A Glean movie guide
Creepy Mysteries with a Twist
Prepare for the unexpected.
Unsettling films where nothing is quite what it seems.
Handpicked for this guide
The movie list
- 01
The Others
A gothic, atmospheric masterpiece that keeps you guessing until its haunting final revelation.
Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
- 02
The Sixth Sense
A chilling psychological drama famous for one of the most iconic twists in cinema history.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
- 03
Shutter Island
A high-tension investigation set in a remote asylum that spirals into a complex, mind-bending mystery.
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
- 04
The Orphanage
This deeply atmospheric film masterfully blends grief with a terrifying, mystery-driven narrative.
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
- 05
Identity
A classic, fast-paced whodunit that traps strangers in a motel with a multi-layered, shocking twist.
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
- 06
Coherence
A low-budget, high-tension puzzle that turns a simple dinner party into a reality-bending nightmare.
Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
- 07
The Invitation
A masterclass in slow-burn tension that makes you question every character's true intentions.
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
- 08
Frailty
A dark, unsettling crime thriller that explores the terrifying intersection of faith and madness.
A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."
- 09
Jacob's Ladder
A surreal and deeply disturbing journey through a veteran's fragmented, reality-bending memories.
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
- 10
The Visit
A found-footage style thriller that turns a simple visit to grandparents into a disturbing mystery.
A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.