What is Inglourious Basterds's IQ Score?

Inglourious Basterds has an IQ Score of 155/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 44/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 28/50 Educational Value, and 45/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Inglourious Basterds educational?

Inglourious Basterds is moderate on educational value, 28/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary 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/.

Inglourious Basterds IQ Score 155/200

Inglourious Basterds has an IQ Score of 155/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-09-08·Methodology

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155/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

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Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/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.

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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

2,607 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

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The TVI Take

An alternate-history World War II narrative where American soldiers exact revenge. Educational about wish-fulfillment fantasy and World War II.

Cognitive engagement from the genre mashup. Entertainment from the action and the dialogue.

People & Production Quentin Tarantino · The Weinstein Company · Germany 28 connections

Direction & creation

Director

Quentin Tarantino

Writer

Quentin Tarantino

Producer

Lawrence Bender Quentin Tarantino

On screen & sound

Selected cast

Brad Pitt Christoph Waltz Eli Roth Michael Fassbender Diane Kruger Daniel BrühlSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Composer

Mary Ramos

Cinematography

Robert Richardson

Production & release

Production company

The Weinstein Company A Band Apart Universal Pictures Babelsberg Studio

Distributor

UIP-Dunafilm Netflix

Country of origin

Germany United States

Original language

English German French Italian

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The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

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