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 2013 CrMTColor Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum Myshkin, W, P, M
8.6 2012 AdCFColor Firefall: An Epic Family Adventure Matthew Sconce, W, W, P, M
8.6 2004 CColor The Almost Guys Eric Fleming, W, P, M
8.6 2003 DColor Beat the Drum David Hickson, W, P, M
8.6 2003 CColor Ghostlight Christopher Herrmann, W, W, ++, P, M
8.6 1998 CFanRColor Boy Meets Girl Jerry Ciccoritti, W, W, P, M
8.6 1986 CRColor (Technicolor) The Whoopee Boys John Byrum, W, W, ++, P, M
8.6 1978 AColor Born Invincible Joseph Kuo, W, W, P «Tai ji yuan gong»
8.6 1978 DRColor (Eastmancolor) You Are Not Alone Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen, W, W, P, M «Du er ikke alene»
8.6 1975 DFColor (Eastmancolor) e'Lollipop Ashley Lazarus, W, W, P, M «Forever Young, Forever Free»
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 8.6 1974 CDColor (Eastmancolor) Bread and Chocolate Franco Brusati, W, W, ++, P, M «Pane e cioccolata»
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 8.6 1969 AdDColor (Technicolor) The Red Tent Mikhail Kalatozov, W, W, ++, P, M «Krasnaya palatka»
8.6 1956 CRBlack and White, Color (Technicolor) (finale) The Solid Gold Cadillac Richard Quine, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 2013 CDColor Common People Stewart Alexander, Kerry Skinner, W, P, M
8.5 2013 ACrTColor On the Job Erik Matti, W, W, P, M
8.5 2012 CHoColor, Color (Black & White and Color) Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer Zack Beins, Richard Taylor, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 2011 CDFColor, Color (HD) Anytime, Anywhere M. Saravanan, W, P, M «Engeyum Eppodhum»
8.5 2010 DColor Annabelle & Bear Amy S. Weber, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 2010 DFRColor Before We Say Goodbye Paul Davids, W, W, P, M
8.5 2009 ADColor Naan Kadavul Bala, W, ++, P, M
8.5 2009 AColor Nun of That Richard Griffin, W, W, P, M
8.5 2006 AColor Eddie Monroe Fred Carpenter, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 2005 CDRColor Elsa & Fred Marcos Carnevale, W, W, ++, P, M «Elsa y Fred»
8.5 2004 RCColor Hari Om Ganapathy Bharat, W, ++, P, M
8.5 2003 CFanHoMlColor (Eastmancolor), Color Gory Gory Hallelujah Sue Corcoran, W, P, M
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 8.5 2002 The Dogwalker Jacques Thelemaque, W, P, M
8.5 1998 ADColor Zakhm Mahesh Bhatt, W, ++, P, M
8.5 1994 CrDColor (Technicolor) Jason's Lyric Doug McHenry, W, P, M
8.5 1994 ADRColor Play Time Dale Trevillion, W, P, M
8.5 1989 CRColor (Eastmancolor) Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed Coline Serreau, W, P, M «Romuald et Juliette»
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 8.5 1984 CDRColor The Flamingo Kid Garry Marshall, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 1983 DRColor El Sur Víctor Erice, W, W, P, M «El sur»
8.5 1980 DMcColor Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave David Acomba, W, P
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 8.5 1980 CDRBlack and White (archive footage), Color (Eastmancolor) Mon oncle d'Amérique Alain Resnais, W, W, P, M
8.5 1966 DBlack and White Nayak: The Hero Satyajit Ray, W, P, M «Nayak»
8.5 1965 DBlack and White Rapture John Guillermin, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 1964 DMColor (Technicolor) The Chalk Garden Ronald Neame, W, W, P, M
8.5 1955 TBlack and White The Night My Number Came Up Leslie Norman, W, W, P, M
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 8.5 1944 DWBlack and White Sunday Dinner for a Soldier Lloyd Bacon, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.5 1936 DBlack and White Hitori musuko Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Press Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.5 1932 CDBlack and White; Silent I Was Born, But... Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, ++, P, M «Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo»
8.4 2011 DMcMlRTColor The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall Nick Morris, Laurence Connor, W, W, ++
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 8.4 2007 CDFanColor Mermaid Anna Melikyan, W, P, M «Rusalka»
8.4 2005 DColor (NTSC Color) Grodmin Jim Horwitz, W
8.4 2005 CDRColor Sad Movie Jong-kwan Kwon, W «Saedeu mubi»
8.4 2005 BDFSpColor The Goal Darla Rae, W, W, P, M
8.4 2005 DMColor, Black and White Unstable Anthony Spadaccini, W, ++, P, M
