A Glean movie guide
Sharp Wit & Deadly Secrets
The game is afoot.
Ensemble whodunnits and stylized mysteries for fans of Benoit Blanc.
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The movie list
- 01
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Benoit Blanc returns to solve a high-tech puzzle on a billionaire's private Greek island.
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
Clue
A fast-paced, hilarious take on the classic board game featuring a brilliant ensemble and multiple endings.
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
- 03
See How They Run
A stylish and meta-textual mystery that pokes fun at whodunnit tropes in 1950s London.
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
- 04
Gosford Park
A sharp look at class dynamics wrapped in a complex murder mystery at an English country estate.
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
- 05
The Last of Sheila
A twisty, puzzle-filled scavenger hunt on a yacht that served as a primary inspiration for Rian Johnson.
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game—but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
- 06
The Menu
A biting social satire where wealthy diners are served a series of increasingly dangerous surprises.
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
- 07
Bodies Bodies Bodies
A chaotic and satirical slasher-mystery that skewers modern social dynamics and privilege.
In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.
- 08
Confess, Fletch
Jon Hamm shines as a witty, unconventional investigator trying to clear his name in a murder case.
The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit - from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend. Crime, in fact, has never been this disorganized.
- 09
Brick
Rian Johnson’s directorial debut reimagines hardboiled noir within the walls of a modern high school.
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
- 10
Murder by Death
A star-studded parody that lovingly mocks the most famous detectives in literary history.
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.