What is Interstellar's IQ Score?

Interstellar has an IQ Score of 189/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 49/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 44/50 Educational Value, and 49/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Interstellar educational?

Interstellar is strong on Educational Value, 44/50 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/.

Interstellar IQ Score 189/200

Interstellar has an IQ Score of 189/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-10-05·Methodology

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189/ 200

Masterclass TVI Essential

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

Interstellar poster, IQ Score 189/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

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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The Verdict

Best forBig-canvas sci-fi appetites who want relativity and time dilation doing the plot work

Skip ifDense physics exposition across a long runtime; not the pick for a lean thriller night

Use it asA launchpad for real conversations about black holes, gravity, and parental sacrifice

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

2,608 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

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TVI Essential · Consensus

Interstellar scores 189/200 on the TVI IQ Score, Masterclass tier. A former pilot leads a desperate mission through a wormhole to find a habitable planet as Earth becomes uninhabitable, earning Cultural Impact, Intellectual Substance, Rewatch Value, and Lasting Significance. TVI Essential is an editorial designation; IQ Score is a content rating, not an intelligence measurement.

The TVI Take

A former pilot leads a desperate mission through a wormhole to find a habitable planet as Earth becomes uninhabitable. Educational elements about physics, climate change, and relativity.

Cognitive engagement from the time dilation mechanics and the emotional weight of parental separation. Entertainment from the scale and the scientific speculation.

People & Production Christopher Nolan · Syncopy Inc. · United States 27 connections

Direction & creation

Director

Christopher Nolan

Writer

Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan

Producer

Christopher Nolan Emma Thomas Lynda Obst

On screen & sound

Selected cast

Matthew McConaughey Anne Hathaway Jessica Chastain Michael Caine Bill Irwin Ellen BurstynSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Composer

Hans Zimmer

Cinematography

Hoyte van Hoytema

Production & release

Production company

Syncopy Inc. Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Entertainment Legendary Pictures

Distributor

InterCom Netflix

Country of origin

United States United Kingdom

Original language

English

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The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

Characters Scored Here

People search for these characters by name. TVI doesn't invent fictional-character IQ numbers, but Interstellar's score is the honest answer to how seriously the work treats each mind.

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