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Woody Allen

A ratified position in the TVI Canon means the filmography clears the methodology bar across the full corpus, not on a single film. The score below is the mean across every scored work.

Films Scored
5
Mean TVI Score
162.8
Masterclass
3 / 5
Top Film
Annie Hall
175

Woody Allen is a ratified director in the TVI Canon. Mean TVI Score across the 5 scored films in the catalog is 162.8. The strongest work is Annie Hall (175), Manhattan (171), and Crimes and Misdemeanors (168).

Of 5 scored films, 3 clear the Masterclass threshold of 160. The corpus is uneven by design, with the peaks defining the canon position and the lower-scored work showing the cost of working at scale.

Why You Should Trust This

TVI Canon ratification is a two-step process. Directors enter the candidate pool via the published rubric (mean TVI Score across their full scored filmography). Ratification requires individual sign-off against the canon-selection criteria locked at methodology v1.2: durability of impact, breadth of corpus, multi-decade cultural register, and rubric-tier consistency. The Canon is not a popularity ranking. It is the credibility surface naming whose filmographies the methodology stakes its catalog on.

Every film below was scored against the same three-dimensional rubric (Cognitive Stimulation 40 percent, Educational Value 35 percent, Craft and Quality 25 percent). Score citations are public on every title page. The methodology is independent of any studio, distributor, or platform.

The Filmography

Every Woody Allen film, ranked by TVI Score

5 scored films · sorted descending
  1. 01
    Annie Hall
    Masterclass
    175
  2. 02
    Manhattan
    Masterclass
    171
  3. 03
    Crimes and Misdemeanors
    Masterclass
    168
  4. 04
    Midnight in Paris
    Stimulating
    154
  5. 05
    Blue Jasmine
    Stimulating
    146

Ratification source: auto-top-30. Last verified: 2026-05-26. The TVI Canon is a living document. New scoring batches may shift mean IQ; new ratifications may add directors; rare deratifications happen only with structural changes to the rubric. See the full TVI Canon index for all ratified directors.

Disclaimer: TVI Score is a content rating, not a measurement of a filmmaker's intelligence. The Canon is a curatorial position about whose filmographies have earned the trust of the methodology.

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