Top rated intellectually stimulating movies on Pantaflix

Check out today’s highest ranked intellectually stimulating movies on Pantaflix! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best intellectually stimulating movies on Pantaflix, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Brain That Wouldn't Die (2020)

After his fiancee in killed a car accident, a gifted surgeon revives her severed head in hopes of finding her a new body.

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2020-06-21 | Science Fiction

Cast

Patrick D. Green, Rachael Perrell Fosket

Rating

rating icon 8.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    acting off cue-card
  2. Ranked #4 for
    tacked on
  3. Ranked #5 for
    pure camp

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2 The Final Countdown (1980)

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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1980-01-31 | War / Action

Cast

Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen

Rating

rating icon 6.599
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #22 for
    Aerial Combat
  2. Ranked #51 for
    time-loop
  3. Ranked #90 for
    multiverse

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3 The Penitent Man (2010)

The Penitent Man tells the story of psychologist Dr. Jason Pyatt, a man devoted to his work - a man torn from his family. With his struggling marriage and mounting bills, Jason is at a crossroads with the life he has chosen and the life he could have. When one of his clients - the mysterious Mr. Darnell - walks into his office and paints him a repentant tale of future economic and moral collapse, Jason's eyes are forever opened. With the help of his best friend Ovid, he embarks on a personal mission to change the course of his future, and possibly the world, forever.

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2010-03-29 | Drama / Science Fiction

Cast

Lance Henriksen, Andrew Keegan

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #91 for
    like The Twilight Zone
  2. Ranked #128 for
    multiverse
  3. Ranked #129 for
    time-loop

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4 In Reality (2018)

Ann is consumed by the fantasy of finding true love. Just when she thinks she's found it, she is friend-zoned. The disappointment of rejection sends her into an obsessive downward spiral that tests the limits of her sanity and the strength of her closest friendship. In order to reclaim her bearings on reality, she confronts her overgrown fantasies by making a film about the experience. The result is a vulnerable, hilarious, and vibrantly stylized investigation of love.

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2018-07-28 | Romance / Comedy

Cast

Ann Raffaela Lupo, Miles G. Jackson

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #73 for
    unrequited love
  2. Ranked #191 for
    fantasy sequence
  3. Ranked #217 for
    highly imaginative

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5 The Actor (2018)

A mentally-disturbed aspiring actor returning to New York City discovers the world of social media and faces the horrifying power of the Internet.

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2018-10-12 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Bijan Daryani, Kaye Tuckerman

Rating

rating icon 5.714
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #121 for
    punching bag
  2. Ranked #242 for
    weak link in cast
  3. Ranked #317 for
    arthouse

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6 Enigma (2009)

Floating dead in space, transport ship Genesis become an unsolvable mystery. All hands on board have been killed. What began as a simple transport mission for the crew of the Genesis, ends with not only their bloodshed, but the loss of an important military prisoner. The people of earth are in a time of crisis. They are waging war against a far superior opponent, an alien race called the Cnidarians. After a bloody assault on a military ship, the Vendetta, USSM special forces were able to capture their first Cnidarian prisoner, code named 71099. But commonly known through out the fleet as Ediolon, the phantom. Realizing that a military transport would be too obvious of a target to their enemy, the USSM enlisted the freelance ship Genesis, commanded by Nathaniel J Rhys to secretly transport the prisoner to the high security prison located on Mars' moon Demos. The ship never arrived.

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2009-05-30 | Science Fiction

Cast

Nadia Salamanca, Ventura Alvarez

Rating

rating icon 4.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #182 for
    like The Revenant
  2. Ranked #463 for
    anachronistic
  3. Ranked #464 for
    thought-provoking question

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7 The Dead Can't Dance (2010)

Turns out, Native American ancestry causes immunity to the zombie virus sweeping the nation.

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2010-04-01 | Science Fiction / Comedy

Cast

Rodrick Pocowatchit, Guy Ray Pocowatchit

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2229 for
    intellectually stimulating
  2. Ranked #2716 for
    Independent Film
  3. Ranked #3243 for
    comic-book-like editing

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8 Ink (2009)

Invisible forces exert power over us in our sleep. A mercenary named Ink, on a literal nightmare mission, captures the spirit of 8-year-old Emma in the dream world. To save her, the dream-givers marshal all their resources, focusing on saving the soul of Emma's tragically broken father.

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2009-01-23 | Action / Fantasy

Cast

Christopher Soren Kelly, Jessica Duffy

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #184 for
    capturing imagination
  2. Ranked #240 for
    highly creative
  3. Ranked #264 for
    oneiric

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9 Nightmare Code (2014)

After a programmer working on a top secret surveillance program snaps in a murderous rage, a notorious code wizard with problems of his own moves into the startup offices to figure out what went wrong and deliver the final product. But the deeper he delves into the code, the more the code takes on a malevolent life of its own.

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2014-10-01 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Andrew J. West, Meiling Melançon

Rating

rating icon 4.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #75 for
    Multiple POV
  2. Ranked #142 for
    techno-geek
  3. Ranked #172 for
    like The Revenant

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10 3:19 (2008)

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2008-06-20 |

Cast

Diana Bracho, Alexandra de la Mora

Rating

rating icon 4.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #568 for
    locking horns
  2. Ranked #701 for
    most satisfying
  3. Ranked #757 for
    expertly executed

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