A Glean movie guide
Beyond the Horizon
The final frontier awaits.
From historical NASA missions to mind-bending journeys across the cosmos.
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The movie list
- 01
Interstellar
A visually stunning epic that blends hard science with a deeply emotional journey through a wormhole.
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
- 02
2001: A Space Odyssey
The definitive masterpiece of the genre, exploring human evolution through a mysterious mission to Jupiter.
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.
- 03
The Martian
A thrilling, science-first survival story about an astronaut using ingenuity to stay alive on the Red Planet.
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
Apollo 13
A tense, real-life account of NASA’s most famous 'successful failure' during a mission to the Moon.
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.
- 05
First Man
An intimate, visceral look at Neil Armstrong and the dangerous reality of the early space program.
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.
- 06
Contact
A thoughtful exploration of humanity's first encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence through radio astronomy.
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.
- 07
Gravity
A relentless, immersive thriller that captures the terrifying beauty and danger of low Earth 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.
- 08
Moon
A quiet, psychological drama about isolation and identity on a long-term 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.
- 09
The Right Stuff
An epic chronicle of the daring test pilots who became America's first astronauts in the Mercury program.
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
- 10
Europa Report
A realistic, found-footage style thriller about a private mission to find life on Jupiter’s moon.
A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
- 11
Hidden Figures
The inspiring true story of the mathematicians who calculated the trajectories for the first US space flights.
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
- 12
Sunshine
A visually arresting sci-fi thriller about a high-stakes mission to reignite a 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.