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»
8.6 2011 CColor Austin High Alan Deutsch, W, W, ++, P
8.6 2006 CRColor Jasminum Jan Jakub Kolski, W, P, M
8.6 2005 MDColor Murder on the Yellow Brick Road Ross Hagen, W, W, P, M
8.6 2004 CDRColor Love's Brother Jan Sardi, W, P, M
8.6 2003 CDFMlColor Gupta vs Gordon Jitendra Pal, W, W, P, M
8.6 2002 CRColor Love Life Ray Brady, W, W, P
8.6 2001 MlDRColor Waves Mani Ratnam, W, ++, P, M «Alai Payuthey»
8.6 1998 CCrColor Serial Lover James Huth, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.6 1997 CDHMlRColor Destiny Youssef Chahine, W, W, P, M «Al-massir»
8.6 1994 DHoRTColor Angel Dust Gakuryu Ishii, W, W, P, M «Enjeru dasuto»
8.6 1994 CHoSfBlack and White, Color That Little Monster Paul Bunnell, W, P, M
8.6 1992 CDColor Leaving Normal Edward Zwick, W, P, M
8.6 1991 DRColor Children of Nature Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, W, W, P, M «Börn náttúrunnar»
8.6 1987 FMlFanColor Hansel and Gretel Len Talan, W, W, ++, P
8.6 1983 ACColor (Technicolor) Bullshot Crummond Dick Clement, W, W, ++, P, M «Bullshot»
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 8.6 1983 DColor (Technicolor) Daniel Sidney Lumet, W, P, M
8.6 1981 CrDTColor (Eastmancolor) Garde à vue Claude Miller, W, W, ++, P, M
8.6 1980 CrRCDColor The Black Marble Harold Becker, W, P, M
8.6 1979 Color (Eastmancolor) Junoon Shyam Benegal, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.6 1976 CrTMColor (Technicolor) Cadaveri eccellenti Francesco Rosi, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.6 1973 DColor (Eastmancolor) The Homecoming Peter Hall, W, P
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 8.6 1972 DHMWColor (Eastmancolor) Under the Flag of the Rising Sun Kinji Fukasaku, W, W, ++, P, M «Gunki hatameku motoni»
8.6 1968 DWColor (Technicolor) The Long Day's Dying Peter Collinson, W, W, P, M
8.6 1953 BDHBlack and White Martin Luther Irving Pichel, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.6 1942 DBlack and White There Was a Father Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Press Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, ++, P, M «Chichi ariki»
8.6 1935 Black and White Sequoia Chester M. Franklin, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 2013 CDColor The Maladjusted Chris Kiros, W, ++, P, M
8.5 2012 FColor Balak Palak Ravi Jadhav, W, W, P, M
8.5 2011 TColor Bicycle Day Damian Morter, W, P, M
8.5 2010 ADColor Last Letters from Monte Rosa Ari Taub, W, P, M
8.5 2007 D A Winter Tale Frances-Anne Solomon, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 2004 DRColor A Common Thread Éléonore Faucher, W, W, ++, P, M «Brodeuses»
8.5 2003 DFanRColor Expiration Gavin Heffernan, W, P, M
8.5 2001 DColor (Technicolor) Acts of Worship Rosemary Rodriguez, W, P, M
8.5 2001 CFDRColor Oui, mais... Yves Lavandier, W, P, M
8.5 2000 DRColor Dhadkan Dharmesh Darshan, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 2000 DColor First, Last and Deposit Peter Hyoguchi, W, W, P, M
8.5 2000 DFanHoMRColor Wild Flowers F.A. Brabec, W, W, ++, P, M «Kytice»
8.5 1999 DColor Railroad Man Yasuo Furuhata, W, W, P, M «Poppoya»
8.5 1999 DColor The Dream Catcher Ed Radtke, W, W, P, M
8.5 1992 CrRTColor Roja Mani Ratnam, W, P, M
8.5 1988 DColor (Metrocolor) Pascali's Island James Dearden, W, W, P, M
