Billion Dollar Brain

Billion Dollar Brain

Pow… Power… Brainpower

Directed by Ken Russell

Produced by Lowndes Productions Limited, Jovera Pictures AG/SA

1967111 min5.7 / 10

A Cold War spy thriller built on paranoia and double-crosses, where a supercomputer and ideological fervor create a labyrinth of shifting allegiances.

A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?

Questions people ask

  • Is Billion Dollar Brain scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Billion Dollar Brain sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

  • Is Billion Dollar Brain violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Billion Dollar Brain end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Billion Dollar Brain easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

29/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity90

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise10

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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