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 4.4, is Apocalypse: World War ll.
Determined to die, a melancholy German writer finds a terminally ill woman to join him in his suicide pact, an act that will inspire a literary era.
21 June 2018 | Movie | 2014 | 95 minutes
An Interpol agent and a Manhattan assistant D.A. join forces to take down a prominent financial institution involved in international arms dealing.
21 June 2018 | Movie | 2009 | 118 minutes
In a future where technology has rendered privacy obsolete, a detective investigates a serial assassin who has been deleted from all visual records.
21 June 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 100 minutes
The cast, producers and mental health professionals discuss scenes dealing with difficult issues, including bullying, depression and sexual assault.
8 May 2018 | Show | 2017
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.
27 April 2018 | Show | 2018
A crisis of faith sets renowned fundamentalist preacher Carlton Pearson on a new spiritual path that jeopardizes everything he holds dear.
19 April 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 105 minutes
When a folk singer is accused of inciting a sewage worker's suicide, two lawyers with complex personal lives are swept up in a believably absurd case.
19 April 2018 | Movie | 2014 | 115 minutes
Rare or never-seen footage has been colorized and remastered in high definition to create this visually arresting chronicle of World War II.
12 April 2018 | Show | 2009
South African poet Ingrid Jonker's exuberant nature is destroyed by the repeated betrayals of her lover and her complex relationship with her father.
5 April 2018 | Movie | 2011 | 95 minutes
This documentary follows the journey of cellist Yo-Yo Ma's ensemble, a group of more than 50 artists who broaden musical horizons around the world.
5 April 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 95 minutes
This fact-based drama recounts the 2004 reporting scandal that cost news producer Mary Mapes her job and sullied the reputation of anchor Dan Rather.
5 April 2018 | Movie | 2015 | 125 minutes
Physicist Jim Al-Khalili explores the science behind the origins of our universe and new insights that hint at the surprising ways it could end.
5 April 2018 | Show | 2016
In the year 2032, a crime-fighting cyborg investigates a murder spree committed by "gynoids," human-like female robots designed for pleasure.
5 April 2018 | Movie | 2004 | 99 minutes
In this modern twist on the classic story, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes solves the NYPD's most difficult cases with the help of Dr. Joan Watson.
5 April 2018 | Show | 2017
Four ordinary women with an extraordinary flair for code breaking and razor-sharp intelligence skills are the focus of this murder-mystery drama.
5 April 2018 | Show | 2014
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.
5 April 2018 | Movie | 2018 | 97 minutes
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.
29 March 2018 | Movie | 2017 | 94 minutes
Spirited 22-year-old activist and photojournalist Dan Eldon rushes to the frontline of a dangerous relief effort for Somalian refugees in this biopic.
9 November 2017 | Movie | 2016 | 123 minutes
When a woman is brutally murdered on a playground, a group of detectives find themselves drawn into a dark conspiracy as they search for the killer.
26 October 2017 | Show | 2016
In the wake of trauma and abuse, three Hasidic Jews face ostracism, anxiety and danger as they attempt to leave their ultra-Orthodox community.
26 October 2017 | Documentaries | 2017 | 95 minutes