A Glean movie guide
The Essential Watchlist
Start with the best.
A handpicked selection of cinematic landmarks and modern masterpieces for any mood.
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The movie list
- 01
Parasite
A masterclass in tension that seamlessly blends dark comedy with biting social commentary.
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
Inception
A high-stakes heist thriller that explores the complex architecture of the human subconscious.
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
- 03
The Shawshank Redemption
A deeply moving story of resilience and friendship within the walls of a state penitentiary.
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
- 04
Mad Max: Fury Road
A relentless, visually stunning chase through a wasteland driven by practical stunts and high-octane action.
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
- 05
Everything Everywhere All At Once
A chaotic and heartfelt journey through the multiverse centered on a family's emotional bond.
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
- 06
Spirited Away
A breathtaking animated odyssey into a world of spirits, witches, and boundless imagination.
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
- 07
The Dark Knight
A gritty and philosophical take on the superhero genre featuring a legendary performance by Heath Ledger.
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
- 08
The Grand Budapest Hotel
A meticulously crafted and fast-paced comedy set in a fictional European mountain resort.
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
- 09
Get Out
A sharp social thriller that uses horror tropes to deliver a suspenseful and thought-provoking experience.
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
- 10
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
An eye-popping, comic-book-inspired adventure that redefines what animation can achieve.
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.