Films sorted by "intelligent grade": IMDb top 250 (of Dec 2015)

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# In IMDb	GR	Year	Genres	Title	Extra links / Director, etc / «Original title»

46	8.2	1985	AdCSf	Back to the Future	Robert Zemeckis, W, W, C, M
200	8.2	1946	DRW	The Best Years of Our Lives	William Wyler, W, W, C, M
12	8.1	1980	AAdSf	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back	Irvin Kershner, W, W, ++, C, M
71	8.0	1981	AAdDHW	Das Boot	Wolfgang Petersen, W, W, C, M
35	8.0	1931	CDR	City Lights	Charles Chaplin, W, ++, C, C, M
64	7.9	1988	AnDW	Grave of the Fireflies	Isao Takahata, W, W, C, M «Hotaru no haka»
180	7.9	1986	AdD	Stand by Me	Rob Reiner, W, W, ++, C, M
8	7.9	1966	AdWe	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	Sergio Leone, W, W, ++, C, M «Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo»
1	7.8	1994	CrD	The Shawshank Redemption	Frank Darabont, W, W, C, M
245	7.8	1994	DMR	Three Colors: Red	Krzysztof Kieslowski, W, W, C, M «Trois couleurs: Rouge»
37	7.8	1981	AAd	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Steven Spielberg, W, W, ++, C, M
217	7.8	1976	DSp	Rocky	John G. Avildsen, W, C, M
97	7.7	1995	AnAdCFFan	Toy Story	John Lasseter, W, W, ++, M
42	7.7	1991	ASfT	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	James Cameron, W, W, C, M
121	7.7	1988	AT	Die Hard	John McTiernan, W, W, ++, C, M
139	7.7	1980	BD	The Elephant Man	David Lynch, W, W, ++, C, M
215	7.7	1975	AdHoT	Jaws	Steven Spielberg, W, W, ++, C, M
3	7.7	1974	CrD	The Godfather: Part II	Francis Ford Coppola, W, W, ++, C, M
36	7.7	1960	HoMT	Psycho	Alfred Hitchcock, W, W, C, M
5	7.7	1957	D	12 Angry Men	Sidney Lumet, W, C, M
222	7.7	1957	D	Throne of Blood	Akira Kurosawa, W, W, ++, C, M «Kumonosu-jô»
246	7.7	1954	D	La Strada	Federico Fellini, W, W, ++, C, C, M «La strada»
40	7.7	1936	CD	Modern Times	Charles Chaplin, W, C, C, M
211	7.6	1993	CDFanR	Groundhog Day	Harold Ramis, W, W, ++, C, M
239	7.6	1991	AnFFanMlR	Beauty and the Beast	Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, W, W, ++, M
18	7.6	1990	BCrDT	Goodfellas	Martin Scorsese, W, ++, C
208	7.6	1984	ASf	The Terminator	James Cameron, W, W, ++, C, M
26	7.6	1946	DFFan	It's a Wonderful Life	Frank Capra, W, W, ++, C, C, C, M
96	7.6	1921	CDF	The Kid	Charles Chaplin, W, C, M
193	7.5	2014	CT	Wild Tales	Damián Szifron, W, C, M «Relatos salvajes»
21	7.5	2002	CrD	City of God	Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, W, W, C, M, M «Cidade de Deus»
99	7.5	1997	CrDMT	L.A. Confidential	Curtis Hanson, W, W, ++, C, M
54	7.5	1994	AnAdDFMl	The Lion King	Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, W, W, ++, M
185	7.5	1993	BDT	In the Name of the Father	Jim Sheridan, W, W, ++, C, M
57	7.5	1988	D	Cinema Paradiso	Giuseppe Tornatore, W, ++, C, M «Nuovo Cinema Paradiso»
65	7.5	1986	AAdSfT	Aliens	James Cameron, W, W, ++, C, M
166	7.5	1982	HoMSfT	The Thing	John Carpenter, W, W, C, M
108	7.5	1961	AAd	Yojimbo	Akira Kurosawa, W, ++, C, M «Yôjinbô»
102	7.5	1960	CDR	The Apartment	Billy Wilder, W, W, C, M
51	7.5	1950	DN	Sunset Blvd.	Billy Wilder, W, W, ++, C, M
