A Glean movie guide
Mind-Bending Thrillers
Prepare for a long night.
A curated selection of suspenseful films guaranteed to keep you guessing until the end.
Handpicked for this guide
The movie list
- 01
The Silence of the Lambs
A definitive masterclass in tension featuring an iconic, chilling performance.
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
- 02
Shutter Island
An atmospheric, twist-heavy mystery that perfectly captures a sense of growing dread.
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.
- 03
Memento
This non-linear puzzle forces you to piece together the truth alongside its memory-impaired protagonist.
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
Gone Girl
A sharp, cynical look at a crumbling marriage that keeps you questioning everyone's motives.
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.
- 05
The Prestige
A gripping tale of obsession where the rivalry between two magicians leads to shocking consequences.
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
Black Swan
A visually striking descent into madness that explores the dark side of perfectionism.
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
- 07
Prisoners
A harrowing, high-stakes moral dilemma that maintains an unrelenting atmosphere of suspense.
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.
- 08
Coherence
A brilliant, low-budget concept that turns a simple dinner party into a reality-bending nightmare.
Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
- 09
Searching
An innovative and fast-paced thriller told entirely through digital screens.
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
- 10
Misery
A classic, claustrophobic battle of wills between an author and his most devoted fan.
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.