Cerebral 940 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
No Country for Old Men
2007 · ★ 8.0
Inception
2010 · ★ 8.4
The Matrix
1999 · ★ 8.2
The Truman Show
1998 · ★ 8.2
Fight Club
1999 · ★ 8.4
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · ★ 8.3
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · ★ 7.6
The Matrix Reloaded
2003 · ★ 7.1
Princess Mononoke
1997 · ★ 8.3
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2014 · ★ 7.4
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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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