What is Oppenheimer's IQ Score?

Oppenheimer has an IQ Score of 188/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 46/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 47/50 Educational Value, and 49/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Oppenheimer educational?

Oppenheimer is strong on educational value, 47/50 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/.

Oppenheimer , IQ Score 188/200

Oppenheimer has an IQ Score of 188/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-19·Methodology

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188/ 200

Masterclass TVI Essential

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Oppenheimer poster, IQ Score 188/200, 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

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TVI Essential · Consensus

Oppenheimer scores 188/200 on the TVI IQ Score, placing it in the Masterclass tier. Nolan's 2023 film treats the physics, the political persecution, and the moral questions of the Manhattan Project with the discipline of institutional drama, 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

The physicist Robert Oppenheimer leads the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb, then faces political persecution during the McCarthy era. Educational value from the physics, the historical context, and the moral questions of creation.

Cognitive engagement from understanding Oppenheimer's brilliance, ambition, and eventual guilt.

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People search for these characters by name. TVI doesn't invent fictional-character IQ numbers, but Oppenheimer's score is the honest answer to how seriously the work treats each mind.

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