A Glean movie guide
Tonight’s Top Picks
Hand-picked for a perfect night in.
From high-octane action to mind-bending mysteries, here are the best films for your evening.
Handpicked for this guide
The movie list
- 01
Parasite
A masterfully tense social thriller 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.
- 02
The Grand Budapest Hotel
A fast-paced, visually delightful caper filled with eccentric characters and sharp wit.
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.
- 03
Inception
A high-concept heist thriller that explores the complex architecture of the human mind.
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.
- 04
Knives Out
A sharp and stylish modern whodunit that breathes fresh life into the classic mystery genre.
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.
- 05
Mad Max: Fury Road
A relentless, visually spectacular chase through a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
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.
- 06
Everything Everywhere All at Once
A wildly imaginative journey through the multiverse that balances chaotic action with genuine heart.
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.
- 07
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
An eye-popping animated adventure that redefines what a superhero story can be.
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.
- 08
Whiplash
A pulse-pounding drama about the grueling cost of perfection and musical ambition.
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
- 09
The Truman Show
A thought-provoking blend of comedy and drama about a man living inside a reality TV show.
An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.
- 10
Get Out
A gripping psychological horror that uses suspense to deliver sharp social commentary.
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.