A Glean movie guide
Netflix Essentials
Something great for tonight.
A curated selection of acclaimed films across every genre.
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The movie list
- 01
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
A sharp, witty whodunit that brings an eclectic cast together for a high-stakes game of deception.
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
- 02
Extraction
This high-octane thriller delivers relentless momentum and some of the most impressive action sequences on Netflix.
A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.
- 03
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
A vibrant, hilarious, and heartfelt adventure that the whole family can enjoy.
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
- 04
Marriage Story
An emotionally raw and masterfully acted portrait of a relationship navigating a difficult transition.
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
- 05
Dolemite Is My Name
An infectious, feel-good story about the power of creative ambition and self-belief.
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
- 06
Roma
A visually stunning and deeply intimate masterpiece from director Alfonso Cuarón.
In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.
- 07
The Irishman
Martin Scorsese delivers a sprawling, epic crime saga featuring legendary performances.
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
- 08
All Quiet on the Western Front
A powerful and hauntingly realistic depiction of the harrowing experiences of war.
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.