Cerebral 1383 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
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2015 · ★ 7.6
Searching
2018 · ★ 7.6
Moon
2009 · ★ 7.6
Gattaca
1997 · ★ 7.6
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
2006 · ★ 7.6
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · ★ 7.5
The True Cost
2015 · ★ 7.5
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2003 · ★ 7.5
Serpico
1973 · ★ 7.5
Listen to Me Marlon
2015 · ★ 7.5
Zodiac
2007 · ★ 7.5
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989 · ★ 7.5
Grizzly Man
2005 · ★ 7.5
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
2013 · ★ 7.5
Anatomy of a Fall
2023 · ★ 7.5
The Invisible Man
1933 · ★ 7.5
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · ★ 7.5
The Great Beauty
2013 · ★ 7.5
The Conversation
1974 · ★ 7.5
L'Avventura
1960 · ★ 7.5
The Passion of Anna
1969 · ★ 7.5
Lesson in Murder
2022 · ★ 7.5
Before Midnight
2013 · ★ 7.5
The Name of the Rose
1986 · ★ 7.5
Kung Fu Hustle
2004 · ★ 7.5
Salvatore Giuliano
1962 · ★ 7.5
Love and Death
1975 · ★ 7.5
The Rules of the Game
1939 · ★ 7.5
Cyrano, My Love
2018 · ★ 7.5
The White Ribbon
2009 · ★ 7.5
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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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