What is Black Hawk Down's IQ Score?

Black Hawk Down has an IQ Score of 155/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 36/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 38/50 Educational Value, and 44/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Black Hawk Down educational?

Black Hawk Down 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/.

Black Hawk Down , IQ Score 155/200

Black Hawk Down has an IQ Score of 155/200 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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155/ 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

TVI Canon

Ridley Scott →

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The TVI Take

Ridley Scott's 2001 procedural account of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, adapted from Mark Bowden's book by Ken Nolan. Scott's ensemble structure refuses a single protagonist.

The film's cognitive demand comes from tracking a multi-unit operation across an urban grid in close-to-real-time, scored by Hans Zimmer with operative restraint.

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