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 DColor Gun Hill Road Rashaad Ernesto Green, W, P, M
8.6 2010 DColor Strapped Joseph Graham, W, P, M
8.6 2010 BDSpColor The Hammer Oren Kaplan, W, W, P, M «Hamill»
8.6 2007 CCrDMcColor The Dukes Robert Davi, W, W, P, M
8.6 2007 DFRColor The Indian James R. Gorrie, W, P, M
8.6 1997 Color Under the Lighthouse Dancing Graeme Rattigan, W, W, P, M
8.6 1993 CHoMlMTColor Manichithrathazhu Fazil, W, P, M
8.6 1989 CFanColor Big Man on Campus Jeremy Kagan, W, P, M
8.6 1971 DColor (Technicolor) Red Sky at Morning James Goldstone, W, W, P, M
8.6 1966 CDRColor (Eastmancolor) The Family Way Roy Boulting, W, P, M
8.6 1963 AdColor (Eastmancolor) A Boy Ten Feet Tall Alexander Mackendrick, W, W, P, M «Sammy Going South»
8.5 2011 CColor The Soccer Nanny J.T. O'Neal, W, P, M «Au Pair, Kansas»
8.5 2010 DColor The Insatiable Moon Rosemary Riddell, W, P, M
8.5 2008 RDColor Cherry Blossoms Doris Dörrie, W, P, M «Kirschblüten - Hanami»
8.5 2008 CColor Freebird Jon Ivay, W, P, M
8.5 2000 BDColor Angels of the Universe Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, W, P, M «Englar alheimsins»
8.5 1995 DTColor Cry, the Beloved Country Darrell Roodt, W, W, P, M
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 8.5 1989 ACCrColor (Metrocolor) Disorganized Crime Jim Kouf, W, P, M
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 8.5 1983 BDFHSpColor Phar Lap Simon Wincer, W, P, M
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 8.5 1982 DRColor (Fujicolor) Yol Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney, W, P, M
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 8.5 1973 CColor (Eastmancolor) The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob Gérard Oury, W, W, ++, P, M «Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob»
8.5 1965 DMlRColor (Eastmancolor) (US version), Color (Pathécolor) (original Indian version) Guide Vijay Anand, W, W, ++, P, M
8.5 1964 AdCMlRWeBlack and White (tinted) Lemonade Joe Oldrich Lipský, W, W, ++, P, M «Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera»
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 8.5 1958 DMcBlack and White The Music Room Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Video Cr-Press Cr-Press Satyajit Ray, W, W, ++, P, M «Jalsaghar»
8.5 1931 DRBlack and White Mädchen in Uniform Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich, W, W, ++, P, M
8.4 2012 CHoTColor The Haunting of Pearson Place Michael Merino, W, P, M
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 8.4 2003 The Ride Nathan Kurosawa, W, P
8.4 2001 DMTColor Out of the Black Karl Kozak, W, W, ++, P, M
8.4 2001 TColor Revolution #9 Tim McCann, W, P, M
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 8.4 1993 DRColor Ruby in Paradise Victor Nunez, W, P, M
8.4 1991 CColor High Strung Roger Nygard, W, W, P, M
8.4 1991 DMcColor The Five Heartbeats Robert Townsend, W, W, P, M
8.4 1985 CBlack and White, Color The Party Animal David Beaird, ++, W, W, P
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 8.4 1982 CMlDColor (Eastmancolor) Starstruck Gillian Armstrong, W, P
8.4 1980 DColor (Technicolor) Inside Moves Richard Donner, W, W, ++, P, M
8.4 1979 ACWColor (Eastmancolor) The Odd Angry Shot Tom Jeffrey, W, W, P, M
8.4 1979 DColor (Eastmancolor) When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? Milton Katselas, W, P, M
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 8.4 1976 CColor (Technicolor) The Ritz Richard Lester, W, P, M
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 8.4 1965 DColor (Eastmancolor) Le Bonheur Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Clip Agnès Varda, W, P, M «Le bonheur»
8.4 1951 DBlack and White Bright Victory Mark Robson, W, W, P, M
8.3 2012 AColor Changing the Game Rel Dowdell, W, W, P, M
8.3 2011 SfColor (High Definition) Atlantis Down Max Bartoli, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.3 2011 ADHWColor Memorial Day Samuel Fischer, W, W, ++, P, M
8.3 2008 CDRColor Shades of Ray Jaffar Mahmood, W, P, M
8.3 2003 CrDColor Maqbool Vishal Bhardwaj, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.3 2000 DCrColor Ali Zoua: Prince of the Streets Nabil Ayouch, W, W, P, M «Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue»
8.3 1999 DRColor Solomon & Gaenor Paul Morrison, W, P, M «Solomon and Gaenor»
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 8.3 1996 DWColor Prisoner of the Mountains Sergey Bodrov, W, W, ++, P, M «Kavkazskiy plennik»
8.3 1993 CDColor Lost in Yonkers Martha Coolidge, W, P, M
8.3 1991 DBlack and White, Color (Technicolor) The Inner Circle Andrey Konchalovskiy, W, W, P, M
8.3 1988 DMcBlack and White, Color The In Crowd Mark Rosenthal, W, W, P, M
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 8.3 1983 DHMcBlack and White, Color (Eastmancolor) And the Ship Sails On Cr Cr-Ess Federico Fellini, W, W, P, M «E la nave va»
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 8.3 1962 DBlack and White Sundays and Cybele Serge Bourguignon, W, W, ++, P, M «Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray»
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 8.3 1941 AAdFanSfBlack and White Adventures of Captain Marvel John English, William Witney, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.3 1933 DBlack and White Counsellor at Law William Wyler, W, P
8.3 1927 DRBlack and White; Silent The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg Ernst Lubitsch, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 2014 RColor Go with Le Flo Michael Glover, W, ++
8.2 2013 CDColor Ankhon Dekhi Rajat Kapoor, W, M
8.2 2013 CColor Dean Slater: Resident Advisor Colin Sander, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 2004 DColor Yesterday Darrell Roodt, W, P, M
8.2 2002 DBlack and White, Color The Guys Jim Simpson, W, ++, P, M
8.2 2000 CDWBlack and White, Color Devils on the Doorstep Wen Jiang, W, ++, P, M «Guizi lai le»
8.2 2000 CColor Laughing Boy Joe Grisaffi, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.2 1997 ADHTColor Four Days in September Bruno Barreto, W, W, P, M «O Que É Isso, Companheiro?»
