A Glean movie guide
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From high-stakes heists to psychological dread, these are the platform's must-watch hits.
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The movie list
- 01
Uncut Gems
A relentless, high-anxiety journey through the diamond district that never lets you catch your breath.
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
- 02
The Killer
David Fincher delivers a cold, calculated, and meticulously paced look into the mind of a professional assassin.
After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
- 03
Society of the Snow
A harrowing and visually stunning survival story that tests the absolute limits of the human spirit.
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.
- 04
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
A sharp, star-studded whodunit that balances clever puzzles with high-society satire.
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.
- 05
The Platform
A haunting social allegory set in a vertical prison where every level is a fight for survival.
A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.
- 06
Leave the World Behind
An unsettling exploration of societal collapse that thrives on mounting paranoia and uncertainty.
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
- 07
The Call
A twisty South Korean thriller that uses a time-bending phone connection to create genuine terror.
In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it.
- 08
Fair Play
A razor-sharp look at how power and ambition can turn a relationship into a psychological battlefield.
An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.
- 09
Hush
A lean and inventive home-invasion thriller that turns silence into a terrifying weapon.
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
- 10
Calibre
A slow-burn nightmare that transforms a simple hunting trip into a crushing moral ordeal.
Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they attempt to cover up a horrific hunting accident.