Midnight Cowboy
drama
165
Masterclass
Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity
Score Breakdown
Cognitive Stimulation/50
45
Educational Value/50
35
Craft & Quality/50
44
Cinematic Score/50
46
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
1969 Best Picture winner — the only X-rated film to win the award. A naive Texan hustler and a sickly con man form an unlikely friendship in New York City.
High cognitive demands from the fragmented narrative and psychological complexity. Educational value from the portrait of urban poverty and the counterculture era. Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman create one of cinema's great odd couples.
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