Cognitive science movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant cognitive science movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out thought provoking, intellectual, psychological, interesting, complex and weird films and TV shows about / with cognitive science, storytelling, suspense, death, psychology, dialogue, mentor, love, existentialism and life & death plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
cognitive science
TOP 10 movies tagged as cognitive science: Westworld (2016), Black Mirror (2011), The Matrix (1999), Memento (2000), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Insomnia (2002), The Machinist (2004), Ex Machina (2014), Mr. Nobody (2009), Mary and Max (2009).
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List of cognitive science movies
512K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
TV show
Story:
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be ...
Style:
stylized, serious, thought provoking, futuristic, intellectual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, moral dilemma, consciousness, androids, murder, technology gone awry, scientist, man versus machine, escapades, a.i., human android relationship ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
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560K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
philosophical, serious, thought provoking, clever, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
technology, twists and turns, alternate reality, distopia, human nature, satire, social decay, society, media satire, computers and web, media, dark humor ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, dramatic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, fighting the system, freedom, insanity, human spirit, nurse, society, psychiatrist, unlikely friendships, escaped mental patient, psychopath ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
oregon
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1.9M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, surreal, intense, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
distopia, artificial intelligence, martial arts, existentialism, philosophy, cyberpunk, alternate reality, virtual reality, fight, gunfight, post apocalypse, hacker ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 22nd century ...
Place:
los angeles
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1.3M
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, confusing, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suspense, amnesia, memory loss, murder, plot twist, revenge, memory, paranoia, vengeance, psychology, twists and turns, haunted by the past ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final ...
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, sentimental, fairy tale, intellectual ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
distopia, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, androids and robots, a.i., future dystopia, robot, adoption, first contact, imagination, end of the world, androids ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
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300K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, psychological, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police investigation, small town, murder, investigation, character study, investigator, police, suspense, police corruption, snow, guilt, murderer ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, los angeles, usa
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397K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surreal, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Plot:
insanity, insomnia, hallucination, uncover truth, paranoia, obsession, twists and turns, mysterious character, suspense, losing-it hero, loneliness, schizophrenia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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555K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, twist ending, futuristic, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, isolation, technology, existentialism, cyberpunk, manipulation, suspense, cyborgs, androids, androids and robots, female robot ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
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237K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, surreal, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
destiny, time, philosophy, alternate reality, surrealism, depression, butterfly effect, utopia, multiple outcomes, life changing experience, twists and turns, bittersweet ...
Time:
future, year 1975, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
canada
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180K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless ...
Style:
touching, depressing, emotional, sentimental, clever ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
loneliness, friendship, social misfits, depression, letter, stop motion, mental illness, relationships, asperger's syndrome, young woman, correspondence, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
australia, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, realistic, depressing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
mental illness, love, bipolar disorder, depression, life philosophy, social misfits, supportive parent, gambling, male female friendship, football, psychology, adaptation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia, new jersey, baltimore
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, confusing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, mental illness, insanity, suspense, plot twist, psychology, paranoia, psychiatrist, mental institution, memory, isolation ...
Time:
year 1954, 1940s, year 1945, 20th century, year 1952 ...
Place:
boston
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by ...
Style:
psychedelic, art house, atmospheric, philosophical, meditative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, drugs, hallucination, stripper, afterlife, drug trip, sex, trippy, drug use, incest, lsd, explicit sex ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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2.4M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, clever, surreal, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
suspense, memory, virtual reality, alternate reality, dream, subconscious, architecture, existentialism, fictional reality, mind control, imagination, lucid dream ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s
Place:
paris france, japan, los angeles, new york, kenya ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Switzerland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, disturbing, bleak, art film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien, femme fatale, human prey, disguise, extraterrestrial, female nudity, desire, very little dialogue, seduction, nightclub, eroticism, deformity ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
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627K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, touching, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, love, philosophy, human nature, a.i., unlikely relationship, cyberspace, divorce, psychology, unlikely couple ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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726K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, colourful, sad ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschoolers ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, memory, creativity, disney, dream, joy, childhood, moving, parents and children, disgust, coming of age, life philosophy ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, minnesota, california, usa
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232K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, philosophical, exciting, intellectual ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, technology, scientist, consciousness, resurrection, technology gone awry, hi-tech, chaos, computers and web, a.i., nanotechnology, utopia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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506K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Style:
philosophical, futuristic, surreal, intellectual, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, intelligence, drugs, transformation, tough girl, experimental drug, strong female lead, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, telepathy, mind control, human brain ...
Time:
future, stone age, 21st century
Place:
paris france, berlin germany, rome italy, france, new york ...
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265K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Style:
surreal, art house, absurd, allegory, ironic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
distopia, society, love, absurdism, solitude, blindness, manhunt, hotel, animals, suicide attempt, human becoming an animal, relationships ...
Time:
near future, 2010s, future
Place:
ireland, canada, hellas, greece
Is relevant ?
1.0M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, scary, atmospheric, disturbing, psychedelic ...
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, ghost, psychopath, supernatural, suspense, snow, imaginary friend, evil, winter, caretaker ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, usa, florida, miami ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show", a 24-hour-a-day "reality" TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for ...
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, psychological, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
freedom, self discovery, video surveillance, small town, fictional reality show, hidden camera, alternate reality, loneliness, morality, fictional reality, god complex, utopia ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s
Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, androids and robots, life philosophy, dystopic future, artificial intelligence, cyborgs, androids, love story, existentialism, solitude, life & death, man versus machine ...
Time:
future, near future, 23rd century, 2040s, 22nd century ...
Place:
san francisco, california
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45K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, serious, surreal, erotic ...
Plot:
prophecy, healing power, god or devil, circus, surrealism, evil, supernatural, clergy, self discovery, supernatural ability, good versus evil, psychic ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1934, year 1935
Place:
california, usa
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107K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents about the seven years she went missing.
Style:
enigmatic, mysterious, bleak, twist ending, esoteric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disappearance, alternate dimension, mysticism, alternate reality, parallel universe, ritual, captive, near death experience, blindness, healing, experiment, mysterious disappearance ...
Time:
future
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 572 min.
TV show
Story:
The Crains, a fractured family, confront haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
Style:
scary, enigmatic, disturbing, surreal, non-linear ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, supernatural horror, mysterious past, family relations, addiction, sibling relationship, mysticism, past coming back to haunt, spirit, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
While in boarding school, a group of six become friends through their intense passion for scent. When one is brutally murdered years later, disturbing secrets about the group are revealed when the police investigates each as a suspect.
Style:
bleak, bloody, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, murder, odor, boarding school, friendship, murder investigation, smell, crime solving, suspense, police, cold case ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
disability, nurse, hospital, human spirit, french, paralysis, courage, coma, patient, death, life turned upside down, writers ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, nepal, hong kong ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, tense, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
psychology, prison, human experiment, university, human nature, experiment, prisoner, confined, teachers and students, character study, prison escape, student ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, california
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