Philosophical movies

List of the best philosophical movies selected by visitors to our site: My Dinner with Andre, The Seventh Seal, Cloud Atlas, The Man Who Knew Infinity, The Lobster, I Origins, Soul, Interstellar, Peaceful Warrior, Her.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantasy, drama
CountrySweden
Duration01:36

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
Duration02:52

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India

Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Duration01:36

    In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genreadventure, family, cartoon, music
    CountryUSA

    Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
    Duration02:49

      Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration02:00

      A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

      In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:07

      All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:36

      Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:19

      Fresh, unflinching and devastatingly honest, Bill Burr lets loose in this feature length comedy special. Burr shares his essential tips for surviving the zombie apocalypse, exposes how rom-coms ruin great sex and explains how too many childhood hugs may be the ultimate downfall of man.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:29

      A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:17

      Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, South Africa, Canada
      Duration01:37

        In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantasy, drama
        CountryUSA, Canada, Hong Kong
        Duration02:23

        After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.

        Markimdb: 8.7
        Genrefantastic, action
        CountryUSA, Australia
        Duration02:16

        Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama
        CountryBelgium, Germany, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA
        Duration02:18

          Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:35

          A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl in high school and the biggest loser must come together to win over their crushes.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:35

          After he refuses to disavow his faith, a devout Christian student (Shane Harper) must prove the existence of God or else his college philosophy professor (Kevin Sorbo) will fail him.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genredocumentary
          CountryUSA

          They've built a movement out of minimalism. Longtime friends Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus share how our lives can be better with less.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, detective
          CountryIceland

          As the end approaches inexorably, the last humans, living millions of years into the future, send a message to the humanity of the present that is both a plea for help and a warning, but also an epic tale of evolution, decline and hope.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrefantasy, drama, history
          CountryUSA, Indonesia
          Duration01:47

          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.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountrySouth Korea, Germany
          Duration01:43

          This South Korean film takes place on an isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryWest Germany, USA
          Duration02:10

          A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:54

          An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:20

          Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

          Markimdb: 8.8
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration02:11

          A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA, Hong Kong

          When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

          In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryFrance
          Duration01:45

          The rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrecomedy, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:22

          Set in 19th-century Russia, Allen is a cowardly serf drafted into the Napoleonic war, who would rather write poetry and obsess over his beautiful but pretentious cousin. Allen's cowardice serves him well when he hides in a cannon and is shot into a tent of French soldiers, making him a national hero. A hilarious parody of Russian literature, Love and Death is a must-see for fans of Allen's films.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryItaly, France
          Duration02:59

          Episodic journey of an Italian journalist scouring Rome in search of love.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, comedy, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:57

          A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:08

          At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrecomedy, drama, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:07

          George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

          Markimdb: 8.5
          Genredocumentary
          CountryCanada

          There is one vibratory field that connects all things. It has been called Akasha, Logos, the primordial OM, the music of the spheres, the Higgs field, dark energy, and a thousand other names throughout history. The vibratory field is at the root of all true spiritual experience and scientific investigation. It is the same field of energy that saints, Buddhas, yogis, mystics, priests, shamans and seers, have observed by looking within themselves. Many of history's monumental thinkers, such a Pythagoras, Kepler, Leonardo DaVinci, Tesla, and Einstein, have come to the threshold of this great mystery. It is the common link between all religions, all sciences, and the link between our inner worlds and our outer worlds.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, military, music
          CountrySerbia, France, Italy
          Duration02:35

          Set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, Luka is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is turned upside down, not just by the outbreak of the war, but when his wife runs off with a local musician. Then Luka's son is conscripted and eventually captured in the fighting. To recover his son, Luka is commanded to guard a pretty young Muslim nurse who will be used in a hostage swapping operation.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genredrama, adventure
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:34

          A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography, history
          CountryUSA

          The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:36

            Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man – who is wealthy. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon, to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA

            A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
            CountryFrance, Canada, Italy, USA, China
            Duration02:38

            Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genremelodrama, drama, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:24

            It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genrefantastic, action, melodrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:49

            In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who comes into a fortune of time, though too late to help his mother from dying. He ends up on the run from a corrupt police force known as 'time keepers'.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:32

              On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.

              Markimdb: 5.4
              Genrefantastic, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:51

              The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to the mounting energy crisis - found abandoned amongst ruins, a miraculous motor that could seemingly power the World. But, the motor is dead... there is no one left to decipher its secret... and, someone is watching. It’s a race against the clock to find the inventor and stop the destroyer before the motor of the World is stopped for good. A motor that would power the World. A World whose motor would be stopped. Who is John Galt?

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:10

              An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets in Chicago.

              Markimdb: 5.9
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:52

                After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.




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