A Glean movie guide
Mind-Bending Masterpieces
Don't let anyone spoil the ending.
The most shocking plot twists and narrative reveals in cinematic history.
Handpicked for this guide
The movie list
- 01
The Sixth Sense
A haunting mystery where the final revelation forces you to re-evaluate every single scene.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
- 02
The Usual Suspects
A masterclass in the unreliable narrator that culminates in one of cinema's most iconic reveals.
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
- 03
Fight Club
A gritty exploration of identity that pulls the rug out from under the viewer in its final act.
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
- 04
Memento
A brilliant, reverse-chronological puzzle that hides the truth about its protagonist until the very end.
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
- 05
The Prestige
A complex tale of obsession and magic where the final "prestige" is hidden in plain sight.
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
- 06
Parasite
A sharp social satire that takes a sudden, dark turn halfway through, changing the film's entire trajectory.
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
- 07
Gone Girl
A sharp-edged thriller that subverts expectations with a mid-film shift in perspective and tone.
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
- 08
Get Out
A tense social thriller that builds toward a high-concept horror reveal that is as smart as it is scary.
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
- 09
The Others
A chilling gothic ghost story that delivers a complete reversal of its supernatural premise.
Grace is a religious 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.
- 10
Arrival
A cerebral sci-fi drama where the twist lies in the profound way language shapes our perception of time.
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.
- 11
Psycho
The legendary thriller that pioneered the mid-film protagonist shift and the shocking antagonist reveal.
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
- 12
Shutter Island
A haunting psychological thriller where the line between reality and delusion is shattered in the final act.
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.