A Glean movie guide
Netflix's Best: Critically Acclaimed
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A curated selection of highly-rated films currently streaming.
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The movie list
- 01
Godzilla Minus One
This post-war epic breathes new life into the monster genre with deeply human-centric storytelling.
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
- 02
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
A visual masterpiece that redefined animation with its innovative style and heartfelt story.
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
- 03
Whiplash
A modern classic that delivers an electrifying, high-stakes look at the pursuit of perfection.
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
- 04
Ex Machina
A tense, philosophical thriller that keeps you guessing about the nature of consciousness.
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
- 05
Society of the Snow
An intense and deeply respectful portrayal of human resilience in the face of impossible odds.
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
- 06
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
A sharp, fun, and stylish whodunit featuring a brilliant ensemble cast.
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.
- 07
Hell or High Water
A masterfully written modern Western that balances grit with genuine emotional depth.
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
- 08
All Quiet on the Western Front
A visceral and haunting depiction of the horrors of war that lingers long after the credits roll.
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.