A Glean movie guide
Beyond the Event Horizon
Journey into the unknown.
High-concept sci-fi that blends mind-bending physics with deep emotional stakes.
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The movie list
- 01
Arrival
A profound exploration of language and time centered on a deeply personal emotional mystery.
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.
- 02
Contact
A thoughtful look at the intersection of science and faith during humanity's first brush with the stars.
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.
- 03
2001: A Space Odyssey
The definitive cinematic journey through human evolution and the silent majesty of deep space.
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 gripping, scientifically grounded survival story that celebrates human ingenuity and the will to return home.
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 contemplative odyssey across the solar system that mirrors a vast space mission with an intimate family search.
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
Gravity
A visceral, visually stunning survival thriller that captures the terrifying isolation of the orbital vacuum.
Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer, is on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
- 07
Sunshine
A visually arresting mission to the heart of the solar system that tests the limits of human endurance.
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.
- 08
Moon
A quiet, atmospheric character study that explores the psychological toll of long-term lunar 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.
- 09
Europa Report
A realistic, documentary-style look at the dangers and wonders of searching for life on a distant moon.
A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
- 10
First Man
A raw and intimate portrait of the immense personal cost behind humanity’s first steps onto the lunar surface.
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.