8.5 1986 DColor (Eastmancolor) Night of the Pencils Héctor Olivera, W, W, ++, P, M «La noche de los lápices»
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 8.5 1983 DColor Lianna John Sayles, W, P, M
8.5 1980 AAdCrDTColor Shaan Ramesh Sippy, W, W, P, M
8.5 1979 ADColor The Kid with the Golden Arm Cheh Chang, W, W, P, M «Jin bei tong»
8.5 1978 DColor (Metrocolor) An Enemy of the People George Schaefer, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 1972 CDColor (Technicolor), Black and White (partial) Mera Naam Joker Raj Kapoor, W, ++, P, M
8.5 1971 CBlack and White, Color Made for Each Other Robert B. Bean, W, W, P, M
8.5 1968 DMlRCColor Padosan Jyoti Swaroop, W, P, M
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 8.5 1959 DWBlack and White Il Generale della Rovere Cr Cr-Video Roberto Rossellini, W, W, ++, P, M «Il generale della Rovere»
8.5 1950 DMlBlack and White Aventurera Alberto Gout, W, W, P, M
8.5 1928 DColor (Two-strip Technicolor), Black and White; Silent The Wedding March Erich von Stroheim, W, W, P, M
8.4 2009 DColor Earthwork Chris Ordal, W, P
8.4 2004 DColor Des Hoyaa Pardes Manoj Punj, W, M
8.4 2004 DHColor The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do Ha Yoo, W, P, M «Maljukgeori janhoksa»
8.4 2003 TColor Samay: When Time Strikes Robby Grewal, W, W, P, M
8.4 2000 DRColor Restless Aku Louhimies, W, ++, P, M «Levottomat»
8.4 1999 CDColor Getting to Know You Lisanne Skyler, W, W, ++, P, M
8.4 1998 DTBlack and White, Color Miss Monday Benson Lee, W, W, P, M
8.4 1996 DColor The Substance of Fire Daniel J. Sullivan, W, P, M
8.4 1994 AdAFanColor Burning Paradise in Hell Ringo Lam «Huo shao hong lian si»
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 8.4 1994 CRColor (Eastmancolor) La teta y la luna Bigas Luna, W, W, ++, P, M
8.4 1990 DColor (Eastmancolor) Everybody's Fine Giuseppe Tornatore, W, W, ++, P, M «Stanno tutti bene»
8.4 1990 DSpColor Pastime Robin B. Armstrong, W, P, M
8.4 1988 ACrTColor The Big Heat Yeung-Wah Kam, Johnnie To, ++, W, M «Seng fat dak ging»
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 8.4 1984 DColor (Eastmancolor) A Sunday in the Country Bertrand Tavernier, W, W, ++, P «Un dimanche à la campagne»
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 8.4 1971 DColor (Technicolor) T.R. Baskin Herbert Ross, W, P, M
8.4 1967 CRColor Kidnapping, Caucasian Style Leonid Gayday, W, W, ++, P, M «Kavkazskaya plennitsa, ili Novye priklyucheniya Shurika»
8.4 1963 AAdDHRWColor El Naser Salah el Dine Youssef Chahine, W, W, ++, P, M
8.4 1960 CDRColor (Technicolor) Once More, with Feeling! Stanley Donen, W, P
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 8.4 1959 DHWBlack and White The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Cr Cr-Photo Cr-On5 Cr-Feat Cr-Ess Cr-Photo Cr-Press Masaki Kobayashi, W, W, ++, P, M «Ningen no jôken»
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 8.4 1951 DBlack and White Death of a Salesman Laslo Benedek, W, W, P, M
8.4 1944 AdDRColor (Technicolor) Frenchman's Creek Mitchell Leisen, W, W, P, M
8.3 2013 DHColor Ephraim's Rescue T.C. Christensen, W, P
8.3 2012 CDFColor God's Country Chris Armstrong, W, W, ++, P
8.3 2012 HoColor Murder University Richard Griffin, W, P, M
8.3 2010 CDRColor I Wish I Were Stephanie V Jon Cohen, W, P, M
