What is Gladiator's IQ Score?

Gladiator has an IQ Score of 168/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 44/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 40/50 Educational Value, and 42/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Gladiator educational?

Gladiator is strong on Educational Value, 40/50 on TVI's rubric, which rates the density and integration of substantive information within the work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Gladiator IQ Score 168/200

Gladiator has an IQ Score of 168/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-08-22·Methodology

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168/ 200

Masterclass

Exceptional cognitive and educational substance, delivered with craft that sustains close attention

Score Breakdown

Legacy score. Published under our earlier workflow, before the current standard took effect in August 2026. A founder reviewed and approved it against our methodology, under a process that does not meet the standard we hold now. What this means →

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Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

Cinematic Score/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.
Cinematic Score: composition quality, emotional impact, and how the music integrates with the work. Does not affect the IQ Score.

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

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

Database scale

2,606 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

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The TVI Take

A general enslaved as a gladiator fights for freedom and revenge. Educational about Roman history and the gladiatorial games.

Cognitive engagement from the spectacle and the moral arc. Entertainment from the action and the scale.

People & Production Ridley Scott · Universal Pictures · United Kingdom 34 connections

Direction & creation

Director

Ridley Scott

Writer

John Logan William Nicholson David Franzoni

Producer

Douglas Wick David Franzoni Branko Lustig Terry Needham

On screen & sound

Selected cast

Russell Crowe Joaquin Phoenix Connie Nielsen Richard Harris Oliver Reed Djimon HounsouSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Composer

Hans Zimmer Lisa Gerrard Djivan Gasparyan

Cinematography

John Mathieson

Production & release

Production company

Universal Pictures DreamWorks Scott Free Productions Mill Film C & L Dawliz

Distributor

DreamWorks UIP-Dunafilm

Country of origin

United Kingdom United States

Original language

English

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The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

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