Cerebral 1383 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · ★ 8.4
Shoah
1985 · ★ 8.2
The Usual Suspects
1995 · ★ 8.2
Vertigo
1958 · ★ 8.1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · ★ 8.1
Rashomon
1950 · ★ 8.0
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
2003 · ★ 7.8
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · ★ 7.7
The Machinist
2004 · ★ 7.5
My Dinner with Andre
1981 · ★ 7.5
Being John Malkovich
1999 · ★ 7.4
Predestination
2014 · ★ 7.4
Primer
2004 · ★ 6.8
Funny Games
2008 · ★ 6.6
Annihilation
2018 · ★ 6.4
12 Angry Men
1997 · ★ 7.7
Sophie's Choice
1982 · ★ 7.3
Naked
1993 · ★ 7.3
Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion
2021 · ★ 8.6
Harakiri
1962 · ★ 8.4
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 · ★ 8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · ★ 8.4
High and Low
1963 · ★ 8.4
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · ★ 8.3
Project Hail Mary
2026 · ★ 8.2
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970 · ★ 8.2
Red Beard
1965 · ★ 8.1
Full Metal Jacket
1987 · ★ 8.1
Scenes from a Marriage
1974 · ★ 8.1
Decalogue I
1989 · ★ 8.1
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What does "Cerebral" mean in our catalog?
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
How are these films tagged "cerebral"?
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