8.3 2009 DColor Brotherhood Nicolo Donato, W, W, P, M «Broderskab»
8.3 2007 CDColor The Rest is Silence Nae Caranfil, W, P, M «Restul e tacere»
8.3 2006 CColor Cross Eyed Adam Jones, W, P, M
8.3 2005 DColor Night People Adrian Mead, W, W, P, M
8.3 2001 ADColor MacArthur Park Billy Wirth, W, ++, P, M
8.3 2001 ACCrColor (Eastmancolor) Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella Santiago Segura, W, P, M «Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella»
8.3 2000 CBlack and White, Color Compassionate Sex Laura Mañá, W, P, M «Sexo por compasión»
8.3 1999 DCColor Enlightenment Guaranteed Doris Dörrie, W, W, P «Erleuchtung garantiert»
8.3 1999 CDRColor King of Comedy Stephen Chow, Lik-Chi Lee, W, W, ++, P, M «Hei kek ji wong»
8.3 1999 DColor The Tic Code Gary Winick, W, P, M
8.3 1999 ADColor Vaastav: The Reality Mahesh Manjrekar, W, W, ++, P, M
8.3 1996 DColor Hollow Reed Angela Pope, W, W, P, M
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 8.3 1992 CDBlack and White In the Soup Alexandre Rockwell, W, W, P, M
8.3 1992 CRColor The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them Matthew Meshekoff, W, P, M
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 8.3 1989 BDHSpWBlack and White (archive footage), Color Triumph of the Spirit Robert M. Young, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.3 1986 AdColor Where the River Runs Black Christopher Cain, W, W, ++, P, M
8.3 1981 AAdCDColor (Eastmancolor) Goodbye Pork Pie Geoff Murphy, W, W, P, M
8.3 1980 ADMcRColor Stunt Rock Brian Trenchard-Smith, W, W, P, M
8.3 1974 ACCrDColor (Eastmancolor) The Gravy Train Jack Starrett, W, W, P, M
8.3 1967 FanCRColor (Metrocolor) More Than a Miracle Francesco Rosi, W, W, ++, P, M «C'era una volta..»
8.3 1961 FDColor (Technicolor) Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog Don Chaffey, W, W, P, M
8.3 1950 CBlack and White The Magnet Charles Frend, W, P, M
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 8.3 1944 CBlack and White On Approval Clive Brook, W, W, ++, P, M
8.3 1922 DRBlack and White; Silent Tess of the Storm Country John S. Robertson, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 2012 ATColor Pseudo Gursimran Dhillon, W, W, P, M
8.2 2009 CDColor Archie's Final Project David Lee Miller, W, ++, P, M «My Suicide»
8.2 2005 DSpColor Crying Fist Seung-wan Ryoo, W, W, M «Jumeogi unda»
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 8.2 2005 DColor The Willow Tree Majid Majidi, W, ++, P, M «Beed-e majnoon»
8.2 2003 CColor Perico ripiao Ángel Muñiz, W, W, P, M
8.2 2002 AdCRColor A Kind of America Gábor Herendi, W, W, P, M «Valami Amerika»
8.2 2002 DFColor Elina: As If I Wasn't There Klaus Härö, W, W, ++, P, M «Elina - Som om jag inte fanns»
8.2 2001 DCColor Jackpot Michael Polish, W, W, P, M
8.2 2000 DColor The Bench Per Fly, W, W, P, M «Bænken»
8.2 1998 ACMlColor Bade Miyan Chote Miyan David Dhawan, W, P, M
8.2 1998 TDColor Dead by Dawn James Salisbury, W, M
8.2 1998 DColor La vendedora de rosas Víctor Gaviria, W, W, P, M
8.2 1997 DHRColor The Soong Sisters Mabel Cheung, W, P, M «Song jia huang chao»
8.2 1996 ADColor Indian S. Shankar, W, ++, P, M
8.2 1992 BDHColor Daens Stijn Coninx, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 1984 DColor Misunderstood Jerry Schatzberg, W, W, P, M
