A Glean movie guide
Mind-Bending Masterpieces
Question everything.
Dive into high-concept thrillers and reality-shifting puzzles that challenge your perception.
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The movie list
- 01
Tenet
A secret agent manipulates the flow of time in this high-stakes, complex temporal puzzle.
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.
- 02
The Matrix
A hacker discovers his reality is a simulated construct, sparking a revolution against his machine overlords.
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
- 03
Memento
A man with short-term memory loss tracks a killer using a non-linear narrative that forces you to piece it together.
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.
- 04
Paprika
A research psychologist uses a device to enter patients' dreams in this visually stunning exploration of dream logic.
Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.
- 05
The Prestige
Two rival magicians engage in a dangerous, obsessive competition filled with intricate layers and misdirection.
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
Source Code
A soldier must solve a train bombing by repeatedly reliving the final eight minutes of the event.
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
- 07
Arrival
A linguist races to communicate with extraterrestrial visitors in a profound story about time and perception.
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.
- 08
Dark City
In a city where reality is altered nightly, a man struggles to verify his own memories.
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
- 09
Coherence
A dinner party descends into chaos when a passing comet triggers a reality-bending event.
Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
- 10
Primer
Two engineers accidentally discover time travel, leading to a narrative so complex it demands multiple viewings.
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.