| Pulp Fiction (1994) | 8.8 | |
| Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963) | 8.0 | |
| Memento (2000) | 8.4 | |
| Inception (2010) | 8.8 | |
| Interstellar (2014) | 8.7 |
Cerebral movies and TV shows – page 4
Best films
72K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. ...
Style:
cerebral, surreal, erotic, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
photographer, photography, photograph, fashion, voyeurism, corpse, murder witness, fashion photographer, fashion model, nudity, free love, photo studio ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, paris france
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, cerebral, enigmatic, confusing ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, twists and turns, time machine, plot twist, threat, mysterious character, problem solving, trippy, time, surrealism, disorder ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
basque country, iberian peninsula, europe, spain
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61K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Roman Polanski's first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian ...
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, cerebral, surreal, cult classic ...
Plot:
mental illness, surrealism, rape, insanity, schizophrenia, murder, isolation, delusion, hallucination, fear, nightmare, claustrophobia ...
Time:
20th century, year 1965, 60s
Place:
england, london, europe, britain, eastern europe ...
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186K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Style:
cerebral, realistic, factual, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, entrepreneurship, marketing, computer, biopic, prodigy, internet, father daughter relationship, computers and web, technology, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
20th century, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, year 1998 ...
Place:
san francisco, north america, usa, california
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.
Style:
surreal, dark fantasy, fairy tale, cerebral, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night
Plot:
surrealism, imaginary kingdom, deal with the devil, mysterious character, imagination, steampunk, bet, transformation, devil, imaginary world, sex with teenager, circus ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, year 2010
Place:
britain, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, murder investigation, mind game, fbi, cannibal ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, baltimore, persia, usa, memphis ...
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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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348K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Style:
cerebral, clever, depressing, sincere, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
multiple storylines, social problems, human nature, child prodigy, coincidence, depression, sex, cancer, fictional game show, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, terminal illness ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, 60s, 1950s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, reno nevada
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221K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style:
surreal, cult classic, mind bending, psychological, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, dream, satire, distopia, cyberpunk, surrealism, surveillance, absurdism, fighting the system, bureaucracy, christmas, hallucination ...
Time:
future, year 1985, year 1984
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, brazil ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
Style:
cerebral, inspirational, psychological, heartbreaking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
aids, transsexual, fighting the system, hiv, transgender, human spirit, casual sex, treatment, hiv positive, life is a bitch, gay slur, drug ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 2000s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
texas, usa, idaho, midwest, nebraska ...
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
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of ...
Style:
political thriller, political, cerebral, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, political corruption, investigation, american politics, white house, investigative journalism, whistleblower, president ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1972, year 1976
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north america, miami, florida
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, parody, spoof, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
monty python, medieval, knight, holy grail, satire, king arthur, arthurian legend, sword fight, surrealism, monk, absurd humor, camelot ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 10th century, year 1975, 20th century ...
Place:
arizona, britain, europe, england, xian ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has ...
Style:
surprise ending, philosophical, confusing, clever, mind bending ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, plot twist, time machine, time paradox, twists and turns, parallel universe, gender, destiny, existentialism, changing the past or future, loner ...
Time:
year 1975, future, 2010s, 1940s, year 2014 ...
Place:
usa, new york, peru, cleveland ohio
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, ...
Style:
surreal, art house, cerebral, psychedelic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surrealism, life & death, existentialism, creativity, obsession, multiple storylines, trippy, hidden identity, unfulfillment, power relations, lifestyle change, male nudity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, seattle, tokyo
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, futuristic, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
philosophy, destiny, love story, parallel universe, fighting the system, culture clash, manipulation, science, imagination, life philosophy, existentialism, life & death ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
222K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Style:
scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
transformation, mad scientist, science, body horror, mutation, teleportation, laboratory, mutant, experiment gone awry, insect, tragic love, experiment ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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114K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, detective, teen, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, twists and turns, murder mystery, loner, murder, investigation, teenager, amateur detective, whodunit, coming of age, adolescence, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania, Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Paranoid computer programmer Simon wakes up to find a package in his room one day. Despite attempts at securing his apartment, the packages keep arriving. While cameras watch Simon's every move, he struggles to find the answers to the ...
Style:
surreal, enigmatic, cerebral, confusing, psychological ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, computer, paranoia, mind control, neighbor, technology, existentialism, hacking, investigation, life is a bitch, robot, geek ...
Time:
future
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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 ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, road movie, black comedy, cerebral ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
drug abuse, road trip, lsd, journalism, psychedelia, trippy, addiction, surrealism, american dream, casino, marijuana, hallucination ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
Is relevant?
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?
134K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, psychological thriller, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mind game, plot twist, twists and turns, psychology, puzzle, survival, surveillance, manipulation, confinement indoors, group of strangers, psychologist, intrigue ...
Time:
year 2009, future
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Style:
cerebral, atmospheric, philosophical, art house, slow cinema ...
Plot:
insanity, existentialism, spirituality, religion, female nudity, distopia, art, dialogue, philosophy, god, post apocalypse, mental disorder ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, europe, russia
Is relevant?
43K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, childhood trauma, murder, haunted by the past, paranoia, mental patient, misfit, macabre, psychopath, twists and turns, mental health ...
Time:
2000s, 1950s, year 2002, 50s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, east end london, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft. A British science-fiction film from director Nicolas ...
Style:
atmospheric, cult classic, surreal, cerebral, erotic ...
Plot:
space and aliens, alien invasion, surrealism, alien, sex scene, satire, female nudity, dystopia, nudity, alien life-form, hallucination, scientist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, distant future, 70s
Place:
usa, new mexico, new york
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Rex and Saskia are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disappears. Confounded, Rex searches everywhere, but to no avail. Three years later, he's still obsessed with finding her, pleading his case on ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, creepy ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, twists and turns, missing person, gas station, obsession, road trip, disappearance, murder, literary, police investigation, character study ...
Time:
20th century, near future, 80s, year 1988
Place:
france, europe, holland, netherlands, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Mike Nichols’ film from Edward Albee's play brought new themes to the film industry. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have never been more brilliant together as they portray an experienced married couple who love each other yet verbally ...
Style:
cerebral, psychological, black and white, black comedy, retro ...
Plot:
battle of the sexes, guest, humiliation, conversation, couples, adultery, dysfunctional marriage, night, love hate relationship, childlessness, alcoholism, drinking ...
Time:
20th century, year 1966, 60s, 1930s
Place:
new england, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Veronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Veronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with ...
Style:
sexy, cerebral, philosophical, surreal, visual ...
Plot:
doppelganger, music, music teacher, female protagonist, photograph, opera singer, puppeteer, self discovery, love story, heart disease, lookalikes, encounter ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, year 1990
Place:
poland, france, paris france, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, cerebral, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
satire, cold war, military, nuclear war, nuclear threat, nuclear explosion, u.s. air force, nuclear holocaust, nuclear bomb, doomsday, anti war, absurdism ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1942, 1930s
Place:
soviet union, washington d.c., persia, united kingdom, england ...
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