8 2000 DColor Looking for an Echo Martin Davidson, W, W, ++, P, M
7.8 1998 CDRColor Finding North Tanya Wexler, W, P, M
7.8 1998 CMTColor Where's Marlowe? Daniel Pyne, W, W, P, M
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 7.8 1995 RDBlack and White, Color Das Versprechen Margarethe von Trotta, W, W, ++, P, M
7.8 1992 CColor The Bikini Carwash Company Ed Hansen, W, W, P, M
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 7.8 1987 BCDFanColor (Eastmancolor) Fellini's Intervista Federico Fellini, W, W, P, M «Intervista»
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 7.8 1984 CCrColor (Eastmancolor) My New Partner Claude Zidi, W, W, ++, P, M «Les ripoux»
7.8 1983 CDColor Buddies Arch Nicholson, W, P, M
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 7.8 1983 BDSpBlack and White, Color Heart Like a Wheel Jonathan Kaplan, W, ++, P, M
7.8 1981 DColor The Chosen Jeremy Kagan, W, W, P, M
7.8 1980 ADColor Clan of the White Lotus Lieh Lo, W, P, M «Hong Wending san po bai lian jiao»
7.8 1977 DColor (Eastmancolor) The F.J. Holden Michael Thornhill, W, P, M
7.8 1977 CrDColor (Technicolor) The Squeeze Michael Apted, W, W, P, M
7.8 1974 TColor The Centerfold Girls John Peyser, W, W, P, M
7.8 1974 WeColor The Spikes Gang Richard Fleischer, W, W, ++, P, M
7.8 1973 CrDColor Battles Without Honour and Humanity Kinji Fukasaku, W, W, P, M «Jingi naki tatakai»
7.8 1972 DWeColor (Eastmancolor) The New Land Jan Troell, W, W, ++, P, M «Nybyggarna»
7.8 1968 DColor (Metrocolor) The Subject Was Roses Ulu Grosbard, W, P, M
7.8 1965 DMTMlColor (Eastmancolor) Gumnaam Raja Nawathe, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.8 1963 DColor (Eastmancolor) Muriel, or The Time of Return Alain Resnais, W, P, M «Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour»
7.8 1961 AdDWeColor (Technicolor) The Hellions Irving Allen, Ken Annakin, W, W, ++, P, M
7.8 1948 CrNTBlack and White To the Ends of the Earth Robert Stevenson, W, ++, P, M
7.8 1937 CBlack and White Drole de Drame Marcel Carné, W, W, P, M «Drôle de drame ou L'étrange aventure du Docteur Molyneux»
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 7.8 1936 CrDRBlack and White The Lower Depths Cr Jean Renoir, W, W, ++, P, M «Les bas-fonds»
7.8 1934 CMBlack and White Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Roy Del Ruth, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 2012 ACrColor Outrage Beyond Takeshi Kitano, W, P, M «Autoreiji: Biyondo»
7.7 2012 CDColor The Story of Luke Alonso Mayo, W, P, M
7.7 2006 DSpColor Believe in Me Robert Collector, W, W, P, M
7.7 2006 BCDColor (Technicolor) Sixty Six Paul Weiland, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 2005 DTCrColor Among Brothers John Schwert, W, W, P, M
7.7 2005 AMlRTColor Athadu Trivikram Srinivas, W, P, M
7.7 2005 TColor Cheap Brad Jones, W
7.7 2005 DRColor Sunflower Yang Zhang, W, W, ++, P, M «Xiang ri kui»
7.7 2005 MlDRColor U-Carmen eKhayelitsha Mark Dornford-May, W, W, ++, P
7.7 2005 CRColor Zerophilia Martin Curland, W, P, M
7.7 2004 DColor Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog Yôichi Sai, W, W, ++, P, M «Quill»
7.7 2001 AAdCDColor Net Worth Kenny Griswold, W, W, P, M
7.7 2000 DColor Our Song Jim McKay, W, P
7.7 1999 CDRBlack and White Juha Aki Kaurismäki, W, W, P, M
7.7 1995 CrDColor Bang Ash Baron-Cohen, W, P, M
7.7 1994 RCDColor (Eastmancolor) Sleep with Me Rory Kelly, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1993 DTColor I Love a Man in Uniform David Wellington, W, P, M
7.7 1993 CDRColor Totally F***ed Up Gregg Araki, W, P
7.7 1992 DRColor Zebrahead Anthony Drazan, W, P, M
7.7 1990 DColor (Eastmancolor) Daddy Nostalgia Bertrand Tavernier, W, ++, P, M «Daddy Nostalgie»
7.7 1990 AdDHRWColor The King's Whore Axel Corti, W, W, ++, P, M «La putain du roi»
7.7 1986 DColor The Terrorizers Edward Yang, W, W, P, M «Kong bu fen zi»
7.7 1985 ACrDColor Mafia vs. Ninja Robert Tai, W, M «Hong men jue e zhe»
7.7 1983 CDColor Katha Sai Paranjape, M
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 7.7 1981 CDRColor (Eastmancolor) The Aviator's Wife Eric Rohmer, W, P «La femme de l'aviateur»
7.7 1979 ADColor Kaala Patthar Yash Chopra, W, W, P, M
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 7.7 1973 CCrColor (Technicolor) Steelyard Blues Alan Myerson, W, P, M
7.7 1972 HoColor Deathmaster Ray Danton, W, P, M
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 7.7 1971 CrDRColor (Eastmancolor) Max and the Junkmen Claude Sautet, W, W, ++, P, M «Max et les ferrailleurs»
7.7 1971 CDRColor There's Always Vanilla George A. Romero, W, P, M
7.7 1970 DSpColor The Games Michael Winner, W, W, P, M
7.7 1969 DBlack and White The Cow Dariush Mehrjui, W, W, P, M «Gaav»
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 7.7 1962 CrDFanBlack and White Pitfall Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Hiroshi Teshigahara, W, P, M «Otoshiana»
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 7.7 1947 CrDTBlack and White Ivy Sam Wood, W, W, P, M
7.7 1938 CrTBlack and White They Drive by Night Arthur B. Woods, W, ++, P, M
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 7.7 1936 DRColor (Technicolor) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Henry Hathaway, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1935 CDBlack and White Ah, Wilderness! Clarence Brown, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.7 1934 DBlack and White; Silent A Story of Floating Weeds Cr Cr-Video Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, P «Ukikusa monogatari»
7.7 1926 DRBlack and White; Silent Brown of Harvard Jack Conway, W, W, ++, P