A Glean movie guide
Mind-Bending Realities
Don't lose your grip on reality.
High-concept thrillers that challenge your perception of time, memory, and dreams.
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The movie list
- 01
Paprika
A surreal journey into a stolen dream-sharing device that blurs the line between fantasy and the waking world.
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.
- 02
Tenet
A massive, time-bending espionage thriller that uses complex physics to redefine the heist genre.
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.
- 03
The Matrix
The definitive cyberpunk epic about a hacker discovering his entire world is a sophisticated digital simulation.
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.
- 04
Memento
A gripping, reverse-chronological mystery that forces you to experience a man's fractured memory firsthand.
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
Two rival magicians engage in a dark, obsessive battle of wits featuring a narrative as layered as a magic trick.
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
Shutter Island
A haunting psychological thriller where a detective's investigation into a missing patient begins to unravel.
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.
- 07
Source Code
A high-stakes sci-fi mystery where a soldier must relive the same eight minutes to stop a terrorist attack.
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.
- 08
Dark City
A visually stunning noir where a man discovers his city is being physically reshaped by mysterious entities.
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
Looper
A gritty, intellectual thriller that explores the messy consequences of time travel and identity.
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
- 10
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
A visually inventive exploration of the subconscious as a man tries to outrun the erasure of his own memories.
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.