What is Eyes Wide Shut's IQ Score?

Eyes Wide Shut has an IQ Score of 175/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 46/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 42/50 Educational Value, and 43/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Eyes Wide Shut educational?

Eyes Wide Shut is strong on educational value, 42/50 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/.

Eyes Wide Shut , IQ Score 175/200

Eyes Wide Shut has an IQ Score of 175/200 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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175/ 200

Masterclass TVI Essential

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Eyes Wide Shut poster, IQ Score 175/200, Masterclass tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

Cinematic Score/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

Stanley Kubrick →

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TVI Essential · Consensus

Eyes Wide Shut scores 175/200 on the TVI IQ Score, placing it in the Masterclass tier. Kubrick's final film sends a Manhattan doctor through nocturnal New York and into a masked ritual of the ultra-wealthy, 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

Kubrick's final film sends a Manhattan doctor through nocturnal New York and into a masked ritual of the ultra-wealthy. Widely misread on release as an erotic thriller, it is a dissection of marriage, desire, class, and the conspiracies the powerful hide in plain sight.

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