Cerebral 1383 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
Simulant
2023 · ★ 5.9
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition I: Celestial Being
2009 · ★ 5.9
Sleep Dealer
2008 · ★ 5.9
Phoenix 2772
1980 · ★ 5.8
Project Ithaca
2019 · ★ 5.8
The Mastermind
2025 · ★ 5.8
Maigret
2022 · ★ 5.8
The Caveman's Valentine
2001 · ★ 5.8
Möbius
2013 · ★ 5.7
Cinema Verite
2011 · ★ 5.7
Domain
2017 · ★ 5.7
The Killing Room
2009 · ★ 5.7
A Private Life
2025 · ★ 5.7
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
2009 · ★ 5.7
After the Hunt
2025 · ★ 5.7
Cube Zero
2004 · ★ 5.7
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016 · ★ 5.5
Submergence
2018 · ★ 5.5
Last Sentinel
2023 · ★ 5.4
Girls' Night Out
1998 · ★ 5.4
The Seventh Day
2021 · ★ 5.2
The Quarry
2020 · ★ 5.2
Quintet
1979 · ★ 5.2
LX 2048
2020 · ★ 5.1
Dying of the Light
2014 · ★ 4.7
400 Days
2015 · ★ 4.4
12 Angry Men
1957 · ★ 8.6
O.J.: Made in America
2016 · ★ 8.4
The Great Dictator
1940 · ★ 8.3
The Invisible Guest
2017 · ★ 8.1
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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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