Cerebral 1383 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
Thoroughbreds
2018 · ★ 6.4
Samurai Spy
1965 · ★ 6.4
Kafka
1991 · ★ 6.4
Arirang
2011 · ★ 6.4
Six Degrees of Separation
1993 · ★ 6.4
After Yang
2022 · ★ 6.4
The Last Station
2009 · ★ 6.4
Last and First Men
2020 · ★ 6.4
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
2016 · ★ 6.4
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017 · ★ 6.4
Possessor
2020 · ★ 6.4
Jason Bourne
2016 · ★ 6.4
Resolution
2013 · ★ 6.4
The Sense of an Ending
2017 · ★ 6.4
L'Amour fou
1969 · ★ 6.4
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997 · ★ 6.3
Margaret
2011 · ★ 6.3
Sound of My Voice
2011 · ★ 6.3
Laplace's Witch
2018 · ★ 6.3
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
2017 · ★ 6.3
I ♥ Huckabees
2004 · ★ 6.3
Brad's Status
2017 · ★ 6.3
Maestro
2023 · ★ 6.3
Infinity Chamber
2016 · ★ 6.3
The Discovery
2017 · ★ 6.3
Zero Effect
1998 · ★ 6.2
Woman Is the Future of Man
2004 · ★ 6.2
A Cock and Bull Story
2005 · ★ 6.2
Naqoyqatsi
2002 · ★ 6.1
Room 237
2012 · ★ 6.1
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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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