A Glean movie guide
Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Epics
Beyond the limits of reality.
High-concept journeys through time, space, and the human subconscious.
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The movie list
- 01
Arrival
A profound exploration of language and time with a deeply emotional core.
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.
- 02
Tenet
A high-octane espionage thriller that weaponizes the flow of time.
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 Prestige
A masterfully layered mystery where every detail hides a darker truth.
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.
- 04
Contact
A grounded and awe-inspiring look at humanity's first encounter with the stars.
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
- 05
2001: A Space Odyssey
The definitive cinematic journey into the mysteries of human evolution and deep space.
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
- 06
Blade Runner 2049
A visually stunning meditation on memory and what it means to be human.
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
- 07
Predestination
An intricate time-travel puzzle that rewards viewers who pay close attention.
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.
- 08
Moon
A haunting, character-driven mystery set on a lonely lunar base.
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.
- 09
Ex Machina
A tense and stylish examination of artificial intelligence and consciousness.
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
- 10
Sunshine
A visually arresting mission to the sun that blends science with psychological dread.
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.