Smart movies

List of the most intelligent movies with meaning for thinking people selected by visitors to our site: A Beautiful Mind, Ocean's Eleven, The Man from Earth, The Butterfly Effect, Lucky Number Slevin, The Others, Inside Man, Inception, The Best Offer, The Big Short.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:15

At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he turns to teaching, becoming romantically involved with his student Alicia. Meanwhile the government asks his help with breaking Soviet codes, which soon gets him involved in a terrifying conspiracy plot. Nash grows more and more paranoid until a discovery that turns his entire world upside down. Now it is only with Alicia's help that he will be able to recover his mental strength and regain his status as the great mathematician we know him as today..

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:27

An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:53

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany
Duration01:50

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. A film with many twists and turns.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountrySpain, USA, France, Italy
Duration01:44

Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:09

Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop and a high-profile 'fixer' enter high-stakes negotiations.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:28

    Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryItaly
    Duration02:11

    Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

      The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

      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: 6.4
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France
      Duration01:51

      Hotshot gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. Rarely is he allowed in any casino because he's a bona fide winner and, in fact, has taken so much money over the years that he's the sole client of his accountant elder brother, Billy. Invited to a private game, Jake is in fear of losing his life.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:30

      Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:18

      World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

      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: 7.1
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA, China, Canada
      Duration01:55

      Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration02:25

      One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.

      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: 7.6
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

        The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:38

          When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.

          Markimdb: 4.4
          Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:46

          4 would be astronauts spend 400 days in a land locked space simulator to test the psychological effects of deep space travel but, when something goes terribly wrong and they are forced to leave the simulation, they discover that everything on earth has changed. Is this real or is the simulation on a higher level than they could have ever imagined?

          Markimdb: 6
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA

          A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genrefantastic, drama, adventure, detective
          CountrySoviet Union
          Duration02:43

          Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded desires are granted.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrefantastic, drama, detective
          CountryGermany, USA
          Duration02:00

          Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away Planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

            Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
            CountrySpain

            A mysterious place, an indescribable prison, a deep hole. An unknown number of levels. Two inmates living on each level. A descending platform containing food for all of them. An inhuman fight for survival, but also an opportunity for solidarity.

            Markimdb: 8.5
            Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:05

              A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genrefantastic, adventure
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Hungary, Jordan
              Duration03:34

              During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:34

              Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money for herself. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel “Rum Punch”.

              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: 6.9
                Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:17

                Friends and fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage which reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genredocumentary
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland
                Duration02:16

                Philosopher Slavoj Žižek and filmmaker Sophie Fiennes reunites for this follow-up to their hit The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, using their interpretation of moving pictures to present a compelling cinematic journey into the heart of ideology – the dreams that shape our collective beliefs and practices.

                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: 7.3
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                  Duration01:54

                    When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.

                    Markimdb: 7.1
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA

                    In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

                    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
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryItaly
                    Duration01:37

                    The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

                    Markimdb: 5.7
                    Genrethriller, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                    Duration01:54

                    A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.

                    Markimdb: 6.5
                    Genrehorror, fantasy
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:31

                      Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the discovery of a Book of the Dead unwittingly summon up dormant demons which possess the youngsters one by one.

                      Markimdb: 7.6
                      Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
                      CountryUSA, Czech Republic
                      Duration01:50

                      With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

                      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
                      Genredrama, biography
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:57

                      A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

                      Markimdb: 5.8
                      Genremelodrama, drama
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, Luxembourg, USA
                      Duration01:58

                      In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies. Romeo and Juliet figure out a way to pursue their romance, but Romeo is banished for his part in the slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
                      CountryRussia, USA
                      Duration02:00

                      A chronicle of Russia's transition from communism to capitalism.

                      Markimdb: 6.3
                      Genrecomedy
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:07

                      Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field.

                      Markimdb: 7.2
                      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:44

                      A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.

                      Markimdb: 5.2
                      Genrecomedy, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:18

                      A couple hatches a highly dubious scheme to put the spark back in their marriage in this independent comedy drama. Annie (Katie Aselton) and Darren (Dax Shepard) have been married for seven years, and they love each other as much as the day they were wed; they're affectionate, have fun together, and enjoy games such as crossword puzzle races. They would seem to have a perfect relationship, except for one thing -- they haven't had sex in ages, and seem to have lost all interest in making love with one another, no matter how they try to put each other in the mood. Hoping to put some adventure back into their lives, Annie and Darren come up with an unusual idea -- they each get one night in which they're free to find someone and have sex with them, scot-free. But is this going to help their relationship, or is it just going to turn a small problem into a big problem?

                      Markimdb: 3.7
                      Genrecomedy
                      CountryUSA

                      Adam, an awkward teen, spends a summer with his older sister, who is part of New York City's lesbian and trans activist scene. He meets the girl of his dreams but can't figure out how to tell her he's not the trans man she thinks he is.

                      Markimdb: 5.7
                      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:39

                      A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers.




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