8.4 2004 CDRColor Burning Annie Van Flesher, W, W, P, M
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 8.4 2002 BDColor Painted Fire Kwon-taek Im, W, W, ++, P, M «Chihwaseon»
8.4 2000 CRColor Time Share Sharon von Wietersheim, W, P, M
8.4 1999 CDColor The Children of the Marshland Jean Becker, W, W, P, M «Les enfants du Marais»
8.4 1997 DColor Mandragora Wiktor Grodecki, W, W, P, M
8.4 1997 CColor Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald Kôki Mitani, W, ++, P, M «Rajio no jikan»
8.4 1995 ACDColor (Technicolor) Search and Destroy David Salle, W, W, P, M
8.4 1995 CColor The Garden Martin Sulík, W, W, ++, P, M «Záhrada»
8.4 1987 DColor (Technicolor) Orphans Alan J. Pakula, W, P, M
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 8.4 1984 CDRColor (Eastmancolor) Kaos Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, W, W, ++, P, M
8.4 1983 RColor Sadma Balu Mahendra, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.4 1967 DBlack and White, Color The Stranger Luchino Visconti, W, W, ++, P, M «Lo straniero»
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 8.4 1966 DBlack and White Hunger Henning Carlsen, W, W, ++, P, M «Sult»
8.4 1964 CColor I'd Rather Be Rich Jack Smight, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.4 1961 DBlack and White Accattone Pier Paolo Pasolini, W, ++, P
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 8.4 1960 DBlack and White The Angry Silence Guy Green, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.4 1953 DFRWBlack and White The Little Kidnappers Philip Leacock, W, P, M «The Kidnappers»
8.4 1950 CMlRColor (Technicolor) Two Weeks with Love Roy Rowland, W, ++, P, M
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 8.4 1930 CDRBlack and White; Silent People on Sunday Cr Cr-Video Cr-Press Cr-Press Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak, ++, W, W, ++, P, M «Menschen am Sonntag»
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 8.4 1929 DRBlack and White; Silent Lucky Star Frank Borzage, W, W, ++, P, M
8.4 1928 CDRBlack and White; Silent The Patsy King Vidor, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.4 1924 AdFanFBlack and White; Silent Peter Pan Herbert Brenon, W, W, P, M
8.3 2011 CDFColor Chillar Party Vikas Bahl, Nitesh Tiwari, W, W, ++, P, M
8.3 2009 CDColor Sneakers & Soul Jonathan Zelenak, W, W, P, M
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 8.3 2007 DFanMTColor Still Small Voices Mario Azzopardi, W, P, M
8.3 2006 DColor Journey from the Fall Ham Tran, W, P, M
8.3 2006 CDColor Two Weeks Steve Stockman, W, P, M
8.3 2003 DColor Magnifico Maryo J. De Los Reyes, W, P, M
8.3 1999 DColor Ratas, ratones, rateros Sebastián Cordero, W, P, M
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 8.3 1994 DColor Ladybird Ladybird Ken Loach, W, P, M
8.3 1993 DColor Damini - Lightning Rajkumar Santoshi, W, W, M
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 8.3 1993 CDMcRColor Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa Kundan Shah, W, W, ++, P, M
8.3 1987 DColor (Eastmancolor) The Grand Highway Jean-Loup Hubert, W, P, M «Le grand chemin»
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 8.3 1986 DHRColor Belizaire the Cajun Glen Pitre, W, P, M
8.3 1985 DMcColor Yellow Earth Kaige Chen, W, W, ++, P, M «Huang tu di»
8.3 1984 DMcColor (Eastmancolor) Carmen Francesco Rosi, W, W, ++, P
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 8.3 1980 CBlack and White (Sepia) Sir Henry at Rawlinson End Steve Roberts, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.3 1975 DHWColor (Metrocolor) The Hiding Place James F. Collier, W, W, ++, P, M
8.3 1972 ADColor Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx Kenji Misumi, W, W, ++, P, M «Kozure Ôkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma»
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 8.3 1971 DFRColor "The Waltons" The Homecoming: A Christmas Story Fielder Cook, W, P, M
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 8.3 1963 DBlack and White The Big City Cr Cr-Photo Cr-Ess Satyajit Ray, W, W, ++, P, M «Mahanagar»
8.3 1961 CColor (Eastmancolor) Call Me Genius Robert Day, W, W, ++, P, M «The Rebel»
8.3 1961 DColor The End of Summer Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, P, M «Kohayagawa-ke no aki»
8.3 1955 DWBlack and White The Unknown Soldier Edvin Laine, W, W, P, M «Tuntematon sotilas»
8.3 1948 DBlack and White The Winslow Boy Anthony Asquith, W, ++, P, M
