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»
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 8.0 2012 DColor The Other Son Lorraine Levy, W, W, ++, P «Le fils de l'autre»
8.0 2011 DColor Shuffle Kurt Kuenne, W, P, M
8.0 2004 DFColor Benji: Off the Leash! Joe Camp, W, P, M
8.0 2004 DColor Dev Govind Nihalani, W, W, ++, P, M
8.0 2003 CDRColor An American Reunion Jim Fitzpatrick, W, P, M
8.0 2001 CDMColor Almost Salinas Terry Green, W, P, M
8.0 2001 CDFColor Autumn Spring Vladimír Michálek, W, P, M «Babí léto»
8.0 2001 DRColor Tum Bin...: Love Will Find a Way Anubhav Sinha, W, W, P, M
8.0 1996 American Job Chris Smith, W, W, ++, P
8.0 1991 CDRColor (Eastmancolor) High Heels Pedro Almodóvar, W, P, M «Tacones lejanos»
8.0 1987 FFanMlRColor Snow White Michael Berz, W, W, ++, P, M
8.0 1983 CrDColor Ardh Satya Govind Nihalani, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.0 1982 DBlack and White Veronika Voss Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Rainer Werner Fassbinder, W, W, ++, P, M «Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss»
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 8.0 1981 CDRColor Do You Remember Dolly Bell? Emir Kusturica, W, W, P, M «Sjecas Li Se, Dolly Bell»
8.0 1979 CDColor French Postcards Willard Huyck, W, W, P, M
8.0 1977 DColor (Eastmancolor) Iphigenia Mihalis Kakogiannis, W, W, P, M «Ifigeneia»
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 8.0 1977 DColor Short Eyes Robert M. Young, W, P, M
8.0 1975 DColor (Eastmancolor) The Man in the Glass Booth Arthur Hiller, W, ++, P
8.0 1974 CDColor (Technicolor) Scent of a Woman Dino Risi, W, W, ++, P, M «Profumo di donna»
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 8.0 1969 CDHoTBlack and White The Cremator Juraj Herz, W, ++, P, M «Spalovac mrtvol»
8.0 1966 FFanColor (Eastmancolor) The Christmas That Almost Wasn't Rossano Brazzi, W, W, P, M «Il Natale che quasi non fu»
8.0 1963 HoMTBlack and White La maldición de la Llorona Rafael Baledón, W, ++, P, M
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 8.0 1962 CCrDBlack and White Mafioso Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Alberto Lattuada, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.0 1959 DBlack and White Nazarin Luis Buñuel, W, W, ++, P, M «Nazarín»
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 8.0 1959 DHWBlack and White The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Cr Cr-Photo Cr-On5 Cr-Feat Cr-Ess Cr-Photo Cr-Press Masaki Kobayashi, W, W, ++, P, M «Ningen no jôken»
7.9 2014 DRColor 500 Miles Ashlee Jensen, W, W, P, M
7.9 2011 TColor Next Door to the Velinsky's Darren K. Hawkins, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 2010 CBlack and White, Color The Names of Love Michel Leclerc, W, W, P, M «Le nom des gens»
7.9 2009 DColor For Love of Amy Ted Lange, W, P, M
7.9 2008 CDColor Mid-August Lunch Gianni Di Gregorio, W, W, ++, P, M «Pranzo di ferragosto»
7.9 2007 DHColor Dharm Bhavna Talwar, W, W, P
7.9 2006 CDRColor Premium Pete Chatmon, W, P, M
7.9 2006 DColor Stephanie Daley Hilary Brougher, W, P, M
7.9 2006 BDColor The Bondage Eric Allen Bell, W, P, M «Bondage»
7.9 2004 DColor Captive Gaston Biraben, W, P, M «Cautiva»
7.9 2004 DSpColor Mickey Hugh Wilson, W, M
7.9 2004 DColor On the Outs Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik, W, P, M
7.9 2002 CrDTColor (Technicolor) Red Bear Adrián Caetano, W, W, ++, P, M «Un oso rojo»
7.9 2002 DColor Sleep Always Rick Palidwor, Mitch Perkins, W, P
7.9 2001 CDColor Pauline and Paulette Lieven Debrauwer, W, W, P, M «Pauline & Paulette»
7.9 2000 ACCrFanColor Space Travelers Katsuyuki Motohiro, W, W, P, M «Supêsutoraberâzu»
7.9 1999 DColor Garage Olimpo Marco Bechis, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1998 CrDTColor Short Sharp Shock Fatih Akin, W, P, M «Kurz und schmerzlos»
