Top rated extremely tense movies with a straightforward narrative
Check out today’s highest ranked extremely tense movies with a straightforward narrative! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best extremely tense movies with a straightforward narrative, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Black Bear (2020)
At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.
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- 2020-12-04 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott
Rating
6.5
2 Breaking (2022)
Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.
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- 2022-08-25 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams
Rating
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6.604
3 Bacurau (2019)
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
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- 2019-08-29 | Mystery / Western
Cast
- Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino
Rating
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7.7
4 The Report (2019)
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.
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- 2019-09-12 | Drama
Cast
- Adam Driver, Annette Bening
Rating
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7.041
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5 How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)
A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.
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- 2023-04-07 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth
Rating
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6.5
6 Official Secrets (2019)
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
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- 2019-08-30 | Thriller / History
Cast
- Keira Knightley, Matt Smith
Rating
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7.233
7 Holy Spider (2022)
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
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- 2022-07-13 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani
Rating
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7.286
8 The Vanishing (2019)
Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.
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- 2019-01-04 | Thriller / Mystery
Cast
- Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan
Rating
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5.731
9 Emily the Criminal (2022)
Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.
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- 2022-08-12 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi
Rating
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6.738
10 The Lighthouse (2019)
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
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- 2019-10-18 | Drama / Fantasy
Cast
- Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe
Rating
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7.515
