Cerebral 1383 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
Providence
1977 · ★ 6.7
The Ides of March
2011 · ★ 6.7
Creepy
2016 · ★ 6.7
Of Gods and Men
2010 · ★ 6.7
Che: Part Two
2008 · ★ 6.7
Contagion
2011 · ★ 6.6
Spider
2002 · ★ 6.6
Vanya on 42nd Street
1994 · ★ 6.6
The Third Murder
2017 · ★ 6.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 · ★ 6.6
Reversal of Fortune
1990 · ★ 6.6
Vengeance
2009 · ★ 6.6
The Hospital
1971 · ★ 6.6
Side Effects
2013 · ★ 6.6
The Crucible
1996 · ★ 6.6
Hana
2006 · ★ 6.6
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · ★ 6.6
Grass
2018 · ★ 6.6
Wilde
1997 · ★ 6.6
Carnal Knowledge
1971 · ★ 6.6
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
2016 · ★ 6.6
Renaissance
2006 · ★ 6.6
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020 · ★ 6.6
Without Memory
1996 · ★ 6.5
Jackie
2016 · ★ 6.5
Hard to Be a God
2014 · ★ 6.5
It Must Be Heaven
2019 · ★ 6.5
Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime
1968 · ★ 6.5
And the Band Played On
1993 · ★ 6.5
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017 · ★ 6.5
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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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