What is The Grand Illusion's IQ Score?

The Grand Illusion has an IQ Score of 187/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 47/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 48/50 Educational Value, and 45/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Grand Illusion educational?

The Grand Illusion is strong on educational value, 48/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

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/.

The Grand Illusion , IQ Score 187/200

The Grand Illusion has an IQ Score of 187/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-07-24·Methodology

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187/ 200

Masterclass TVI Essential

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

The Grand Illusion poster, IQ Score 187/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

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: how much the title demands of your mind, its structural complexity, ideas, and sustained intellectual engagement.
Educational Value: what you take away, across academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.
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

Formula

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

Database scale

2,587 titles, version-controlled

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TVI Essential · Consensus

The Grand Illusion scores 187/200 on the TVI IQ Score, Masterclass tier. French POWs and their German captor navigate class loyalty, nationalism, and human connection across the trenches of WWI, earning Cultural Impact, Intellectual Substance, and Lasting Significance. TVI Essential is an editorial designation; IQ Score is a content rating, not an intelligence measurement.

The TVI Take

French POWs and their German captor navigate class loyalty, nationalism, and human connection across the trenches of WWI. Renoir's humanist masterpiece argues class solidarity transcends national borders.

Made in 1937, it is also a direct warning about the war already arriving.

People & Production Jean Renoir · Réalisation d'art cinématographique · France 25 connections