127	7.5	1939	D	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Frank Capra, W, W, ++, C, M
118	7.4	2004	BDHW	Downfall	Oliver Hirschbiegel, W, W, ++, C, M «Der Untergang»
28	7.4	1994	CrDT	Léon: The Professional	Luc Besson, W, C, M «Léon»
88	7.4	1984	BDMc	Amadeus	Milos Forman, W, C
146	7.4	1961	DHW	Judgment at Nuremberg	Stanley Kramer, W, ++, C, M
76	7.4	1957	DM	Witness for the Prosecution	Billy Wilder, W, W, ++, C, M
235	7.4	1953	CDR	Roman Holiday	William Wyler, W, W, ++, C, C, M
130	7.4	1952	D	Ikiru	Akira Kurosawa, W, W, ++, C, M
91	7.4	1952	CMlR	Singin' in the Rain	Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, W, W, ++, C, M
83	7.4	1944	CrDNT	Double Indemnity	Billy Wilder, W, W, ++, C, M
56	7.3	2006	DT	The Lives of Others	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, W, C, M, M «Das Leben der Anderen»
232	7.3	1986	AnAAdFFanR	Castle in the Sky	Hayao Miyazaki, W, C, M «Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta»
131	7.3	1985	ADW	Ran	Akira Kurosawa, W, W, ++, C, C, C, M
59	7.3	1957	DW	Paths of Glory	Stanley Kubrick, W, W, ++, C, M
125	7.3	1954	CrD	On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan, W, ++, C, M
106	7.3	1948	AAdDWe	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	John Huston, W, W, C, M
199	7.3	1939	AdFFanMl	The Wizard of Oz	Victor Fleming, ++, W, W, ++, C
104	7.2	2011	D	A Separation	Asghar Farhadi, W, C, M «Jodaeiye Nader az Simin»
39	7.2	2011	BCD	The Intouchables	Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano, W, W, C, M «Intouchables»
68	7.2	1997	AnAdFan	Princess Mononoke	Hayao Miyazaki, W, C, M «Mononoke-hime»
129	7.2	1988	AnFFan	My Neighbor Totoro	Hayao Miyazaki, W, C, M «Tonari no Totoro»
53	7.2	1979	HoSf	Alien	Ridley Scott, W, W, ++, C, M
171	7.2	1979	C	Life of Brian	Terry Jones, W, W, ++, C, M
29	7.2	1968	AdWe	Once Upon a Time in the West	Sergio Leone, W, W, ++, C, M «C'era una volta il West»
98	7.2	1965	We	For a Few Dollars More	Sergio Leone, W, W, ++, C, M «Per qualche dollaro in più»
67	7.2	1959	AAdCrMT	North by Northwest	Alfred Hitchcock, W, C, M
195	7.2	1955	HoMT	Diabolique	Henri-Georges Clouzot, W, W, ++, C, M «Les diaboliques»
20	7.2	1954	AD	Seven Samurai	Akira Kurosawa, W, W, ++, C, M «Shichinin no samurai»
103	7.2	1950	D	All About Eve	Joseph L. Mankiewicz, W, ++, C, M
92	7.2	1948	CrD	Bicycle Thieves	Vittorio De Sica, W, W, ++, C, M «Ladri di biciclette»
79	7.1	2010	AnAdCFFan	Toy Story 3	Lee Unkrich, W, W, ++, M
172	7.1	2004	BDHW	Hotel Rwanda	Terry George, W, W, C, M, M, M
213	7.1	2003	CrDMT	Memories of Murder	Joon-ho Bong, W, W, ++, C, M «Salinui chueok»
33	7.1	1998	CrD	American History X	Tony Kaye, W, C, M
156	7.1	1996	CrD	Trainspotting	Danny Boyle, W, W, C
15	7.1	1975	D	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Milos Forman, W, W, ++, C, M
122	7.1	1974	CrDMT	Chinatown	Roman Polanski, W, ++, C, C, M
214	7.1	1966	CrDHW	The Battle of Algiers	Gillo Pontecorvo, W, W, C, M, M «La battaglia di Algeri»
110	7.1	1959	C	Some Like It Hot	Billy Wilder, W, W, ++, C, M
173	7.1	1953	AdDT	The Wages of Fear	Henri-Georges Clouzot, W, W, ++, C, M «Le salaire de la peur»
