Do you feel like watching something cerebral? This overview contains all Netflix movies and series in the cerebral genre and is updated with new releases daily. Currently, the best rated title in this category, with a rating of 41, is Haider.
Go behind the scenes at Pixar Animation Studios with this Emmy-nominated documentary tracing the creation and history of the groundbreaking company.
November 19, 2018 | Documentaries | 2007 | 88 minutes
On the last day of his life, a legendary director struggles to complete a new project and contemplates his legacy in this layered film by Orson Welles.
November 7, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 122 minutes
Actors, crew members and others who were there discuss the tumultuous creation of Orson Welles's final, unfinished film, “The Other Side of the Wind.”
November 7, 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 98 minutes
Director Doug Liman re-cuts his true-life spy thriller about the politically motivated unmasking of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame.
November 1, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 114 minutes
Over six days in 1971, brilliant writer Sergei Dovlatov encounters maddening barriers to publishing his work under the repressive Soviet regime.
November 1, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 126 minutes
In 1992, Sandi Tan and her friends shot a quirky film on the streets of Singapore. Then the footage disappeared, sending her on a hunt for answers.
November 1, 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 97 minutes
Two computer scientists work to achieve technological singularity to create a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
November 1, 2018 | Movie | 2014 | 119 minutes
After devastating terror attacks in Norway, a young survivor, grieving families and the country rally for justice and healing. Based on a true story.
October 11, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 144 minutes
Pressured by his traditional family to marry, a filmmaker explores the idea of monogamy and the possibility of lifelong union without sexual fidelity.
October 2, 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 83 minutes
Featuring breathtaking imagery and thought-provoking narration, this film takes viewers to the summits of some of the world’s most amazing mountains.
October 1, 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 73 minutes
Complications around the cremation of their deceased friend inspire three septuagenarian friends to build their own mortuary.
October 1, 2018 | Movie | 2016 | 73 minutes
An unlucky, debt-ridden teen resorts to his math skills when he's forced into a deadly tournament of rock-paper-scissors run by a diabolical host.
September 28, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 130 minutes
Shahid Kapoor delivers a searing performance in this Bollywood take on Hamlet that unfolds amid Kashmiri culture and history.
September 25, 2018 | Movie | 2014 | 154 minutes
Two struggling strangers connect during a mind-bending pharmaceutical trial involving a doctor with mother issues and an emotionally complex computer.
September 21, 2018 | Show | 2018
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
September 19, 2018 | Movie | 2017 | 111 minutes
When a theater group stages a production of a Rabindranath Tagore play, they begin to notice parallels between the story and their own lives.
September 15, 2018 | Movie | 2017 | 111 minutes
At Korea's top university medical center, ideals and interests collide between a patient-centered ER doctor and the hospital's newly-appointed CEO.
September 12, 2018 | Show | 2018
In 1947 Los Angeles, the disappearance of four men, including his own detective, leads a police captain to a cavern where an eerie discovery awaits.
August 27, 2018 | Movie | 2016 | 11 minutes
A maverick psychologist must uncover the secrets of a gifted but dangerous young girl who has been placed on lockdown for her supernatural abilities.
August 22, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 80 minutes
A team of robotically-advanced astronauts travel through a new wormhole, but the mission returns early, sparking questions about what was discovered.
August 22, 2018 | Movie | 2017 | 91 minutes