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»
10.0 2012 MTColor The Holloway Story Willie Speight, W, P, M
10.0 2012 DFColor Wolf Ya'Ke Smith, W, P, M
10.0 2011 DColor Hitler's Grave Daryush Shokof, W, P, M
10.0 2006 CDMcRColor Siren Pat Kerby, W, W, ++, M
10.0 2006 DColor The Gold Bracelet Kavi Raz, W, P, M
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 10.0 1993 AColor Running Cool Beverly Sebastian, Ferd Sebastian, W, W, P, M
10.0 1967 AdFColor (Technicolor) The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle Jack Couffer, W, P, M
10.0 1957 DBlack and White He Who Must Die Jules Dassin, W, W, ++, P, M «Celui qui doit mourir»
10.0 1940 DBlack and White Florian Edwin L. Marin, W, W, P, M
9.7 1984 Hip Hip Hurray Prakash Jha, P, M
9.6 1991 CColor Michael Madana Kamarajan Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, W, W, ++, M
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 9.6 1987 CHoMlSpWeColor Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire Alan Clarke, W, P, M
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 9.6 1983 HMlColor (Fujicolor) Le Bal Ettore Scola, W, W, ++, P, M «Le bal»
9.6 1969 FFanBlack and White, Color The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha Satyajit Ray, W, W, P, M «Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne»
9.5 2011 CDColor The Three Way Julian Renner, W, P, M
9.5 2010 DFColor (HD) More Than Diamonds Grant Skellenger, W, P, M
9.5 2008 CColor The Book of Caleb Matthew von Manahan, W, W, ++, P, M
9.5 2002 DTColor Blind Spot Stephan Woloszczuk, W, P, M
9.5 1989 DColor (Technicolor) Slaves of New York James Ivory, W, P, M
9.5 1988 DColor Time of Violence Ludmil Staikov, W, W, ++, P, M «Vreme na nasilie»
9.5 1980 DColor (Metrocolor) Touched by Love Gus Trikonis, W, W, P, M
9.4 2009 DMColor Footprints Steven Peros, W, P, M
9.4 2008 CrDHoTColor Reflections Barry L. Caldwell, W, P, M
9.3 2009 DSpColor The Mighty Macs Tim Chambers, W, ++, P, M
9.3 1989 DMcMlColor "Great Performances" Show Boat Kirk Browning, W, W
9.3 1983 MlRDColor Sagara Sangamam K. Vishwanath, W, W, P, M
9.3 1967 CCrColor (Technicolor) The Jokers Michael Winner, W, W, ++, P, M
9.3 1962 DMlBlack and White Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam Abrar Alvi, W, W, P, M
9.2 2005 DColor White Rainbow Dharan Mandrayar, W, P, M
9.2 2003 CColor Flavors Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru, W, W, ++, P, M
9.2 2003 CColor La taqueria Martin Delon, W, P, M
9.2 2002 DRColor Now & Forever Bob Clark, W, P, M
9.2 1999 DColor Shadows of the Past Joe Camp III, W, P, M «Abilene»
9.2 1995 CDRColor A Modern Affair Vern Oakley, W, W, ++, P, M
9.2 1994 DColor In the Heat of the Sun Wen Jiang, W, W, P, M «Yangguang Canlan de Rizi»
9.2 1987 AAdCDFanMlRSfColor Mr India Shekhar Kapur, W, W, P, M
9.2 1981 DColor Tuck Everlasting Frederick King Keller, W, W, ++, P, M
9.2 1951 DBlack and White The Blue Veil Curtis Bernhardt, ++, W, W, P, M
9.1 2011 CColor Halloween Party Linda Palmer, W, W, ++, P, M
9.1 2011 CDColor Shuttlecock Boys Hemant Gaba, W, P, M
9.1 2009 DColor Still the Drums Talbot Perry Simons, W, P, M
9.1 2008 DColor Only Simon Reynolds, Ingrid Veninger, W, ++, P
9.1 2004 ADRTColor Virumandi Kamal Hassan, W, P, M
9.1 1999 DRFanColor Alegría Franco Dragone, W, P, M
