A Glean movie guide
Beyond the Event Horizon
For the explorers and the dreamers.
High-concept space epics that blend scientific wonder with deep human emotion.
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The movie list
- 01
2001: A Space Odyssey
The definitive visual masterpiece that inspired Interstellar’s grand scale and philosophical depth.
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.
- 02
Arrival
A profound exploration of time and communication with a devastating emotional core.
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
The Martian
A thrilling, scientifically grounded survival story about human ingenuity against the odds.
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.
- 04
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.
- 05
Ad Astra
A visually stunning, contemplative journey through the solar system driven by a father-son mystery.
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 breathtaking technical achievement that captures the terrifying beauty and isolation of Earth's orbit.
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 high-stakes mission to the sun that balances hard science with intense psychological pressure.
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 haunting, character-driven mystery that examines the psychological toll of long-term 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.
- 09
First Man
A visceral and intimate look at the personal sacrifices required to conquer the lunar 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.
- 10
Proxima
A grounded drama focusing on the emotional strain of a mother preparing for a year-long space mission.
Sarah is a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. She is the only woman in the arduous program. She lives alone with Stella, her seven year old daughter. Sarah feels guilty that she cannot spend more time with her child. Her love is overpowering, unsettling. When Sarah is chosen to join the crew of a year-long space mission called Proxima, it creates chaos in the mother-daughter relationship.
- 11
Europa Report
A realistic, documentary-style thriller about the search for life on Jupiter’s frozen moon.
A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
- 12
Apollo 13
A gripping true story of engineering brilliance and survival during NASA’s most famous successful failure.
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.