A Glean movie guide
The Prime Edit: Must-Watch Movies
Essential cinema for your next stream.
A curated selection of award-winning dramas, smart sci-fi, and modern classics.
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The movie list
- 01
Everything Everywhere All at Once
A dazzling, genre-bending journey through the multiverse that is as emotional as it is inventive.
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.
- 02
Parasite
A masterclass in suspense and social commentary that keeps you guessing until the final frame.
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.
- 03
Anatomy of a Fall
A gripping courtroom drama that meticulously deconstructs a marriage through a chilling mystery.
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
- 04
Sound of Metal
An immersive sensory experience that captures a musician's life-altering journey into the deaf community.
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.
- 05
Past Lives
A quiet, deeply moving exploration of fate and the paths not taken across decades and continents.
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
- 06
Arrival
A cerebral and visually stunning sci-fi that prioritizes communication and empathy over spectacle.
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
- 07
The Holdovers
A soulful and witty period piece about three lonely souls finding connection during a winter break.
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
- 08
Manchester by the Sea
A devastatingly honest and beautifully acted portrait of grief, resilience, and family bonds.
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
- 09
Knives Out
A sharp, stylish, and endlessly entertaining modern whodunit with a brilliant ensemble cast.
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
- 10
Whiplash
A high-octane psychological battle between an ambitious drummer and his ruthless instructor.
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.