Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "intellectualism"

1. Fallen (1998)

R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz

Votes: 93,015 | Gross: $25.19M

2. Exam (2009)

Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Eight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.

Director: Stuart Hazeldine | Stars: Adar Beck, Gemma Chan, Nathalie Cox, John Lloyd Fillingham

Votes: 125,802

3. After the Dark (2013)

R | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.

Director: John Huddles | Stars: James D'Arcy, Sophie Lowe, Daryl Sabara, Freddie Stroma

Votes: 23,595

4. Doom Asylum (1987)

R | 77 min | Comedy, Horror

A horribly disfigured lawyer, wrongfully pronounced dead after a terrible car accident, is taken to an asylum for dissection, only to come back alive, kill everyone, and make the asylum his killing grounds.

Director: Richard Friedman | Stars: Patty Mullen, Ruth Collins, Kristin Davis, William Hay

Votes: 2,279

5. Fermat's Room (2007)

Not Rated | 89 min | Mystery, Thriller

4 mathematicians are invited to solve an enigma. Once there, they're locked in a mechanically shrinking room and given 1 minute to solve each puzzle via cellphone while also figuring out why they're there.

Directors: Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña | Stars: Alejo Sauras, Elena Ballesteros, Lluís Homar, Santi Millán

Votes: 22,845

6. Metropolitan (1989)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.

Director: Whit Stillman | Stars: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols

Votes: 12,441 | Gross: $2.94M

7. Frequencies (2013)

Not Rated | 109 min | Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi

In an alternate reality, children learn how lucky they will be (their "frequency"), knowledge which shapes their destiny. The unluckiest boy must parse the mysteries of free will in order to pursue his forbidden love of the luckiest girl.

Director: Darren Paul Fisher | Stars: Daniel Fraser, Eleanor Wyld, Owen Pugh, Dylan Llewellyn

Votes: 14,813

8. Tangent Room (2017)

64 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Trapped in a mysterious room with no escape, four brilliant minds race against time to prevent a cosmic collapse of the universe. They must learn to work together and solve the puzzle before it's too late.

Director: Björn Engström | Stars: Lisa Bearpark, Daniel Epstein, Håkan Julander, Jennifer Lila

Votes: 465

9. Alice and the Mayor (2019)

103 min | Comedy, Drama

The mayor of Lyon is in existential crisis. After 30 years in politics, he feels totally empty and devoid of ideas. As a fix for this problem, his aides bring a brilliant young philosopher, into his inner circle.

Director: Nicolas Pariser | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Anaïs Demoustier, Nora Hamzawi, Léonie Simaga

Votes: 2,744

10. Killing for Love (2016)

Unrated | 130 min | Documentary, Crime

The gruesome murders of Nancy and Derek Haysom in 1985 were an international media sensation. The Haysoms were wealthy, respected members of Virginia society, and the murder conviction of ... See full summary »

Directors: Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger | Stars: Imogen Poots, Daniel Brühl, Jens Söring, Chuck Reid

Votes: 1,699

11. The Genius Club (2006)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Thriller

Seven geniuses, with IQs over 200, are plucked from their lives on Christmas Eve to try to solve the world's problems in one night.

Director: Timothy A. Chey | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Stephen Baldwin, Carol Abney, Jacob Bonnema

Votes: 2,041

12. Every Frame a Pause (2018 Podcast Series)

Talk-Show

Hosted by MauLer, Rags and Fringy, where they discuss various forms of media, be it movies, TV, or games. The occasional tangent is well provided for.

Stars: MauLer, Rags, Fringy, Jay Exci

Votes: 1,111 | Gross: $0.00M

13. Ladder of Philosophy

Documentary, History | Announced

Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher

14. Byli jednou dva písari (1972– )

446 min | Comedy

France, 19th century: One afternoon, two elderly gentlemen, Bouvard and Pécuchet, meet on a park bench and engage in a conversation. They discover that they are both scribes and have less ... See full summary »

Stars: Jirí Sovák, Miroslav Hornícek, Otakar Brousek, Klára Jerneková

Votes: 127

15. Check to the King (2021)

9 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy

A game of chess between two guys with issues turns darkly surreal when the chess pieces start coming to life - and the chess pieces seem to have plenty of issues of their own.

Director: Gareth James | Stars: Dale Wesley Johnson-Green, Michael Lambeth, Gareth James, Rebekah Mowbray