What is Kundun's IQ Score?

Kundun has an IQ Score of 164/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 40/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 40/50 Educational Value, and 44/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Kundun educational?

Kundun is strong on educational value, 40/50 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/.

Kundun , IQ Score 164/200

Kundun has an IQ Score of 164/200 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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164/ 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

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The TVI Take

Scorsese's 1997 spiritual epic. Biography of the 14th Dalai Lama from age two through his 1959 exile from Tibet.

Roger Deakins photographs the Himalayas; Philip Glass scores. The most direct treatment of the Catholic interest that runs through Scorsese's filmography, processed through Tibetan Buddhism rather than the New York church. Educational about Tibetan history, Buddhist practice, and the Chinese annexation, a register American cinema almost never sustains. Cognitive engagement from the contemplative pace and the geopolitical complexity.

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