What is The Treasure of the Sierra Madre's IQ Score?

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre has an IQ Score of 167/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 43/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 37/50 Educational Value, and 46/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Treasure of the Sierra Madre educational?

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is strong on educational value, 37/50 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 Treasure of the Sierra Madre , IQ Score 167/200

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre has an IQ Score of 167/200 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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167/ 200

Masterclass

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

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

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The TVI Take

John Huston's 1948 parable about three Americans prospecting for gold in Mexico as greed tears them apart. Exceptional cognitive demands from the psychological deterioration and moral allegory.

Educational value from the Mexican setting and the universal parable of greed. Humphrey Bogart's descent into paranoia is mesmerizing.

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