A Glean movie guide
Twists You Won't See Coming
Trust no one.
High-tension thrillers and psychological puzzles designed to keep you guessing.
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The movie list
- 01
Gone Girl
A masterclass in psychological tension featuring a major mid-film narrative shift.
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
- 02
The Usual Suspects
An iconic ensemble mystery built around a legendary unreliable narrator.
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
- 03
Parasite
A genre-bending masterpiece that escalates from a clever scheme into a shocking thriller.
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.
- 04
Shutter Island
An atmospheric mystery packed with psychological red herrings and a haunting setting.
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
- 05
Memento
A unique reverse-chronological puzzle that forces you to piece together the truth.
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
- 06
The Prestige
A complex tale of obsession and deception where the truth is hidden in plain sight.
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
- 07
Seven
A dark, visceral procedural with a conclusion that remains one of cinema's biggest shocks.
- 08
Searching
A modern, fast-paced mystery told entirely through digital screens with constant plot pivots.
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
- 09
The Game
A high-stakes thriller where the line between reality and a personalized game constantly blurs.
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
- 10
10 Cloverfield Lane
A claustrophobic mystery that keeps you questioning the truth until the very end.
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
- 11
The Invisible Guest
A sleek, high-density mystery structured around conflicting flashbacks and sharp twists.
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.
- 12
Coherence
A mind-bending psychological puzzle that turns a simple dinner party into a reality-warping mystery.
Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.