A Glean movie guide
Stuck in a Loop
Relive the day. Change the outcome.
From sci-fi battles to romantic resets, these films master the art of the infinite do-over.
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The movie list
- 01
Edge of Tomorrow
A high-stakes alien invasion thriller where death is just a chance to restart the mission and gain combat skills.
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
- 02
Palm Springs
A sharp, nihilistic comedy about two wedding guests trapped in a desert resort’s eternal loop.
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
- 03
Source Code
A tense race against time as a pilot repeats a tragic train explosion to identify a bomber.
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
- 04
Happy Death Day
A clever slasher that blends horror and humor as a student hunts her killer across a repeating birthday.
Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.
- 05
Timecrimes
A mind-bending Spanish thriller that explores the dark, messy consequences of a one-hour temporal loop.
A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
- 06
Triangle
A haunting, recursive nightmare set on a mysterious cruise ship where the past and future collide.
When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.
- 07
Boss Level
A relentless action flick that plays like a video game, following a soldier fighting through a deadly cycle.
A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track down those responsible and stop them.
- 08
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
A charming Japanese comedy shot in a single take about a cafe TV that sees exactly two minutes into the future.
A cafe owner discovers that the TV in his cafe suddenly shows images from the future, but only two minutes into the future.
- 09
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
A heartwarming teen romance that finds beauty and meaning within a single repeating day.
Two teenagers trapped in an endless time loop set out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect.
- 10
Run Lola Run
A high-energy German classic that explores three different outcomes of a desperate twenty-minute sprint.
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.