9.1 1992 DColor Thevar Magan Bharathan, W, P, M
9.1 1991 CColor California Casanova Nat Christian, W, P, M
9.1 1989 DRMcColor Bye Bye Blues Anne Wheeler, W, P, M
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 9.1 1983 CDRColor Reuben, Reuben Robert Ellis Miller, W, W, ++, P, M
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 9.1 1964 DBlack and White Hamlet Grigori Kozintsev, W, W, ++, P, M «Gamlet»
9.0 2006 CColor Living with Uncle Ray Jennifer Corinna, Gene Duffy, W, P, M
9.0 2005 BDColor The Eyes of Van Gogh Alexander Barnett, W, P, M
9.0 2001 CrDRColor By Hook or by Crook Harriet Dodge, Silas Howard, W, W, P, M
9.0 2001 CrDColor Chandni Bar Madhur Bhandarkar, W, ++, P, M
9.0 2001 AdDColor The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Rolf de Heer, W, W, ++, P, M
9.0 2000 D The Poor and Hungry Craig Brewer, W, P
9.0 1997 DTColor Tic Tac Daniel Alfredson, W, P
9.0 1993 CDColor La estrategia del caracol Sergio Cabrera, W, W, ++, P, M
9.0 1992 DColor The Stolen Children Gianni Amelio, W, W, ++, P, M «Il ladro di bambini»
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 9.0 1992 CDMcRColor Tito and Me Goran Markovic, W, P, M «Tito i ja»
9.0 1972 CMlDFColor Bawarchi Hrishikesh Mukherjee, W, W, ++, P, M
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 9.0 1963 DBlack and White All the Way Home Alex Segal, W, W, ++, P, M
9.0 1953 CBlack and White Welcome Mr. Marshall! Luis García Berlanga, W, W, ++, P, M «Bienvenido Mister Marshall»
8.9 2011 CColor 3 Blind Saints John Eschenbaum, W, P
8.9 2010 DColor Vedam Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, W, P, M
8.9 2008 CrDTColor Y.M.I. Yeh Mera India N. Chandra, W, P, M
8.9 2005 DColor Thanmathra Blessy, W, W, P, M
8.9 2003 CColor My Girl Vitcha Gojiew, Songyos Sugmakanan, ++ «Fan chan»
8.9 2000 DTColor Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry Paul Tickell, W, W, P, M
8.9 1999 CBlack and White, Color Attack of the Bat Monsters Kelly Greene, W, P, M
8.9 1994 DColor Through the Olive Trees Abbas Kiarostami, W, W, ++, P «Zire darakhatan zeyton»
8.9 1990 AdCFanColor Les 1001 nuits Philippe de Broca, W, W, P, M
8.9 1988 DFanColor Da Matt Clark, W, P, M
8.9 1982 CColor Angoor Gulzar, W, W, ++, P, M
8.9 1982 ADColor Legendary Weapons of China Chia-Liang Liu, W, W, P, M «Shi ba ban wu yi»
8.9 1982 CDColor The Marathon Family Slobodan Sijan, W, P, M «Maratonci trce pocasni krug»
8.9 1978 RColor Satyam Shivam Sundaram: Love Sublime Raj Kapoor, W, P, M
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 8.9 1963 CrDBlack and White The Organizer Cr Cr-Video Cr-Ess Mario Monicelli, W, W, ++, P, M «I compagni»
8.8 2009 DColor Applause Martin Zandvliet, W, W, P, M «Applaus»
8.8 2009 AdCFColor The Gold & the Beautiful Jack Serino, W, P, M
8.8 2008 ADSpColor The Sensei Diana Lee Inosanto, W, P, M
8.8 2006 DRColor Bommarillu Bhaskar, W, W, ++, P, M
8.8 2006 DColor Mojave Phone Booth John Putch, W, W, P, M
8.8 2005 DColor A Buddha Diego Rafecas, W, P, M «Un Buda»
8.8 2005 DColor Aurore Luc Dionne, W, W, P, M
8.8 2003 DColor God Has a Rap Sheet Kamal Ahmed, W, P, M
8.8 2000 CCrColor Boys Don't Cry Olaf Lubaszenko, W, P, M «Chlopaki nie placza»
8.8 2000 CMcColor Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced Espen Eckbo, Henrik Elvestad, ++, W, W, P, M
