What is Eraserhead's IQ Score?

Eraserhead has an IQ Score of 162/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 42/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 38/50 Educational Value, and 42/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Eraserhead educational?

Eraserhead 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/.

Eraserhead , IQ Score 162/200

Eraserhead has an IQ Score of 162/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

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

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162/ 200

Masterclass

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

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

David Lynch →

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The TVI Take

David Lynch's 1977 directorial debut, a five-year independent production filmed at the AFI's Greystone facility. The structural commitment to industrial-noise sound design (the late Alan Splet's collaboration with Lynch) is among the most-formally-disciplined first features in American cinema.

Henry Spencer's parental-anxiety nightmare register established the Lynch lexicon every subsequent work in the catalog draws on.

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