A Glean movie guide
Beyond the Event Horizon
Space, time, and the human heart.
High-concept sci-fi that balances cosmic scale with deep human emotion.
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The movie list
- 01
Contact
A profound exploration of first contact that mirrors Interstellar’s heart and scientific curiosity.
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.
- 02
Arrival
A cerebral and moving encounter with the unknown that challenges our perception of time and language.
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 visual masterpiece that paved the way for every epic space journey that followed.
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 Martian
A thrilling, science-backed survival story that celebrates human ingenuity against the vacuum of space.
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.
- 05
Ad Astra
A moody, introspective voyage to the edge of the solar system in search of a lost father.
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.
- 06
Sunshine
A visually stunning and intense mission to save humanity by reigniting the dying sun.
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
- 07
Moon
A haunting, low-budget gem that tackles the psychological toll of deep-space isolation.
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.
- 08
Gravity
A breathtaking, high-stakes survival thriller that captures the terrifying beauty of Earth's orbit.
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
- 09
Inception
Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending heist film that shares Interstellar’s complex structure and emotional core.
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.
- 10
First Man
A visceral look at the physical and personal sacrifices required to conquer the final frontier.
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.