What is Jaws's IQ Score?

Jaws has an IQ Score of 148/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 43/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 21/50 Educational Value, and 50/50 Craft & Quality.

Jaws is low on educational value, 21/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

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/.

Jaws IQ Score 148/200

Jaws has an IQ Score of 148/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-09-07·Methodology

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148/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards 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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The Verdict

Best forThriller viewers who want suspense engineered from restraint, not gore or jump scares

Skip ifSustained dread on open water is not your idea of a relaxing evening screening

Use it asA demonstration of withholding the monster, watch how long Spielberg keeps the shark offscreen

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

Steven Spielberg →

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The TVI Take

Spielberg's thriller invents the summer blockbuster through disciplined suspense, mechanical failure driving character conflict as three men hunt a great white shark. The film's exploration of masculinity and obsession provides cognitive substance beneath entertainment value, while the innovative deployment of the mechanical shark and John Williams's immortal score revolutionize blockbuster filmmaking.

People & Production Steven Spielberg · Universal Pictures · United States 22 connections