A Glean movie guide
Mind-Bending Sci-Fi
Question everything.
Complex narratives and reality-shifting thrillers that demand your full attention.
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The movie list
- 01
Tenet
A secret agent learns to manipulate the flow of time to prevent a global catastrophe.
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 computer hacker discovers that his reality is a simulated construct controlled by machines.
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 his wife's murderer using a brilliant non-linear narrative.
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 that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams.
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
Shutter Island
A U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane.
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.
- 06
Source Code
A soldier is sent into a digital simulation of a train bombing to identify the bomber.
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
Dark City
A man struggles with memories in a city where the sun never rises and reality is altered nightly.
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.
- 08
Primer
Two engineers accidentally discover a means of time travel and struggle with the complex consequences.
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.