Cerebral 1383 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
The 47 Ronin
1941 · ★ 6.9
Confidential Assignment
2017 · ★ 6.9
That Night of Varennes
1982 · ★ 6.9
The Fountainhead
1949 · ★ 6.9
The Matrix Revisited
2001 · ★ 6.9
The Ceremony
1971 · ★ 6.8
Catfish
2010 · ★ 6.8
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System - Case.2 First Guardian
2019 · ★ 6.8
Recount
2008 · ★ 6.8
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009 · ★ 6.8
Harrison Bergeron
1995 · ★ 6.8
The Square
2017 · ★ 6.7
Bad Education
2019 · ★ 6.7
Experiment in Evil
1960 · ★ 6.7
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · ★ 6.7
Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train
2023 · ★ 6.7
Mank
2020 · ★ 6.7
Harper
1966 · ★ 6.7
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
2009 · ★ 6.6
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
2008 · ★ 6.6
Suspect
1987 · ★ 6.6
Radioactive
2020 · ★ 6.6
Return to Jurassic Park
2011 · ★ 6.6
Bad Timing
1980 · ★ 6.6
The Whole Truth
2016 · ★ 6.5
1984
1956 · ★ 6.5
Flatliners
1990 · ★ 6.5
Sanshiro Sugata
1943 · ★ 6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · ★ 6.5
Cradle Will Rock
1999 · ★ 6.5
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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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