What is The Lobster's IQ Score?

The Lobster has an IQ Score of 161/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 41/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 39/50 Educational Value, and 41/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Lobster educational?

The Lobster is strong on educational value, 39/50 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/.

The Lobster , IQ Score 161/200

The Lobster has an IQ Score of 161/200 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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161/ 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

Yorgos Lanthimos →

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The TVI Take

Yorgos Lanthimos's 2015 dystopian film anchored by Colin Farrell as a recently-divorced man checking into a hotel where guests must find a romantic partner within 45 days or be transformed into an animal of their choosing. The structural commitment to letting the absurd premise be rendered with deadpan-procedural seriousness, and the resulting allegory about how social pressure shapes the cognition of romantic choice, established Lanthimos as a major international auteur.

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