34	7.1	1942	DRW	Casablanca	Michael Curtiz, W, W, ++, C, M
161	7.1	1934	CR	It Happened One Night	Frank Capra, W, W, C, M
183	7.0	1987	AdCFFanR	The Princess Bride	Rob Reiner, W, C, M
177	7.0	1976	D	Network	Sidney Lumet, W, C, M
153	7.0	1967	CrD	Cool Hand Luke	Stuart Rosenberg, W, W, ++, C, M
85	7.0	1962	AdBDHW	Lawrence of Arabia	David Lean, W, W, ++, C, M
74	7.0	1931	CrNT	M	Fritz Lang, W, W, ++, C
132	7.0	1925	AdCFRWe	The Gold Rush	Charles Chaplin, W, C, M, M, M
165	6.9	2009	AnCD	Mary and Max	Adam Elliot, W, C, M
223	6.9	1995	D	La Haine	Mathieu Kassovitz, W, C, M «La haine»
105	6.9	1989	AAd	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Steven Spielberg, W, W, ++, C, M
219	6.9	1975	CrD	Dog Day Afternoon	Sidney Lumet, W, W, ++, C
95	6.9	1975	AdCFan	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, W, W, ++, C
178	6.9	1959	CrD	The 400 Blows	François Truffaut, W, W, ++, C, M «Les quatre cents coups»
136	6.9	1957	D	Wild Strawberries	Ingmar Bergman, W, C, M, M «Smultronstället»
157	6.9	1954	CrMT	Dial M for Murder	Alfred Hitchcock, W, C, M
100	6.9	1950	CrD	Rashomon	Akira Kurosawa, W, W, ++, C, M «Rashômon»
169	6.9	1941	CrDNM	The Maltese Falcon	John Huston, W, W, C, M
138	6.9	1926	AAdCRW	The General	Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, W, W, ++, C, C, M, M, M++
168	6.8	2013	ABDSp	Rush	Ron Howard, W, C, M
212	6.8	2001	AnAdCFFan	Monsters, Inc.	Pete Docter, David Silverman, ++, W, W, ++, M
31	6.8	2001	AnAdFFan	Spirited Away	Hayao Miyazaki, W, C, M «Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi»
24	6.8	1991	CrDT	The Silence of the Lambs	Jonathan Demme, W, W, C, M
229	6.8	1964	We	A Fistful of Dollars	Sergio Leone, W, W, ++, C, C, M «Per un pugno di dollari»
38	6.8	1954	MT	Rear Window	Alfred Hitchcock, W, W, C, M
55	6.8	1940	CDW	The Great Dictator	Charles Chaplin, W, C, C, M, M
116	6.7	2012	D	The Hunt	Thomas Vinterberg, W, W, C, M «Jagten»
227	6.7	2010	BDH	The King's Speech	Tom Hooper, W, C, M
225	6.7	2008	ABDHSp	Ip Man	Wilson Yip, W, W, C, M «Yip Man»
244	6.7	2002	BCCrD	Catch Me If You Can	Steven Spielberg, W, W, ++, C, M
209	6.7	2002	CrMT	Infernal Affairs	Wai-keung Lau, Alan Mak, W, W, C, C, M «Mou gaan dou»
43	6.7	2002	BDHW	The Pianist	Roman Polanski, W, W, C, M
243	6.7	2001	AdDMlRSp	Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India	Ashutosh Gowariker, W, ++, C, M
198	6.7	1993	AdSf	Jurassic Park	Steven Spielberg, W, ++, C, M
174	6.7	1986	ADW	Platoon	Oliver Stone, W, C, M
194	6.7	1984	AnAAdFanSf	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Hayao Miyazaki, W, M «Kaze no tani no Naushika»
197	6.7	1982	BDH	Gandhi	Richard Attenborough, W, C, C, M
89	6.7	1973	CCrD	The Sting	George Roy Hill, W, C
248	6.7	1967	CDR	The Graduate	Mike Nichols, W, W, ++, C
120	6.7	1963	AdDHTW	The Great Escape	John Sturges, W, W, ++, C, M
189	6.7	1959	AAdDHR	Ben-Hur	William Wyler, W, W, ++, C, M
205	6.7	1951	CrNT	Strangers on a Train	Alfred Hitchcock, W, W, ++, C, M
112	6.7	1949	NMT	The Third Man	Carol Reed, W, ++, C, M
123	6.7	1927	DR	Sunrise	F.W. Murnau, W, W, ++, C, C, M, M, M++ «Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans»
