Cerebral 940 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
Insignificance
1985 · ★ 6.4
The Prodigies
2011 · ★ 6.0
Stowaway
2021 · ★ 6.0
Robots
2023 · ★ 5.6
Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential)
2015 · ★ 6.7
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
2010 · ★ 6.5
The Butterfly
2001 · ★ 6.3
Doppelgänger
1969 · ★ 6.2
God's Puzzle
2008 · ★ 6.1
Bad Company
1995 · ★ 4.9
Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear
2008 · ★ 6.9
Anonymous
2011 · ★ 6.4
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno
2015 · ★ 6.1
Tesla
2020 · ★ 5.8
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
2024 · ★ 7.8
Detective Conan Drama Special 2: Confrontation With the Men in Black
2007 · ★ 7.3
Assassination
1964 · ★ 7.1
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone
2014 · ★ 6.9
Executive Order
2022 · ★ 6.9
The Current War
2018 · ★ 6.7
All the Way
2016 · ★ 6.7
Infinite
2021 · ★ 6.6
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty
1979 · ★ 6.5
Caravaggio's Shadow
2022 · ★ 6.5
Class Action
1991 · ★ 6.3
Unacknowledged
2017 · ★ 6.3
Hokusai
1953 · ★ 6.3
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
2002 · ★ 6.0
The Morning Sun Shines
1929 · ★ 5.8
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970 · ★ 5.7
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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.
How are these films tagged "cerebral"?
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