Cerebral 1383 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
Patton
1970 · ★ 7.5
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011 · ★ 7.5
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 · ★ 7.5
Sans Soleil
1983 · ★ 7.5
The Insider
1999 · ★ 7.5
The Social Dilemma
2020 · ★ 7.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · ★ 7.5
Memories
1995 · ★ 7.5
Through the Olive Trees
1995 · ★ 7.5
Peeping Tom
1960 · ★ 7.4
Contact
1997 · ★ 7.4
The Thin Red Line
1998 · ★ 7.4
Last Year at Marienbad
1961 · ★ 7.4
A Pure Formality
1994 · ★ 7.4
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 · ★ 7.4
The Castle of Sand
1974 · ★ 7.4
Death by Hanging
1968 · ★ 7.4
Nocturnal Animals
2016 · ★ 7.4
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001 · ★ 7.4
The Right Stuff
1983 · ★ 7.4
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · ★ 7.4
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
1997 · ★ 7.4
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
2008 · ★ 7.4
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967 · ★ 7.4
I Just Didn't Do It
2007 · ★ 7.4
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
2017 · ★ 7.4
Red Post on Escher Street
2020 · ★ 7.4
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
2006 · ★ 7.4
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
1999 · ★ 7.4
Spellbound
1945 · ★ 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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