6	6.6	1993	BDHW	Schindler's List	Steven Spielberg, W, W, C, M
228	6.6	1952	DWe	High Noon	Fred Zinnemann, W, W, C, M
149	6.6	1940	DMT	Rebecca	Alfred Hitchcock, W, W, ++, C, M
107	6.6	1927	DSf	Metropolis	Fritz Lang, W, ++, C, C, C, M, M, M++
231	6.5	2003	AAdFan	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Gore Verbinski, W, W, ++, C, M
237	6.5	2003	D	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	Ki-duk Kim, W, C, M «Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom»
210	6.5	1998	CDSf	The Truman Show	Peter Weir, W, C, M
72	6.5	1983	AAdFanSf	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi	Richard Marquand, W, W, ++, C, C, M
220	6.5	1975	AdDRW	Barry Lyndon	Stanley Kubrick, W, W, C
234	6.5	1946	DRT	Notorious	Alfred Hitchcock, W, ++, C, M
152	6.4	2010	AnAdCDFFan	How to Train Your Dragon	Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, W, W, ++, M
135	6.4	2009	DMT	The Secret in Their Eyes	Juan José Campanella, W, W, ++, C, M, M «El secreto de sus ojos»
124	6.4	1995	ACrDT	Heat	Michael Mann, W, C, M
247	6.4	1988	AnSf	Akira	Katsuhiro Ôtomo, W, W, ++, C, M
87	6.4	1987	DW	Full Metal Jacket	Stanley Kubrick, W, W, ++, C, M
19	6.4	1977	AAdFanSf	Star Wars	George Lucas, W, C, M
176	6.4	1969	AdBCrWe	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	George Roy Hill, W, C, M
84	6.4	1962	CrDM	To Kill a Mockingbird	Robert Mulligan, W, W, C, M
190	6.4	1940	D	The Grapes of Wrath	John Ford, W, W, C, M
94	6.3	2000	CrT	Snatch.	Guy Ritchie, W, C, M
82	6.3	1976	CrD	Taxi Driver	Martin Scorsese, W, C, M
238	6.3	1973	BCrD	Papillon	Franklin J. Schaffner, W, W, ++, C, M
241	6.3	1959	CrDM	Anatomy of a Murder	Otto Preminger, W, W, C, M
75	6.2	2001	CR	Amélie	Jean-Pierre Jeunet, W, W, ++, C, M «Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain»
221	6.2	1982	DFanM	Fanny and Alexander	Ingmar Bergman, W, C, M «Fanny och Alexander»
2	6.2	1972	CrD	The Godfather	Francis Ford Coppola, W, W, ++, C, M
50	6.2	1964	CSfW	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	Stanley Kubrick, W, W, ++, C, M
128	6.2	1957	AdDW	The Bridge on the River Kwai	David Lean, W, ++, C, M
133	6.2	1957	DFan	The Seventh Seal	Ingmar Bergman, W, C, M «Det sjunde inseglet»
186	6.1	2000	DT	Amores Perros	Alejandro González Iñárritu, W, C, M «Amores perros»
226	6.0	2014	BDTW	The Imitation Game	Morten Tyldum, W, W, C, M
233	6.0	2011	D	The Help	Tate Taylor, W, W, C, M
192	6.0	2009	DF	Hachi: A Dog's Tale	Lasse Hallström, W, W, C, M
4	6.0	2008	ACrDT	The Dark Knight	Christopher Nolan, W, W, ++, C, M, M
137	6.0	1998	CrT	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Guy Ritchie, W, C, M, M
70	6.0	1958	MRT	Vertigo	Alfred Hitchcock, W, W, ++, C, M
162	5.9	2003	AnAdCF	Finding Nemo	Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, W, ++, C, C, C, M
9	5.9	2003	AAdFan	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Peter Jackson, W, W, ++, C, M
147	5.9	1998	CCr	The Big Lebowski	Joel Coen, ++, W, W, C, M
140	5.9	1995	BCrD	Casino	Martin Scorsese, W, ++, C
207	5.9	1995	MSfT	Twelve Monkeys	Terry Gilliam, W, W, ++, C, M
