Cerebral 1383 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
Miyamoto Musashi
1973 · ★ 7.3
Bicentennial Man
1999 · ★ 7.3
The Salesman
2016 · ★ 7.3
The Passenger
1975 · ★ 7.2
In the House
2012 · ★ 7.2
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · ★ 7.2
The Aviator
2004 · ★ 7.2
Crash
2005 · ★ 7.2
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011 · ★ 7.2
K-PAX
2001 · ★ 7.2
Fresh
1994 · ★ 7.2
Colorful
2010 · ★ 7.2
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · ★ 7.2
The Stranger
1946 · ★ 7.2
The Voice of Sin
2020 · ★ 7.2
Seobok
2021 · ★ 7.2
Chronicle of a Summer
1961 · ★ 7.2
The Edukators
2004 · ★ 7.2
The Fortune Cookie
1966 · ★ 7.2
Molly's Game
2017 · ★ 7.1
Twelve O'Clock High
1949 · ★ 7.1
Munich
2005 · ★ 7.1
Henry V
1989 · ★ 7.1
Fahrenheit 451
1966 · ★ 7.1
Little Fish
2021 · ★ 7.1
Concussion
2015 · ★ 7.1
Don't Look Up
2021 · ★ 7.1
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009 · ★ 7.1
Same Old Song
1997 · ★ 7.0
Prince of the City
1981 · ★ 7.0
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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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