A Glean movie guide
Beyond the Event Horizon
Mind-bending journeys.
High-concept sci-fi that challenges your perception of time, space, and reality.
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The movie list
- 01
Tenet
A relentless time-inverting thriller that demands your full attention to decode its complex mechanics.
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
- 02
Arrival
A deeply emotional first-contact story that uses linguistics to explore the non-linear nature of time.
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
- 03
2001: A Space Odyssey
The definitive space epic that blends grand-scale exploration with an abstract, metaphysical finale.
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
- 04
The Prestige
A masterfully constructed puzzle of obsession and sacrifice featuring a signature non-linear narrative.
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.
- 05
Contact
A grounded look at first contact that mirrors the father-daughter emotional core of Interstellar.
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
- 06
Blade Runner 2049
A visually stunning philosophical odyssey exploring memory and identity on a massive scale.
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
- 07
Paprika
A vibrant, surreal exploration of dream-sharing that served as a key inspiration for Inception.
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.
- 08
The Matrix
The essential reality-bending blockbuster that questions the very nature of human consciousness.
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.
- 09
Predestination
A tight, highly complex time-travel mystery that rewards viewers who enjoy intricate plot loops.
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.
- 10
The Martian
A high-stakes survival story that uses hard science and ingenuity to solve impossible problems on Mars.
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.
- 11
Coherence
A tense psychological thriller that turns a dinner party into a reality-warping quantum nightmare.
Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
- 12
Ad Astra
A contemplative journey across the solar system focusing on the psychological toll of space exploration.
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.