A Glean movie guide
Mind-Bending Thrillers with Killer Twists
Don't trust what you see.
Masterpieces of deception that will leave you questioning everything until the final frame
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The movie list
- 01
Memento
A non-linear puzzle that forces you to experience a fractured memory in real-time.
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.
- 02
Oldboy
A visceral revenge tale featuring one of the most devastating reveals in cinema history.
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
- 03
The Prestige
A complex duel between magicians where every scene is a piece of a larger, hidden illusion.
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
The Sixth Sense
The gold standard for the genre, using subtle clues to build toward a legendary final reveal.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
- 05
Gone Girl
A sharp look at a crumbling marriage that pivots on a brilliant mid-film narrative shift.
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.
- 06
Shutter Island
A haunting investigation where the line between reality and delusion slowly dissolves.
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
The Handmaiden
A multi-layered heist where shifting perspectives redefine who is the predator and who is the prey.
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
- 08
Seven
A grim, atmospheric hunt for a serial killer that culminates in a gut-wrenching moral trap.
- 09
Get Out
A tense nightmare that masterfully peels back layers of a disturbing suburban secret.
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 Usual Suspects
A masterclass in the unreliable narrator, centered on the hunt for a mysterious mastermind.
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.
- 11
Perfect Blue
A surreal descent into madness that blurs the boundaries between persona and reality.
Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
- 12
Prisoners
A grueling, high-stakes mystery that explores the psychological toll of a desperate search.
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.