8.2 1991 CDMcBlack and White, Color (Metrocolor) Hear My Song Peter Chelsom, W, W, ++, P, M
8.2 1991 DColor (Technicolor) Paradise Mary Agnes Donoghue, W, ++, P, M
8.2 1983 DFanColor Somewhere, Tomorrow Robert Wiemer, W, P, M
8.2 1976 DColor "Play for Today" Nuts in May Mike Leigh, W, P
8.2 1972 DTColor (Eastmancolor) State of Siege Costa-Gavras, W, W, ++, P, M «État de siège»
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 8.2 1968 HoBlack and White Kuroneko Cr Cr-Photo Cr-Ess Cr-Intrv Cr-Press Cr-News Kaneto Shindô, W, P, M «Yabu no naka no kuroneko»
8.2 1964 AdHRColor (Eastmancolor) Angélique, marquise des anges Bernard Borderie, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.2 1960 CrDTBlack and White Le Trou Cr Cr-Ess Jacques Becker, W, W, ++, P, M «Le trou»
8.2 1960 CBlack and White School for Scoundrels Robert Hamer, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.2 1958 BHBlack and White, Color Ivan the Terrible, Part II Cr Cr-Video Cr-Ess Sergei M. Eisenstein, W, P, M «Ivan Groznyy: Skaz vtoroy - Boyarskiy zagovor»
8.2 1955 BDFHColor A Man Called Peter Henry Koster, W, W, P, M
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 8.2 1952 DBlack and White The Life of Oharu Cr Cr-Video Cr-Ess Kenji Mizoguchi, W, W, ++, P, M «Saikaku ichidai onna»
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 8.2 1951 DBlack and White Early Summer Cr Cr-Ess Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, P, M «Bakushû»
8.2 1948 FDColor (Technicolor) So Dear to My Heart Harold D. Schuster, Hamilton Luske, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.2 1935 CRBlack and White Ruggles of Red Gap Leo McCarey, W, W, ++, P
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 8.2 1931 MlCBlack and White Le Million Cr Cr-Ess René Clair, W, W, ++, P, M «Le million»
8.2 1924 ACRFBlack and White; Silent Girl Shy Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 2013 DColor Blinder Richard Gray, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 2010 MlColor Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary Nick Morris, W, W, ++
8.1 2009 CDRColor Castaway on the Moon Hey-jun Lee, W, P, M «Kimssi pyoryugi»
8.1 2008 DColor Bride Flight Ben Sombogaart, W, P, M
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 8.1 2008 DMColor The Last Lullaby Jeffrey Goodman, W, W, P, M
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 8.1 2006 CColor The Big Bad Swim Ishai Setton, W, P, M
8.1 2003 AdDFColor The Adventures of Ociee Nash Kristen McGary, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 1999 DMcCrColor G:MT Greenwich Mean Time John Strickland, W, P, M
8.1 1993 TDBlack and White, Color Sugar Hill Leon Ichaso, W, P, M
8.1 1990 DHColor The Long Walk Home Richard Pearce, W, ++, P, M
8.1 1987 CrMColor Desyat negrityat Stanislav Govorukhin, W, W, P, M
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 8.1 1986 DMcRColor Parting Glances Bill Sherwood, W, P, M
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 8.1 1986 DFanColor The Boy Who Could Fly Nick Castle, W, P, M
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 8.1 1985 BDBlack and White, Color Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Cr Cr-Photo Cr-Video Cr-Ess Cr-Clip Cr-News Cr-Press Paul Schrader, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 1984 AdCSfColor Sexmission Juliusz Machulski, W, W, ++, P, M «Seksmisja»
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 8.1 1983 CDRColor Baby It's You John Sayles, W, W, P
8.1 1983 DMcMlRColor (Eastmancolor) Carmen Carlos Saura, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.1 1976 DHColor (Eastmancolor) Il deserto dei tartari Valerio Zurlini, W, W, ++, P, M
8.1 1972 ADColor Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance Kenji Misumi, W, ++, P, M «Kozure ôkami: Ko wo kashi ude kashi tsukamatsuru»
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 8.1 1972 DFColor Sounder Martin Ritt, W, W, P, M
8.1 1969 CDRColor (Technicolor) The April Fools Stuart Rosenberg, W, P, M
8.1 1968 DFanHoMTColor (Eastmancolor) Even the Wind Is Afraid Carlos Enrique Taboada, W, P «Hasta el viento tiene miedo»
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 8.1 1964 DRBlack and White Nothing But a Man Michael Roemer, W, W, P
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 8.1 1962 DColor An Autumn Afternoon Cr Cr-Ess Cr-Ess Yasujirô Ozu, W, W, P, M «Sanma no aji»
8.1 1956 CBlack and White The Green Man Robert Day, ++, W, ++, P, M
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 8.1 1940 BDBlack and White Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet William Dieterle, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.1 1924 FanDAdBlack and White; Silent Siegfried Fritz Lang, W, W, P, M «Die Nibelungen: Siegfried»