Netflix movies and series: Cerebral

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 4.5, is Ken Burns: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.

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161 movies and series in the cerebral category

13 Reasons Why: Beyond the Reasons

The cast, producers and mental health professionals discuss scenes dealing with difficult issues, including bullying, depression and sexual assault.

Actors:

Kate Walsh, Tom McCarthy, Derek Luke, ...

Genre:

Cerebral, Dark, Emotional

May 8, 2018 | Show | 2017

Anon

In a future where technology has rendered privacy obsolete, a detective investigates a serial assassin who has been deleted from all visual records.

Actors:

Colm Feore, Clive Owen, Rachel Roberts, ...

Genre:

Mind-bending, Cerebral

May 6, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 100 minutes

Bobby Kennedy for President

Historic footage and leading voices of the era examine the "Bobby Phenomenon" of the 1960s and the legacy of the man who helped redefine the country.

Actors:

Robert F. Kennedy

Genre:

Cerebral

April 27, 2018 | Show | 2018

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Prior to World War I, Cambridge don G.H. Hardy helps Indian math prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan navigate the labyrinth of academia and racial prejudice.

Actors:

Jeremy Irons, Jeremy Northam, Stephen Fry, ...

Genre:

Inspiring, Cerebral

April 27, 2018 | Movie | 2015 | 108 minutes

Samarppanam

When a young girl is killed in a suspicious train accident, three very different lives become intertwined in their quest for answers.

Actors:

Indrans, Renji Panicker, P. Balachandran, ...

Genre:

Cerebral, Ominous

April 19, 2018 | Movie | 2017 | 115 minutes

Haram

Two call-center workers fall in love and marry after one helps the other through a breakup, but their romance suffers once they settle into marriage.

Actors:

Radhika Apte, Fahadh Faasil

Genre:

Cerebral

April 19, 2018 | Movie | 2015 | 120 minutes

Come Sunday

A crisis of faith sets renowned fundamentalist preacher Carlton Pearson on a new spiritual path that jeopardizes everything he holds dear.

Actors:

Danny Glover, Martin Sheen, Jason Segel, ...

Genre:

Cerebral, Emotional

April 19, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 105 minutes

The Titan

On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.

Actors:

Tom Wilkinson, Sam Worthington, Corey Johnson, ...

Genre:

Cerebral

April 5, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 97 minutes

Paradox

Neil Young and his band of outlaws sow seeds of strange mischief and musical wonder under Western skies in this dreamlike film by Daryl Hannah.

Actors:

Neil Young, Lukas Nelson, Corey McCormick, ...

Genre:

Cerebral

March 29, 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 73 minutes

Orbiter 9

A woman who's been alone on a spaceship her whole life becomes enamored with an engineer who suddenly enters her world and upends her universe.

Actors:

Alex Gonzalez, Belén Rueda, Clara Lago, ...

Genre:

Cerebral, Emotional, Understated

March 29, 2018 | Movie | 2017 | 94 minutes

Kalki

A scientist trying to solve one of the universe's greatest puzzles begins a romance with a much younger colleague that's haunted by a dark secret.

Actors:

Kishore Kumar G., Yasmin Ponnappa, Mithraboomi Saravanan

Genre:

Cerebral, Understated

March 22, 2018 | Movie | 2017 | 40 minutes

Take Your Pills

In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?

Genre:

Mind-bending, Provocative, Cerebral

March 22, 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 87 minutes

Wild Wild Country

When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.

Genre:

Provocative, Cerebral

March 22, 2018 | Show | 2018

Moon

As he nears the end of a lonely three-year stint on the moon base Sarang, astronaut Sam Bell begins to hear and see strange things.

Actors:

Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Malcolm Stewart, ...

Genre:

Mind-bending, Cerebral, Understated, ...

March 8, 2018 | Movie | 2009 | 97 minutes

The Fifth Estate

This fact-based drama recounts the early days of the controversial but revolutionary WikiLeaks website and the inevitable conflict it wrought.

Actors:

Peter Capaldi, Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci, ...

Genre:

Cerebral, Understated

March 8, 2018 | Movie | 2013 | 128 minutes

Blood Stripe

A U.S. Marine sergeant returns to her hometown before fleeing to a picturesque summer camp, where she tries to pick up the pieces of her life.

Actors:

Rene Auberjonois, Rusty Schwimmer, Tom Lipinski, ...

Genre:

Cerebral, Dark

March 8, 2018 | Movie | 2016 | 85 minutes

Dirty Money

From crippling payday loans to cars that cheat emissions tests, this investigative series exposes brazen acts of corporate greed and corruption.

Genre:

Provocative, Controversial, Cerebral

January 28, 2018 | Show | 2018

A Boy Called Po

After his wife's death, an overworked engineer struggles to care for his son with autism, who regresses into a fantasy world to escape real-life bullying.

Actors:

Sean Gunn, John Asher, Fay Masterson, ...

Genre:

Imaginative, Inspiring, Cerebral

January 18, 2018 | Movie | 2016 | 94 minutes

A Serious Man

With every aspect of his life unraveling, a Jewish physics professor seeks out three rabbis for spiritual guidance.

Actors:

Adam Arkin, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, ...

Genre:

Cynical, Cerebral, Deadpan, ...

January 18, 2018 | Movie | 2009 | 105 minutes

Wormwood

In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.

Actors:

Bob Balaban, Molly Parker, Peter Sarsgaard, ...

Genre:

Provocative, Cerebral, Ominous

December 21, 2017 | Show | 2017

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