113	5.9	1992	We	Unforgiven	Clint Eastwood, W, C, M
250	5.8	2000	DR	In the Mood for Love	Kar Wai Wong, W, C, C, C, M, M «Fa yeung nin wa»
25	5.8	1995	CrMT	The Usual Suspects	Bryan Singer, W, C, M
249	5.8	1971	D	The Last Picture Show	Peter Bogdanovich, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M++
10	5.7	1999	D	Fight Club	David Fincher, W, W, C, M, M, M
23	5.7	1995	CrMT	Se7en	David Fincher, W, C, M
109	5.7	1983	CrDT	Scarface	Brian De Palma, W, ++, C, M
49	5.7	1979	DW	Apocalypse Now	Francis Ford Coppola, W, W, ++, C, M, M
188	5.7	1977	CDR	Annie Hall	Woody Allen, W, W, C
179	5.7	1966	DMT	Persona	Ingmar Bergman, W, C, M
236	5.7	1966	D	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Mike Nichols, W, ++, C, M
154	5.7	1939	DRW	Gone with the Wind	Victor Fleming, ++, W, W, ++, C, C, M
141	5.6	2004	AnAAdFFanR	Howl's Moving Castle	Hayao Miyazaki, W, W, C, M «Hauru no ugoku shiro»
16	5.6	2002	AAdFan	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Peter Jackson, W, W, ++, C, M
47	5.6	2000	MT	Memento	Christopher Nolan, W, W, C, M
41	5.6	1999	CrDFanM	The Green Mile	Frank Darabont, W, W, C, M
159	5.6	1999	DMT	The Sixth Sense	M. Night Shyamalan, W, C, M
77	5.6	1992	CrT	Reservoir Dogs	Quentin Tarantino, W, W, ++, C
167	5.5	2015	AAdSf	The Martian	Ridley Scott, W, W, C, M
114	5.5	2009	CDR	3 Idiots	Rajkumar Hirani, W, W, ++, C, M, M, M
17	5.5	1999	AAdSf	The Matrix	Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, W, W, C, M
206	5.5	1995	DR	Before Sunrise	Richard Linklater, W, W, C, M
151	5.5	1978	DW	The Deer Hunter	Michael Cimino, W, W, ++, C, M
52	5.4	2006	DMT	The Prestige	Christopher Nolan, W, W, ++, C, M
218	5.3	2011	AdFFanM	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	David Yates, W, W, C, M
142	5.3	2011	DSp	Warrior	Gavin O'Connor, W, W, ++, C, M
115	5.3	2009	AnAdCDFFan	Up	Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, W, W, ++, M
111	5.3	2005	AAdCrD	Batman Begins	Christopher Nolan, W, W, ++, C, M, M
117	5.3	1980	BDSp	Raging Bull	Martin Scorsese, W, W, ++, C
44	5.2	2014	D	Whiplash	Damien Chazelle, W, C, M
158	5.2	2010	DMW	Incendies	Denis Villeneuve, W, W, ++, C, M
119	5.2	1997	D	Good Will Hunting	Gus Van Sant, W, W, C, M
7	5.2	1994	CrDT	Pulp Fiction	Quentin Tarantino, W, W, ++, C
204	5.2	1963	DFan	8½	Federico Fellini, W, W, ++, C, M
184	5.1	2014	CD	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Wes Anderson, W, W, ++, C, M
80	5.1	1971	CrDSf	A Clockwork Orange	Stanley Kubrick, W, W, C
181	5.1	1958	CrNT	Touch of Evil	Orson Welles, W, W, ++, C, M
148	5.0	2001	BD	A Beautiful Mind	Ron Howard, W, W, C, M
203	5.0	2001	DSf	Donnie Darko	Richard Kelly, W, C, M
224	4.9	2014	AAdSf	Guardians of the Galaxy	James Gunn, W, W, ++, C, M
230	4.9	2013	CrDT	Prisoners	Denis Villeneuve, W, C, M
145	4.9	2008	D	Gran Torino	Clint Eastwood, W, W, ++, C, M, M
69	4.9	2003	DMT	Oldboy	Chan-wook Park, W, W, ++, C, M «Oldeuboi»
27	4.9	1997	CDRW	Life Is Beautiful	Roberto Benigni, W, W, C, M «La vita è bella»
216	4.8	2012	A	The Avengers	Joss Whedon, W, W, ++, C, M
48	4.8	2000	AAdD	Gladiator	Ridley Scott, W, ++, C, M, M
