A Glean movie guide
Short & Sweet: Top Films Under 90 Minutes
Maximum impact, minimum runtime.
Big stories that respect your time, all clocking in under an hour and a half.
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The movie list
- 01
Run Lola Run
A kinetic, pulse-pounding race against time that never lets up for a single second.
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
- 02
Before Sunset
A breathtaking, real-time conversation through Paris that captures a lifetime of longing in eighty minutes.
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
- 03
Toy Story
A groundbreaking adventure that proves you don't need a long runtime to build a perfect, heartfelt world.
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.
- 04
What We Do in the Shadows
A hilarious mockumentary that finds endless wit in the mundane lives of modern-day vampires.
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
- 05
Paths of Glory
Kubrick’s lean, devastating war drama remains one of the most powerful anti-war statements in cinema history.
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
- 06
Following
Christopher Nolan’s debut is a taut, non-linear neo-noir that makes the most of its brief 70-minute runtime.
Bill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when he crosses paths with a mysterious character.
- 07
Shiva Baby
An expertly crafted comedy that uses its short length to sustain an incredible level of social anxiety and tension.
College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.
- 08
Airplane!
A relentless barrage of gags and satire that defines the spoof genre with incredible comedic density.
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
- 09
Primer
A dense and challenging sci-fi puzzle that demands your full attention from start to finish.
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
- 10
Rope
Hitchcock’s experimental thriller unfolds in what appears to be a single, continuous, and highly tense take.
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.