8.3 1927 CDFRBlack and White; Silent The Kid Brother Ted Wilde, J.A. Howe, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 2013 CColor Club Utopia Frank A. Caruso, W, P, M
8.2 2012 CDRColor Day of the Flowers John Roberts, W, P, M
8.2 2011 DFanRColor Tears of Remedy Lee Thongkham, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 2011 AdRColor (DV 24p), Color The Name Is Rogells (Rugg-ells) Rachel Warner, W, P, M
8.2 2009 CColor Today's Special David Kaplan, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 2006 SfColor A Texas Tale of Treason Matthew C. Walker, W, P, M
8.2 2005 DSpColor My Brother... Nikhil Onir, W, W, P, M
8.2 2003 CFColor Blizzard LeVar Burton, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 2003 DColor Wake Roy Finch, W, P, M
8.2 2001 CDColor Vizontele Yilmaz Erdogan, Ömer Faruk Sorak, W, P, M
8.2 1999 CRColor Den eneste ene Susanne Bier, W, W, P, M
8.2 1999 CDRAColor (Eastmancolor) Gigantics Sebastian Schipper, W, P «Absolute Giganten»
8.2 1995 DColor (Technicolor) The Journey of August King John Duigan, W, P, M
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 8.2 1990 CDColor Coupe de Ville Joe Roth, W, P, M
8.2 1987 CDColor (TVC) Swimming to Cambodia Jonathan Demme, W, P, M
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 8.2 1983 DRColor Independence Day Robert Mandel, W, P, M
8.2 1981 CFRColor Chashme Buddoor Sai Paranjape, W, ++, P, M
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 8.2 1980 DMlColor (Technicolor) Breaking Glass Brian Gibson, W, P
8.2 1975 CRColor Chhoti Si Baat Basu Chatterjee, P, M
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 8.2 1974 DFRColor Where the Lilies Bloom William A. Graham, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 1972 CColor (Eastmancolor) The Adventures of Barry McKenzie Bruce Beresford, W, W, P, M
8.2 1971 CHColor (Eastmancolor) Delusions of Grandeur Gérard Oury, W, W, ++, P, M «La folie des grandeurs»
8.2 1971 CrTHoColor (Eastmancolor) The Night Visitor Laslo Benedek, W, W, P, M
8.2 1970 DColor (Eastmancolor) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Caspar Wrede, W, W, P, M
8.2 1969 TColor I Start Counting David Greene, W, W, P, M
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 8.2 1929 AdDHRBlack and White; Silent The Iron Mask Allan Dwan, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 1915 BCrDRBlack and White; Silent Regeneration Raoul Walsh, W, W, ++, P
8.1 2012 DHColor Masquerade Chang-min Choo, W, W, P, M «Gwanghae, Wangyidoen namja»
8.1 2012 CDMlRColor Ustad Hotel Anwar Rasheed, W, P, M
8.1 2010 CDColor I Am Kalam Nila Madhab Panda, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 2009 CRColor Friends (With Benefits) Gorman Bechard, W, W, P, M
8.1 2007 DColor (35 mm version), Color Noëlle David Wall, W, P, M
8.1 2006 DMlRColor The Magic Flute Kenneth Branagh, W, W, ++, P
8.1 2002 DFSpColor Hometown Legend James Anderson, W, W, P, M
8.1 2000 DColor I Have Found It Rajiv Menon, W, W, ++, P, M «Kandukondain Kandukondain»
8.1 2000 CDRSfColor Thomas in Love Pierre-Paul Renders, W, P, M «Thomas est amoureux»
8.1 1999 CDColor Catfish in Black Bean Sauce Chi Muoi Lo, W, P, M
8.1 1999 CRColor Let It Snow Adam Marcus, W, P, M «Snow Days»
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 8.1 1993 DColor Household Saints Nancy Savoca, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 1989 DColor (Technicolor) Powwow Highway Jonathan Wacks, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 1987 FanColor The Magic Toyshop David Wheatley, W, P, M
8.1 1985 CDColor Static Mark Romanek, W, W, P
8.1 1984 MlSfCColor Voyage of the Rock Aliens James Fargo, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.1 1982 DHColor (Eastmancolor) La nuit de Varennes Ettore Scola, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 1981 AdCCrColor The Goat Francis Veber, W, P, M «La chèvre»
8.1 1967 DRColor (Eastmancolor) The Wanderer Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, W, W, ++, P, M «Le grand Meaulnes»
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 8.1 1952 CDBlack and White Le Plaisir Cr Cr-Video Cr-Feat Cr-Photo Cr-Ess Cr-News Cr-Press Max Ophüls, W, W, ++, P, M «Le plaisir»
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 8.1 1949 AAdDFBlack and White Down to the Sea in Ships Henry Hathaway, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 1924 CBlack and White; Silent Hot Water Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, W, W, ++, P, M