What is Ghostbusters's IQ Score?

Ghostbusters has an IQ Score of 129/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 36/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 17/50 Educational Value, and 48/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Ghostbusters educational?

Ghostbusters is low on educational value, 17/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Ghostbusters , IQ Score 129/200

Ghostbusters has an IQ Score of 129/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MPH·Updated 2026-06-06·Methodology

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129/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Methodology reviewed by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician scientist. Master of Public Health, with substantial coursework in research methodology. Reviews the rubric and its application across the adult catalog.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,324 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Ivan Reitman's 1984 supernatural-comedy whose structural achievement was treating its premise (deadpan civil servants running a paranormal extermination business) with the institutional specificity most genre films skip. The Dan Aykroyd / Harold Ramis screenplay treats spectral physics as a problem with reproducible solutions; Bill Murray's Peter Venkman renders sardonic competence as character.

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man finale is structural payoff for 90 minutes of bureaucratic absurdism.

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