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 8.2 1983 BDWColor (Eastmancolor) Entre Nous Diane Kurys, W, ++, P, M «Coup de foudre»
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 8.2 1983 DColor Man of Flowers Paul Cox, W, W, P
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 8.2 1982 FDColor (Technicolor) Night Crossing Delbert Mann, W, P, M
8.2 1981 BMcBlack and White, Color (Technicolor) This Is Elvis Malcolm Leo, Andrew Solt, W, W, M
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 8.2 1981 DColor Ticket to Heaven Ralph L. Thomas, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.2 1973 DColor Payday Daryl Duke, W, P, M
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 8.2 1959 CBlack and White The Battle of the Sexes Charles Crichton, W, W, P, M
8.2 1956 DBlack and White Gervaise René Clément, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 1940 DFBlack and White The Biscuit Eater Stuart Heisler, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 1933 DRBlack and White The Silver Cord John Cromwell, W, W, P, M
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 8.2 1926 DRBlack and White; Silent Bardelys the Magnificent King Vidor, W, W, P, M
8.1 2014 CDColor Against the Jab Patrick Jerome, W, P, M
8.1 2013 SfTColor 95ers: Time Runners Thomas Gomez Durham, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 2013 DColor (35 mm version) Listen... Amaya Avinash Kumar Singh, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 2010 DColor Ocean Paradise Xiao Lu Xue, W, P, M «Haiyang tiantang»
8.1 2009 DColor Sezon tumanov Anna Tchernakova, W, W, P, M
8.1 2007 AAdCCrColor Ladrón que roba a ladrón Joe Menendez, W, P, M
8.1 2006 MlDColor Banaras Pankaj Parashar, W, W, P, M
8.1 2005 MlWColor Bosta Philippe Aractingi, W, P, M
8.1 2003 CDMcColor Hey DJ Migel Delgado, Jon Jacobs, W, P, M
8.1 2001 DRWColor The Officer's Ward François Dupeyron, W, W, P, M «La chambre des officiers»
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 8.1 1999 DRColor Bad Company Jean-Pierre Améris, W, P «Mauvaises fréquentations»
8.1 1998 ACrDTColor No Code of Conduct Bret Michaels, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 1998 FDColor Owd Bob Rodney Gibbons, W, W, M
8.1 1998 DTCrAColor The Longest Nite Tat-Chi Yau, W, W, P, M «Am faa»
8.1 1997 DColor Dancehall Queen Rick Elgood, Don Letts, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.1 1995 CCrColor Palookaville Alan Taylor, W, P, M
8.1 1975 Color Rime of the Ancient Mariner Raul daSilva, W, W, ++, P
8.1 1974 DTColor (Eastmancolor) Eugenie Sex Happening Jesús Franco, W, W, P, M «Eugénie»
8.1 1972 ACrDTColor (Technicolor) Fear Is the Key Michael Tuchner, W, W, P, M
8.1 1970 FCColor (Technicolor) The Boatniks Norman Tokar, W, W, P, M
8.1 1970 DTBlack and White The Ear Karel Kachyna, W, W, ++, P, M «Ucho»
8.1 1963 CACrBlack and White Monsieur Gangster Georges Lautner, W, W, ++, P, M «Les tontons flingueurs»
8.1 1958 CrTDBlack and White It Happened in Broad Daylight Ladislao Vajda, W, ++, P, M «Es geschah am hellichten Tag»
8.1 1952 DColor (Technicolor) Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie Henry King, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 1951 CBlack and White Laughter in Paradise Mario Zampi, W, W, P, M
8.1 1949 BMcColor (Technicolor) Jolson Sings Again Henry Levin, W, P, M