7.9 1997 AdDColor Passion in the Desert Lavinia Currier, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1996 CDColor (Technicolor) Drifting Clouds Aki Kaurismäki, W, P, M «Kauas pilvet karkaavat»
7.9 1996 CCrRColor (Eastmancolor) Regular Guys Rolf Silber, W, W, P, M «Echte Kerle»
7.9 1994 CDFColor A Feast at Midnight Justin Hardy, W, W, P, M
7.9 1994 DColor Dance Me Outside Bruce McDonald, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.9 1991 CDColor (Metrocolor) Hangin' with the Homeboys Joseph B. Vasquez, W, P, M
7.9 1991 DColor The Stranger Satyajit Ray, W, ++, P, M «Agantuk»
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 7.9 1984 CColor (Fujicolor) The Funeral Jûzô Itami, W, P, M «Osôshiki»
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 7.9 1982 HoTMColor Next of Kin Tony Williams, W, W, P, M
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 7.9 1981 AdTColor (Metrocolor) Roar Noel Marshall, W, W, P, M
7.9 1978 ACrTColor Don Chandra Barot, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1978 ADColor Heroes of the East Chia-Liang Liu, W, P, M «Zhong hua zhang fu»
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 7.9 1974 CDBlack and White, Color (Technicolor) We All Loved Each Other So Much Ettore Scola, W, W, ++, P, M «C'eravamo tanto amati»
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 7.9 1972 DColor (Eastmancolor) Cisco Pike Bill L. Norton, W, ++, P
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 7.9 1971 DFColor (Eastmancolor) Flight of the Doves Ralph Nelson, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1962 AdCFanRSfWBlack and White, Color Baron Prásil Karel Zeman, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1960 DRBlack and White The Lady with the Dog Iosif Kheifits, W, W, P, M «Dama s sobachkoj»
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 7.9 1951 CDFanBlack and White Miracle in Milan Vittorio De Sica, W, ++, P, M «Miracolo a Milano»
7.9 1951 BDMcColor (Technicolor) The Great Caruso Richard Thorpe, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1950 CBlack and White The Happiest Days of Your Life Frank Launder, W, W, P, M
7.9 1949 AdDRColor (Technicolor) The Blue Lagoon Frank Launder, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1939 AdCCrBlack and White Ask a Policeman Marcel Varnel, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1935 CFanHoRBlack and White The Ghost Goes West René Clair, W, W, ++, P, M
7.9 1926 RWeBlack and White; Silent 3 Bad Men John Ford, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.9 1924 DRBlack and White; Silent Gösta Berlings saga Mauritz Stiller, W, W, ++, P
7.8 2010 CDColor Hello Ghost Young-Tak Kim, W, P, M «Hellowoo goseuteu»
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 7.8 2008 CDColor Real Time Randall Cole, W, P, M
7.8 2005 DColor Automatic Jonathan Walls, W, P, M
7.8 2005 CDFFanColor The Blue Umbrella Vishal Bhardwaj, W, W, ++, P, M
7.8 2004 CMRColor Unconscious Joaquín Oristrell, W, W, ++, P, M «Inconscientes»
7.8 2003 DColor The Event Thom Fitzgerald, W, W, ++, P, M
7.8 2002 CMlColor Yes Nurse! No Nurse! Pieter Kramer, W, W, ++, P, M «Ja zuster, nee zuster»
7.8 2002 Color You Got Nothin' Philip Angelotti, W, W, P, M
7.8 1998 CRColor The Misadventures of Margaret Brian Skeet, W, W, P, M
7.8 1996 DColor Sticks & Stones Neil Tolkin, W, P, M
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 7.8 1995 AdCCrFMColor Bushwhacked Greg Beeman, W, W, ++, P, M
7.8 1993 DCColor Raining Stones Ken Loach, W, P, M
7.8 1990 DFanBlack and White The Juniper Tree Nietzchka Keene, W, P, M
7.8 1987 DFColor Hachi-ko Seijirô Kôyama, W, P, M «Hachikô monogatari»
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 7.8 1985 CCrDTColor Trouble in Mind Alan Rudolph, W, P, M
7.8 1979 CrDMTColor I as in Icarus Henri Verneuil, W, W, P, M «I... comme Icare»
7.8 1979 ACCrFColor (Technicolor) The North Avenue Irregulars Bruce Bilson, W, W, P, M
