Cerebral 940 films
The pleasure itself is thinking: debate, deduction, ideas as the action. My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Before Sunset.
Minority Report
2002 · ★ 7.4
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004 · ★ 7.3
Wanderers
2014 · ★ 7.3
Miyamoto Musashi
1973 · ★ 7.3
Bicentennial Man
1999 · ★ 7.3
Deconstructing Harry
1997 · ★ 7.3
The Salesman
2016 · ★ 7.3
Side by Side
2012 · ★ 7.2
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · ★ 7.2
The Aviator
2004 · ★ 7.2
Venus in Fur
2013 · ★ 7.2
Face to Face
1976 · ★ 7.2
Carnage
2011 · ★ 7.2
Munich
2005 · ★ 7.1
Fahrenheit 451
1966 · ★ 7.1
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006 · ★ 7.1
The Thirteenth Floor
1999 · ★ 7.1
Religulous
2008 · ★ 7.0
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022 · ★ 7.0
Shattered Glass
2003 · ★ 7.0
PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie
2015 · ★ 7.0
An Inconvenient Truth
2006 · ★ 7.0
At Eternity's Gate
2018 · ★ 7.0
The Platform
2019 · ★ 7.0
Knox Goes Away
2024 · ★ 7.0
Zeitgeist: The Movie
2007 · ★ 7.0
Sneakers
1992 · ★ 6.9
Eight Men Out
1988 · ★ 6.9
The Big Chill
1983 · ★ 6.8
Nine Days
2021 · ★ 6.8
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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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