What is American Psycho's IQ Score?

American Psycho has an IQ Score of 158/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 41/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 38/50 Educational Value, and 39/50 Craft & Quality.

Is American Psycho educational?

American Psycho is strong on educational value, 38/50 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 IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

American Psycho , IQ Score 158/200

American Psycho has an IQ Score of 158/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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158/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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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, v1.2

Formula

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

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Mary Harron's 2000 adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's novel that committed to the satire-of-1980s-Wall-Street-masculinity premise harder than the property's reputation suggested possible. Christian Bale's Patrick Bateman is one of the most carefully-rendered American-cinema villains because the performance treats narcissism as cognitive material, the Huey Lewis monologue and the business-card sequence are sustained inquiry into how status anxiety becomes the substance of identity.

Harron's direction reframes the novel's most controversial elements as critique rather than as celebration.

Characters Scored Here

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

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