A Glean movie guide
Mind-Bending Plot Twists
Don't blink.
Movies that pull the rug out from under you when you least expect it.
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The movie list
- 01
The Sixth Sense
A psychological thriller that redefined the 'twist ending' for a generation.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
- 02
Parasite
A sharp social satire that takes a shocking, dark turn halfway through.
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.
- 03
The Usual Suspects
A masterclass in the unreliable narrator that keeps you guessing until the final frame.
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.
- 04
The Prestige
A complex tale of rival magicians where the ultimate illusion 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.
- 05
Memento
A reverse-chronological puzzle that forces you to piece together a tragic truth.
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.
- 06
Arrival
A cerebral sci-fi journey that uses language and time to deliver a profound emotional payoff.
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.
- 07
Gone Girl
A razor-sharp thriller that flips the script on a missing person case with a chilling mid-film reveal.
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
Oldboy
A visceral, high-stakes mystery leading to one of cinema's most disturbing revelations.
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
- 09
Get Out
A tense social horror that builds to a terrifying and inventive third-act revelation.
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.
- 10
The Others
A haunting gothic mystery that masterfully recontextualizes 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.
- 11
Psycho
The foundational slasher that shocked audiences by killing its lead and hiding a dark secret.
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
The Empire Strikes Back
The definitive space opera moment that fundamentally changed the Star Wars saga forever.
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.