A Glean movie guide
Beyond the Event Horizon
For fans of Interstellar
Visually ambitious, high-concept science fiction that explores the mysteries of space.
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The movie list
- 01
2001: A Space Odyssey
A foundational masterpiece that explores human evolution and the vast, silent mysteries of 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.
- 02
Arrival
A deeply emotional and intellectual film that tackles the complexities of non-linear time and communication.
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
Contact
This grounded story explores the philosophical and scientific implications of humanity's first contact with aliens.
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.
- 04
The Martian
A gripping survival story that celebrates scientific ingenuity and the human drive to overcome impossible 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.
- 05
Gravity
An immersive, high-stakes experience that captures the terrifying beauty and physics of being adrift in space.
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.
- 06
Moon
A haunting, character-driven study of isolation and identity set on a lonely lunar mining base.
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.
- 07
Ad Astra
A visually stunning, introspective journey to the edge of the solar system that examines the toll of deep space.
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.
- 08
Tenet
A high-concept, time-bending thriller from Christopher Nolan that demands your full attention.
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.