A Glean movie guide
Mind-Bending Twists
Don't let anyone spoil the ending.
Masterful films that pull the rug out from under you in the final act.
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The movie list
- 01
The Sixth Sense
A chilling supernatural drama that redefined the modern movie twist.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
- 02
The Usual Suspects
A masterclass in the unreliable narrator that keeps you guessing until the final frame.
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.
- 03
Parasite
A razor-sharp social satire that shifts gears into a shocking, high-stakes thriller.
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
- 04
The Prestige
A complex tale of rival magicians where every detail is a piece of a larger 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.
- 05
Fight Club
A gritty, psychological journey that fundamentally recontextualizes everything you’ve seen.
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
- 06
Get Out
A tense, socially conscious horror film with a reveal that is as clever as it is terrifying.
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.
- 07
Memento
A brilliant, reverse-chronological puzzle that forces you to piece together a tragic truth.
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.
- 08
Psycho
The legendary Hitchcock thriller that famously broke all the rules of narrative structure.
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
- 09
Arrival
A profound sci-fi experience that uses language and time to deliver a deeply emotional revelation.
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.
- 10
Oldboy
A visceral and dark revenge odyssey featuring one of cinema's most devastating plot turns.
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
- 11
The Others
A haunting, atmospheric ghost story that masterfully subverts your expectations of the genre.
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
- 12
Gone Girl
A sleek, cynical look at a crumbling marriage that flips the script halfway through.
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.