Cerebral 1383 films

The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.

Waiting for the Barbarians

2020 · ★ 5.9

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

2012 · ★ 5.3

Fake

1996 · ★ 4.9

Castle Under Fiery Skies

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

Diary of a Country Priest

Promising Young Woman

2020 · ★ 7.4

Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes

2000 · ★ 7.4

Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven

2001 · ★ 7.4

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Golden Wings

1992 · ★ 7.3

Galileo XX

2013 · ★ 7.3

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

1975 · ★ 7.2

Entranced Earth

1967 · ★ 7.2

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

1966 · ★ 7.2

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection

2019 · ★ 7.2

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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.

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