A Glean movie guide
Action Without the Grit
Exciting, not extreme.
High-stakes thrills and cinematic adventure that skip the graphic violence.
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The movie list
- 01
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The quintessential adventure film that delivers iconic action sequences without relying on gore.
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
- 02
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
A visually stunning masterpiece where the animated format keeps the high-energy combat stylized and fun.
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
- 03
The Princess Bride
A charming fairy tale that features classic swordplay and adventure while remaining lighthearted and gentle.
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
- 04
National Treasure
A fast-paced, family-friendly heist adventure that prioritizes clever puzzles and chase scenes over combat.
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
- 05
Men in Black
This sci-fi comedy uses imaginative weaponry to keep the action cartoonish and light.
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
- 06
Top Gun: Maverick
Delivers breathtaking, intense aerial action while keeping the focus on technical skill rather than ground combat.
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
- 07
The Fugitive
A masterclass in suspense that relies on a high-stakes investigation and chase rather than graphic violence.
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
- 08
Apollo 13
A gripping survival story that provides all the tension of an action film with zero traditional combat.
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.