What is Caché's IQ Score?

Caché 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 42/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 32/50 Educational Value, and 46/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Caché educational?

Caché is moderate on educational value, 32/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

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/.

Caché , IQ Score 158/200

Caché 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

Michael Haneke's slow-burn thriller about a Parisian intellectual who begins receiving anonymous surveillance tapes of his home. Refuses to resolve its central mystery, instead using the camera as a weapon, implicating both protagonist and viewer in the unspoken crimes of French colonial history (specifically the 1961 Paris massacre of Algerian protesters).

Cognitive demand is high: nearly every shot is a question about who is watching, who is recording, and what guilt is being pushed out of frame. Educational value comes from the way it forces engagement with national memory, complicity, and the limits of bourgeois self-knowledge.

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