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 complex, intellectual, thought provoking, weird, philosophical and cerebral films and TV shows about / with cognitive science, storytelling, philosophy, mentor, dialogue, distopia, existentialism, twists and turns, waking up and loneliness plots mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as cognitive science: Memento (2000), The Machinist (2004), Mr. Nobody (2009), Inception (2010), Transcendence (2014), Paprika (2006), Moon (2009), Solaris (1972), The Matrix (1999), Fight Club (1999).
Best films
New films
| Big Little Lies (2017) | 8.4 | |
| Maniac (2018) | 7.6 | |
| Arrival (2016) | 7.9 | |
| Marjorie Prime (2017) | 6.3 | |
| Westworld (2016) | 8.4 |
List of cognitive science movies
1.4M
Genre: Drama, 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, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
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439K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, 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, surprise ending, depressing, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insomnia, insanity, uncover truth, obsession, mysterious character, paranoia, losing-it hero, twists and turns, schizophrenia, life is a bitch, secrets, alienation ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, persia, los angeles
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256K
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, surreal, mind bending, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
time, destiny, philosophy, choice, alternate reality, depression, twists and turns, butterfly effect, surrealism, utopia, multiple outcomes, parallel world ...
Time:
future, year 2009, year 1975, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
2.8M
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, cerebral, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, teamwork, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, twists and turns, fictional reality, existentialism, lucid dream ...
Time:
year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place:
japan, paris france, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
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246K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, 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:
cerebral, philosophical, futuristic, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, technology, consciousness, technology gone awry, resurrection, science, scientist, nanotechnology, computers and web, chaos, hi-tech, computer ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, year 2010 ...
Place:
peru, usa, africa, europe, asia ...
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110K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
Style:
surreal, psychological, philosophical, psychedelic, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, trippy, lucid dream, virtual reality, surveillance, hallucination, surrealism, villain, mental illness, scientist, psychiatrist, doctors and patients ...
Time:
future, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Is relevant?
392K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, moon, loneliness, space travel, outer space, astronaut, space, twists and turns, solitude, space and aliens, human clone, cloning ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
hawaii, mexico
Is relevant?
104K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, cerebral, enigmatic, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
outer space, scientist, metaphysics, space travel, space and aliens, space station, dream, trapped in space, astronaut, loneliness, science, philosophy ...
Time:
distant future, 70s, future, year 1972
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia, tokyo
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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, serious, thought provoking, dramatic, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, fighting the system, freedom, human spirit, insanity, society, mental patient, mental disorder, nurse, psychiatrist, schizophrenia ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1963
Place:
oregon, eastern europe, america, persia
Is relevant?
2.2M
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:
philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, manly, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, philosophy, dystopia, virtual reality, existentialism, distopia, cyberpunk, alternate reality, martial arts, gunfight, hacker, simulated reality ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1999, near future, 22nd century ...
Place:
persia, los angeles
Is relevant?
2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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:
philosophical, thought provoking, futuristic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, androids and robots, androids, distopia, adoption, robot, imagination, boy, destiny, machine, child abuse ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 2000s, near future, distant future ...
Place:
new york, persia, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, new jersey, detroit, persia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, melancholic, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
memory, amnesia, relationships, surrealism, loneliness, existentialism, melancholy, love, love story, dream, memory loss, couples ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, future, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
persia, america, usa, north america, new york
Is relevant?
633K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, androids, technology, existentialism, cyborgs, cyberpunk, isolation, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, consciousness ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place:
england
Is relevant?
556K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 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:
futuristic, psychological thriller, stylized, serious, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, consciousness, robot, androids, murder, moral dilemma, man versus machine, technology gone awry, escapades, scientist, sex, sex scene ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Is relevant?
1.3M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style:
futuristic, touching, feel good, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
loneliness, robot, space travel, outer space, post apocalypse, technology, love, artificial intelligence, ecology, dystopia, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
Is relevant?
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:
romantic, touching, romantic comedy, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, love, family drama, bipolar disorder, depression, adaptation, character study, social misfits, supportive parent, father son relationship, male female friendship, mental patient ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, peru, usa, pennsylvania, america ...
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722K
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, crying, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, melancholy, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, solitude, love story, relationship problems ...
Time:
near future, future, year 2013, distant future, 2030s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant?
728K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
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.Â
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
Is relevant?
903K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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, motivational, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
joy, imaginary friend, memory, creativity, parents and children, dream, childhood, life philosophy, coming of age, friendship, anger, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 2000s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, minnesota, california, tibet, usa
Is relevant?
574K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, 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:
futuristic, intellectual, surreal, philosophical, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, intelligence, superhuman powers, brain capacity, tough girl, experimental drug, supernatural ability, telekinesis, transformation, consciousness, telepathy, human brain ...
Time:
year 2014, future, stone age, 2010s, 1900s ...
Place:
france, new york, paris france, berlin germany, rome italy ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, mind bending, cerebral, psychedelic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, artificial intelligence, astronaut, outer space, space, moon, computer, scientist, human versus computer, extraterrestrial, deception, spacewalk ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, stone age ...
Place:
persia
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112K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a very unusual fashion when he acquires a new kind of programming for his station.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
body horror, surrealism, cyberpunk, television, virtual reality, mind control, hallucination, insanity, dystopia, satire, mind game, brainwashing ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, malaysia, toronto ontario canada, usa, canada ...
Is relevant?
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:
philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
self discovery, simulated reality, video surveillance, alternate reality, fictional reality show, dystopia, freedom, hidden camera, utopia, paranoia, consciousness, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s, future
Place:
florida, persia, america, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
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:
family friendly, kids, date night
Plot:
robot, androids and robots, androids, life philosophy, artificial intelligence, existentialism, dystopic future, love story, cyborgs, death, utopia, consciousness ...
Time:
future, 90s, 23rd century, 2040s, 22nd century ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, california, indiana, utah ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, stylized, cyber, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dam, cyberpunk, virtual reality, survival, corporate crime, dystopian future, danger, dishonesty, distopia, worker, destruction, mexican american border ...
Time:
future
Place:
latin america, mexico, tijuana mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a ...
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, surreal, art house, sexual ...
Plot:
satire, surrealism, humiliation, sexuality, sex scene, unrequited love, manipulation, maid, female nudity, frustration, rich man, absurd humor ...
Time:
20th century, year 1977, 70s
Place:
paris france, spain, europe, madrid, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, saga, action adventure, cyber ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, robot, post apocalyptic, alternate reality, chosen one, dystopia, resistance, prophecy, one against many ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 23rd century, 2000s, distant future ...
Is relevant?
339K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
small town, murder, police investigation, psychopath, investigation, investigator, character study, police corruption, murder mystery, insomnia, death, guilt ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, persia, usa, north america, los angeles
Is relevant?
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