What is Million Dollar Baby's IQ Score?

Million Dollar Baby has an IQ Score of 165/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 38/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 40/50 Educational Value, and 48/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Million Dollar Baby educational?

Million Dollar Baby 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/.

Million Dollar Baby , IQ Score 165/200

Million Dollar Baby has an IQ Score of 165/200 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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165/ 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

Clint Eastwood →

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The TVI Take

Clint Eastwood's 2004 Best Picture winner, Paul Haggis adapting F.X. Toole stories, Hilary Swank as a working-class woman training under Eastwood's reluctant boxing coach.

The film's third-act turn from sports drama into end-of-life ethics is one of American cinema's most controlled tonal pivots. Morgan Freeman narrates and won Best Supporting Actor.

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