A Glean movie guide
The Best Picture Collection
Award-winning masterpieces.
Experience the most acclaimed and emotionally resonant dramas in cinematic history.
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The movie list
- 01
Parasite
A genre-bending masterpiece exploring class conflict with razor-sharp precision.
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
- 02
The Godfather
The definitive crime epic that redefined the dramatic possibilities of American cinema.
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
- 03
Oppenheimer
A haunting, large-scale portrait of the man who changed the course of history.
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
- 04
Moonlight
A visually stunning and deeply intimate exploration of identity and connection.
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
- 05
Schindler's List
A profound and essential historical drama about the power of individual courage.
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
- 06
No Country for Old Men
A tense, philosophical thriller examining the nature of fate and violence.
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
- 07
12 Years a Slave
A visceral and unflinching look at a dark chapter of history through a personal lens.
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
- 08
Spotlight
A gripping procedural celebrating the meticulous power of investigative journalism.
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
- 09
Nomadland
A quiet, poetic journey through the American West finding beauty in the margins.
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
- 10
The Departed
A high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse fueled by intense performances and sharp writing.
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.