60	4.7	2012	AdWe	Django Unchained	Quentin Tarantino, W, C
58	4.7	1980	HoM	The Shining	Stanley Kubrick, W, W, ++, C, M, M
90	4.6	2015	AnAdCDFFan	Inside Out	Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen, W, W, ++, M
191	4.6	2010	MT	Shutter Island	Martin Scorsese, W, W, C
62	4.6	2008	AnAdFRSf	WALL·E	Andrew Stanton, W, W, ++, M
86	4.6	2004	DRSf	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Michel Gondry, W, W, ++, C, M
81	4.6	2000	D	Requiem for a Dream	Darren Aronofsky, W, ++, C, M
134	4.6	1982	DSfT	Blade Runner	Ridley Scott, W, W, ++, C, M
182	4.5	2013	BDH	12 Years a Slave	Steve McQueen, W, W, C, M
61	4.5	2012	ACrT	The Dark Knight Rises	Christopher Nolan, W, W, ++, C, M
11	4.5	2001	AAdFan	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Peter Jackson, W, W, ++, C, M
13	4.5	1994	DR	Forrest Gump	Robert Zemeckis, W, W, C, M
242	4.4	2004	DR	Before Sunset	Richard Linklater, W, W, ++, C
32	4.4	1998	ADW	Saving Private Ryan	Steven Spielberg, W, C, M
240	4.4	1955	DNT	The Night of the Hunter	Charles Laughton, ++, W, W, ++, C, M
22	4.3	2015	AAdFanSf	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	J.J. Abrams, W, W, ++, C, M
45	4.3	2006	CrDT	The Departed	Martin Scorsese, W, W, ++, C, M
201	4.2	2007	ACrT	The Bourne Ultimatum	Paul Greengrass, W, W, ++, C, M
126	4.2	2006	DFanW	Pan's Labyrinth	Guillermo del Toro, W, C, M «El laberinto del fauno»
73	4.2	1984	CrD	Once Upon a Time in America	Sergio Leone, W, W, ++, C, M
66	4.2	1941	DM	Citizen Kane	Orson Welles, W, W, ++, C, M
14	4.1	2010	AAdMSfT	Inception	Christopher Nolan, W, C, M
187	3.9	2004	DSp	Million Dollar Baby	Clint Eastwood, W, W, C, M
155	3.6	1996	CrDT	Fargo	Joel Coen, ++, W, W, C, M
78	3.6	1995	ABDHW	Braveheart	Mel Gibson, W, C, M
30	3.3	2014	AdSf	Interstellar	Christopher Nolan, W, W, C, M
160	3.3	2007	AdBD	Into the Wild	Sean Penn, W, W, C, M, M, M
144	3.2	2005	ACrFanMSfT	V for Vendetta	James McTeigue, W, W, ++, C, M
63	3.2	1999	D	American Beauty	Sam Mendes, W, C, M
163	3.1	2014	DMT	Gone Girl	David Fincher, W, C, M, M
150	2.9	2015	AAdSfT	Mad Max: Fury Road	George Miller, W, W, ++, C, M
143	2.8	2013	BCCrD	The Wolf of Wall Street	Martin Scorsese, W, W, C
202	2.8	2005	CrT	Sin City	Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, ++, W, C, M, M, M
196	2.8	1979	DSf	Stalker	Andrei Tarkovsky, W, W, ++, C, C, C, M
175	2.5	2007	D	There Will Be Blood	Paul Thomas Anderson, W, W, C, M
101	2.4	2009	AdDW	Inglourious Basterds	Quentin Tarantino, ++, W, C
93	2.4	1968	AdMSf	2001: A Space Odyssey	Stanley Kubrick, W, W, ++, C
164	2.3	2007	CrDT	No Country for Old Men	Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, W, W, ++, C, M
170	2.2	2003	ACrT	Kill Bill: Vol. 1	Quentin Tarantino, W, ++, C, M

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 (press Alt to see the menu). The release year is color-coded to denote TV films, TV mini-series, and TV series. A person’s name is bluish-tinted if its popup has additional info about other films by the guy (in the same capacity: director/writer/camera/music); the pale-red number is the best GR-grade they.achieved in this capacity.