8.8 2000 CMcRColor Punks Patrik-Ian Polk, W, P, M
8.8 1998 CrTColor Boogie Boy Craig Hamann, W, P, M
8.8 1997 DRColor Sunday Jonathan Nossiter, W, ++, P
8.8 1996 CFanRColor Camping Cosmos Jan Bucquoy, W, P
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 8.8 1994 BDColor (Technicolor) Imaginary Crimes Anthony Drazan, W, W, ++, P, M
8.8 1994 CDFanSfColor Okno v Parizh Yuri Mamin, W, W, ++, P, M
8.8 1988 DHRColor Stealing Heaven Clive Donner, W, W, P, M
8.8 1981 DMlRColor Silsila Yash Chopra, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.8 1977 CColor (Eastmancolor) Outrageous! Richard Benner, W, W, P, M
8.8 1976 CDColor (Technicolor) Ugly, Dirty and Bad Ettore Scola, W, W, ++, P, M «Brutti, sporchi e cattivi»
8.8 1971 BCrDHBlack and White, Color (Technicolor) Sacco & Vanzetti Giuliano Montaldo, W, W, ++, P, M «Sacco e Vanzetti»
8.8 1968 CDFMlWeColor (Technicolor) The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band Michael O'Herlihy, W, ++, P
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 8.8 1962 CDBlack and White The Reluctant Saint Edward Dmytryk, W, W, P, M
8.8 1960 DColor (Technicolor) The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Delbert Mann, W, W, ++, P, M
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 8.8 1931 DBlack and White Comradeship Georg Wilhelm Pabst, W, W, ++, P, M «Kameradschaft»
8.7 2011 DHWColor Guerrilla Nasiruddin Yousuff, W, W, P, M
8.7 2011 DColor Three Veils Rolla Selbak, W, P, M
8.7 2007 DColor Amal Richie Mehta, W, W, ++, P, M
8.7 2005 DColor Peacock Changwei Gu, W, P, M «Kong que»
8.7 2003 RColor ...ing Eon-hie Lee, W, M
8.7 2003 DRColor Proteus John Greyson, ++, W, W, ++, P, M
8.7 2002 CDRColor Never Among Friends Jason Allentoff, W, W, P, M
8.7 2001 DCColor The Sky Is Falling Florrie Laurence, W, P, M
8.7 2001 CrDRColor Virgil Bliss Joe Maggio, W, P, M
8.7 2000 CDRColor Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra, W, W, P, M «Km. 0»
8.7 1998 DColor Blind Faith Ernest R. Dickerson, W, P, M
8.7 1998 DMcRColor Fogi is a Bastard Marcel Gisler, W, W, ++, P, M «F. est un salaud»
8.7 1993 DColor Where the Rivers Flow North Jay Craven, W, W, ++, P, M
8.7 1992 CColor Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me Joel Hershman, W, P, M
8.7 1989 CColor Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills Paul Bartel, W, W, ++, P, M
8.7 1989 ATColor Shotgun Addison Randall, W, P, M
8.7 1980 CColor (Eastmancolor) Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten Lasse Åberg, Peter Hald, W, W, P, M
8.7 1979 CColor Derek and Clive Get the Horn Russell Mulcahy, W, W
8.7 1978 ADColor Zan xian sheng yu zhao qian Hua Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, W
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 8.7 1976 DColor (Eastmancolor) Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 Alain Tanner, W, W, ++, P, M «Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000»
8.7 1967 WDColor (Technicolor) The Longest Hundred Miles Don Weis, W, W, ++, P, M
8.7 1962 DWBlack and White The Four Days of Naples Nanni Loy, W, W, ++, P, M «Le quattro giornate di Napoli»
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 8.7 1959 AdDFColor (Technicolor) Third Man on the Mountain Ken Annakin, W, W, P, M
8.7 1938 DHoSfWBlack and White I Accuse Abel Gance, W, W, P, M «J'accuse!»