What is Miller's Crossing's IQ Score?

Miller's Crossing has an IQ Score of 152/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 39/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 36/50 Educational Value, and 39/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Miller's Crossing educational?

Miller's Crossing is strong on educational value, 36/50 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/.

Miller's Crossing , IQ Score 152/200

Miller's Crossing has an IQ Score of 152/200 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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152/ 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

Coen Brothers →

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The TVI Take

The Coens' Prohibition-era gangster film whose visual register (the hat in the wind, the Tom-and-Verna lighting) operates as sustained homage to Dashiell Hammett's Glass Key and Red Harvest at simultaneously parodic and reverent registers. Gabriel Byrne's Tom Reagan is structural rather than dramatic, a character whose loyalty calculus is the actual subject of the film.

Where to Watch

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