Cerebral 1383 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
13th
2016 · ★ 7.9
Mr. Nobody
2009 · ★ 7.8
Solaris
1972 · ★ 7.8
My Night at Maud's
1969 · ★ 7.7
Winter Sleep
2014 · ★ 7.5
Waking Life
2001 · ★ 7.5
Barton Fink
1991 · ★ 7.5
The Ipcress File
1965 · ★ 6.8
The Tree of Life
2011 · ★ 6.7
8½
1963 · ★ 8.1
Before Sunset
2004 · ★ 7.8
Nostalgia
1983 · ★ 7.8
The Face of Another
1966 · ★ 7.8
Through a Glass Darkly
1961 · ★ 7.8
JFK
1991 · ★ 7.6
A Short Film About Killing
1988 · ★ 7.6
Forbidden Planet
1956 · ★ 7.2
The Great Hack
2019 · ★ 6.9
Broadcast News
1987 · ★ 6.8
Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · ★ 8.2
Wild Strawberries
1957 · ★ 8.1
The Imitation Game
2014 · ★ 8.0
Ordet
1955 · ★ 8.0
Winter Light
1963 · ★ 7.9
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · ★ 7.8
World of Tomorrow
2015 · ★ 7.8
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953 · ★ 7.8
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · ★ 7.8
Never Look Away
2018 · ★ 7.7
PlayTime
1967 · ★ 7.7
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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.
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