A Glean movie guide
Modern Classics: Recent Oscar Winners
Cinema's highest honors.
The most acclaimed and impactful films to sweep the Academy Awards since 2020.
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The movie list
- 01
Oppenheimer
A masterclass in tension and historical scale from Christopher Nolan.
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
- 02
Everything Everywhere All at Once
A wildly inventive, heart-wrenching journey through the multiverse.
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
- 03
CODA
A moving, intimate portrait of family and the power of finding your own voice.
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
- 04
Nomadland
A poetic and visually stunning exploration of life on the fringes of society.
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
- 05
Poor Things
A visually spectacular and fearlessly original tale of self-discovery.
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
- 06
The Zone of Interest
A chillingly detached look at the banality of evil during the Holocaust.
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
- 07
Anatomy of a Fall
A gripping courtroom drama that dissects the complexities of a marriage.
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
- 08
The Boy and the Heron
A lush, hand-drawn fantasy epic from the legendary Hayao Miyazaki.
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
- 09
Dune
A breathtakingly immersive sci-fi spectacle that demands to be seen.
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
- 10
The Father
A devastatingly powerful and unique perspective on the experience of dementia.
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
- 11
Top Gun: Maverick
A rare blockbuster sequel that surpasses the original with heart and action.
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
- 12
Minari
A tender and beautifully acted story of an immigrant family's American Dream.
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.