7.8 1961 DWBlack and White The Outsider Delbert Mann, W, W, P, M
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 7.8 1960 CrDHoBlack and White The Housemaid Cr Ki-young Kim, W, P, M «Hanyo»
7.8 1959 MlRBlack and White Kaagaz Ke Phool Guru Dutt, W, P, M
7.8 1958 CDColor (Agfacolor) Equinox Flower Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, ++, P, M «Higanbana»
7.8 1956 DBlack and White Street of Shame Kenji Mizoguchi, W, W, P, M «Akasen chitai»
7.8 1952 CBlack and White The Happy Time Richard Fleischer, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.8 1951 DNBlack and White The Well Leo C. Popkin, Russell Rouse, W, W, P, M
7.8 1949 DBlack and White Edward, My Son George Cukor, W, W, ++, P, M
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 7.8 1921 DBlack and White; Silent Tol'able David Henry King, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 2014 DColor Hellion Kat Candler, W, P
7.7 2010 CFanColor Skeletons Nick Whitfield, W, P, M
7.7 2010 CCrMcRTColor Sound of Noise Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, W, ++, P, M
7.7 2009 BDColor, Color (35 mm version) Desert Flower Sherry Hormann, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 2009 DColor La mission Peter Bratt, W, P, M
7.7 2006 DColor Destiny Zeki Demirkubuz, W, P, M «Kader»
7.7 2005 CDColor Hank Williams First Nation Aaron James Sorensen, W, P
7.7 2003 CrDTColor Palabras encadenadas Laura Mañá, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 2002 CColor Bug Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, W, P, M
7.7 2002 CDRColor Tattoo, a Love Story Richard W. Bean, W, W, P, M
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 7.7 2002 DHColor The Clay Bird Tareque Masud, W, W, P, M «Matir moina»
7.7 2000 AdCColor A Dog's Will Guel Arraes, W, W, ++, P, M «O Auto da Compadecida»
7.7 2000 DColor The Town Is Quiet Robert Guédiguian, W, W, P «La ville est tranquille»
7.7 1999 CRColor (Technicolor) Just One Time Lane Janger, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1997 DTColor Loved Erin Dignam, W, P, M
7.7 1997 CRDColor Roseanna's Grave Paul Weiland, W, P, M
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 7.7 1996 DRColor (Eastmancolor) Earth Julio Medem, W, P, M «Tierra»
7.7 1996 DColor Kids Return Takeshi Kitano, W, P, M «Kizzu ritân»
7.7 1992 CrDColor The Efficiency Expert Mark Joffe, W, W, P, M «Spotswood»
7.7 1991 ACrDFColor Hum Mukul Anand, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1990 DHoRTColor Lisa Gary Sherman, W, W, P, M
7.7 1989 DRColor Coming Out Heiner Carow, W, W, P, M
7.7 1988 CrDRColor (Eastmancolor) Ariel Aki Kaurismäki, W, P, M
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 7.7 1988 DColor Medea Lars von Trier, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1982 AAdCrDFColor Shakti Ramesh Sippy, W, W, P, M
7.7 1981 DColor Babylon Franco Rosso, W, W, P, M
7.7 1980 ACFanHoColor Spooky Encounters Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, W, W, P «Gui da gui»
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 7.7 1979 DColor Saint Jack Peter Bogdanovich, W, W, ++, P
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 7.7 1974 DMcColor (Technicolor), Color Stardust Michael Apted, W, P
7.7 1966 DFanHoColor (Eastmancolor) Daimajin Kimiyoshi Yasuda, W, P, M
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 7.7 1963 ACrMBlack and White, Color Youth of the Beast Cr Cr-Ess Seijun Suzuki, W, W, ++, P, M «Yajû no seishun»
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 7.7 1958 CRColor (Metrocolor) The Reluctant Debutante Vincente Minnelli, W, W, ++, P
7.7 1957 CRColor (Technicolor) Tammy and the Bachelor Joseph Pevney, W, W, P, M
7.7 1938 DRBlack and White My Bill John Farrow, W, W, ++, P, M
7.7 1934 DBlack and White No Greater Glory Frank Borzage, W, W, P, M
7.7 1934 CBlack and White You're Telling Me! Erle C. Kenton, W, W, ++, P, M