A Glean movie guide
High-Octane & Heart-Pounding
Buckle up.
Relentless films that never let off the gas.
Handpicked for this guide
The movie list
- 01
Mad Max: Fury Road
A visual masterpiece of continuous, high-speed desert pursuit and minimal dialogue.
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
- 02
Uncut Gems
A relentless, anxiety-inducing descent into high-stakes gambling and urban chaos.
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
- 03
The Raid: Redemption
Brutal, lightning-fast combat in a claustrophobic tower of escalating physical stakes.
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.
- 04
Speed
A high-concept masterpiece that maintains peak tension through a literal ticking-clock scenario.
Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.
- 05
Run Lola Run
A stylish, high-tempo race against time with a pulse-pounding soundtrack and constant movement.
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
- 06
Crank
A hyper-kinetic fever dream that requires its hero to maintain a high heart rate to stay alive.
Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.
- 07
John Wick
Precision-engineered action with a direct, unstoppable narrative drive and elite choreography.
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
- 08
Good Time
A frantic, neon-soaked odyssey through one increasingly desperate night in the city's underworld.
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
- 09
Train to Busan
A high-stakes survival thriller that turns a moving locomotive into a terrifying pressure cooker.
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
- 10
Whiplash
Intense psychological warfare fueled by aggressive editing and thunderous musical sequences.
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.