A Glean movie guide
Twisted Marriages & Deadly Deceptions
Trust no one.
Psychological thrillers featuring unreliable narrators and dark domestic secrets.
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The movie list
- 01
The Girl on the Train
A haunting mystery where a commuter’s blurred memories hold the key to a missing person’s case.
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
- 02
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
David Fincher’s icy, atmospheric dive into a decades-old disappearance and dark family secrets.
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
- 03
Dark Places
Another chilling Gillian Flynn adaptation exploring a woman’s traumatic past and the reliability of memory.
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
- 04
Side Effects
A sleek, twist-filled thriller where a new medication leads to a web of manipulation and murder.
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
- 05
Prisoners
A relentless and somber investigation into a kidnapping that pushes a father to his moral breaking point.
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.
- 06
The Invisible Guest
An intricate, high-stakes puzzle where every layer of the story reveals a new deception.
Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.
- 07
Nocturnal Animals
A cold and stylish exploration of revenge, told through a haunting story-within-a-story.
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
- 08
The Handmaiden
A visually stunning masterpiece of psychological games, shifting loyalties, and elaborate double-crosses.
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
- 09
A Simple Favor
A sharp, cynical mystery that peels back the layers of a perfect suburban life after a sudden disappearance.
Stephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles, Stephanie's son. When Emily asks her to pick Nicky up from school and then disappears, Stephanie undertakes an investigation that will dive deep into Emily's cloudy past.
- 10
The Gift
A slow-burn domestic thriller where a figure from the past threatens to expose a husband’s hidden history.
Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.