A Glean movie guide
2024 Oscar Winners & Top Picks
Cinema's biggest night, curated.
The most prestigious, awarded, and talked-about films from the 96th Academy Awards.
Handpicked for this guide
The movie list
- 01
Oppenheimer
The definitive Best Picture winner and a masterclass in biographical tension from Christopher Nolan.
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
- 02
Poor Things
A visually stunning and surreal journey of self-discovery that earned Emma Stone her second Oscar.
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
- 03
The Zone of Interest
A chilling, formally audacious look at the banality of evil that won Best International Feature.
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
- 04
Anatomy of a Fall
A gripping French courtroom drama that dissects a marriage through a taut murder mystery.
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
- 05
The Holdovers
A soulful, character-driven dramedy featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Da'Vine Joy Randolph.
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
- 06
American Fiction
A sharp, witty satire on cultural stereotypes that took home Best Adapted Screenplay.
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
- 07
Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese’s sweeping, tragic epic about a dark chapter in American history and the Osage Nation.
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
- 08
The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki’s hand-drawn masterpiece and winner of Best Animated Feature.
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
- 09
Barbie
A vibrant, record-breaking cultural phenomenon that won for its infectious original music.
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
- 10
Past Lives
A quiet, devastatingly beautiful exploration of fate and connection across decades.
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
- 11
Godzilla Minus One
A powerful, human-centric monster movie that made history with its Best Visual Effects win.
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
- 12
20 Days in Mariupol
A harrowing, essential documentary providing a front-line account of the siege of Mariupol.
As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.