Sometimes a good movie also requires a good mind to appreciate and understand it. A good example of this is the art of painting. One person can look at a Picasso painting and see nothing but dabs. But some other person will see a masterpiece in these shoes. And to be brutally honest, some movies are only made for smart people. Others are left with Transformers, The Fast and the Furious, and the Twilight Saga. For those who enjoy a bit more brain stimulation, below is a list of really fun and smart movies.
Here is 15 movies, which are watched and appreciated only by intelligent people.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
The action is set during the Cold War. A British agent discovers that a Soviet spy may be hiding in their ranks. So they embark on an extensive investigation, interwoven with traps and intrigues, and a series of events reveals that the interests of many people are intertwined here, trying to cover up the truth.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
In the film, we follow the somewhat unusual bond between Joel and Clementine. After the breakup, Clementine wants to erase all memories of their relationship, and Joel wants to do the same. But he soon realizes that he would like to keep some memories. Thus begins an unusual journey through his brain, where the line between memories and imagination quickly blurs.
Predestination (2014)
The last mission of the agent, played by Ethan Hawke, is to catch the criminal who has chased him throughout his career. For the agent, the hunt turns into a surprising and mind-boggling exploration of love, destiny and identity.
Enemy (2013)
The love affair between university professor Adam and Mary is slowly coming to an end. When Adam is watching a movie one night, he notices an actor who looks like him. He decides to look for him, but he doesn't realize that this very meeting will plunge him into a complicated and dangerous game.
The Tree of Life (2011)
In the Palme d'Or award-winning film, we follow 11-year-old Jack, who has his own idea of the world, and whose parents each try to teach him their own values. His mother swears by love and mercy, and his father swears by always putting ourselves first. Jack is thus caught in conflicting views on life and tries to mediate between his parents.
Take Shelter (2011)
Happily married, Curtis is plagued by worries about his deaf daughter and ominous dreams of the apocalypse. Because of the latter, he starts building a shelter in the garden. Despite all this, Curtis remains without a job, and his wife no longer understands either. Fearing that he has inherited his mother's schizophrenia, Curtis tries to separate truth from illusion. But the dreams are increasingly violent and he fears that he will lose his family forever.
Being John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich, 1999)
The marriage between Craig, a street puppeteer, and Lotte, who works in a small animal store, is passionless and hopeless, and at the same time they are short on money. Craig gets a job as an archivist in a small company, where he is attracted to the beautiful Maxine, but she immediately rejects him. When Craig drops one file straight into the closet while filing, he finds a mysterious passageway that leads straight into the mind of actor John Malkovich. When other people find out about this transition, the confusion is complete.
Amelie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, 2001)
Amelie is a special girl with a rich imagination who one day discovers a tin box in her apartment full of childhood memories of an unknown child. She decides to look for the owner. This takes her on a journey full of adventures, where she also proves to be an excellent matchmaker. A young man, Nin, also enters her life, to whom Amelie leaves encrypted messages and helps solve the mystery. When Amelie and Nin meet and kiss, the world around them finally makes sense.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The enigmatic film adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's short story tackles topics such as human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence and extraterrestrial life. When dr. Dave Bowman and the other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission when their computer system HAL begins to have a strange conscience, leading to a tense showdown between man and machine, resulting in a complex journey through space and time.
The Shining (1980)
Jack and the family head to the isolated Overlook Hotel, where Jack is supposed to work as the hotel's winter caretaker while having time to write a book. Together with his wife Wendy and son Danny, they are the only residents of this magnificent hotel, where supernatural phenomena soon begin to appear.
Ex Machina (2014)
Winning a computer competition brings the talented Caleb a meeting with the inventor Nathan. In a mysterious laboratory in the middle of the wilderness, Nathan managed to create the first robot with UI, Ava. Caleb now has to test her abilities, and he even bonds with her during conversations. Nathan continues with his secret plans, and Caleb soon doesn't know who he can trust anymore.
Under the Skin (2013)
The alien takes the form of a seductive woman who stalks lonely men on the streets of Scotland and lures them into a trap.
The skin I live in (La piel que habito, 2011)
Robert, a plastic surgeon, has been working on growing artificial skin ever since his wife's fatal car accident. He finally succeeds in creating the perfect skin, but for that he will need a person to test it on. In order to realize his plans, a loyal housewife comes to his aid, but the unexpected arrival of her son causes tragedy and fatally intertwines their life paths.
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
When Eva gives birth to Kevin, she puts her ambitions on the back burner. The relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very beginning, and everything is complicated by the crime that Kevin commits at the age of 15. Eva must now face the consequences of this act and deal with the responsibility.
Interstellar (2014)
Our Earth is slowly coming to an end. Professor Brand, a brilliant NASA physicist, devises a plan to save humanity and take it through the wormhole to a new home. But before that, Brand must send ex-NASA pilot Cooper and a team of explorers through a wormhole and across the galaxy to discover which of the three planets could be humanity's new home.
