Cerebral 940 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
Seto and Utsumi
2016 · ★ 7.6
The Wave
2008 · ★ 7.5
The Irishman: In Conversation
2019 · ★ 7.5
A Pure Formality
1994 · ★ 7.4
Zelig
1983 · ★ 7.4
The Last Duel
2021 · ★ 7.4
An Inspector Calls
2015 · ★ 7.4
Juror 8
2019 · ★ 7.4
F for Fake
1973 · ★ 7.4
The Social Network
2010 · ★ 7.4
Pain and Glory
2019 · ★ 7.4
Eros + Massacre
1969 · ★ 7.3
Lenny
1974 · ★ 7.3
Special 26
2013 · ★ 7.3
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings
1992 · ★ 7.3
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser
2009 · ★ 7.3
SPEC: Close~Incarnation
2013 · ★ 7.3
Official Secrets
2019 · ★ 7.2
The Hawks and the Sparrows
1966 · ★ 7.2
Twelve O'Clock High
1949 · ★ 7.1
I Will Buy You
1956 · ★ 7.1
Quills
2000 · ★ 7.1
A Foreign Affair
1948 · ★ 7.1
Traffic
2000 · ★ 7.1
Samurai Wolf
1966 · ★ 7.1
The Accountant²
2025 · ★ 7.1
Death Note
2006 · ★ 7.1
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009 · ★ 7.1
Talk Radio
1988 · ★ 7.0
You Don't Know Jack
2010 · ★ 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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