Top rated extremely tense movies with distinctive directing

Check out today’s highest ranked extremely tense movies with distinctive directing! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best extremely tense movies with distinctive directing, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 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

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    good casting
  2. Ranked #2 for
    hitting on all cylinders
  3. Ranked #2 for
    maintaining interest

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2 The Traitor (2019)

Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.

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2019-05-23 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    adding credibility
  2. Ranked #2 for
    semblance of reality
  3. Ranked #3 for
    like The Godfather

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3 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

rating icon 7.039
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    traditional method directing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unaccountable
  3. Ranked #3 for
    righteous character

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4 Les Misérables (2019)

Inspired by the 2005 riots in Paris, Stéphane, a recent transplant to the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, joins the local anti-crime squad. Working alongside his unscrupulous colleagues Chris and Gwada, Stéphane struggles to maintain order amidst the mounting tensions between local gangs. When an arrest turns unexpectedly violent, the three officers must reckon with the aftermath and keep the neighborhood from spiraling out of control.

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2019-11-14 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti

Rating

rating icon 7.598
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    leaving wonders
  2. Ranked #1 for
    forceful
  3. Ranked #1 for
    new kid on the block

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5 Emergency Declaration (2022)

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.

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2022-08-03 | Action / Drama

Cast

Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun

Rating

rating icon 7.531
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    upbeat ending
  2. Ranked #3 for
    white-knuckled
  3. Ranked #3 for
    iconoclast

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6 I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

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2020-08-28 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley

Rating

rating icon 6.591
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    analytical
  2. Ranked #1 for
    scratching head
  3. Ranked #1 for
    obtuse

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7 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

rating icon 7.678
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    savage
  2. Ranked #2 for
    westernized
  3. Ranked #2 for
    seemingly tacked on

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8 100 Days to Live (2019)

When a serial killer abducts a young woman’s fiancé, she must race against the clock to discover the identity of the killer, and more importantly – his motive.

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2019-10-17 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Colin Egglesfield, Gideon Emery

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    kind of dumb
  2. Ranked #1 for
    snappy pace
  3. Ranked #2 for
    plenty of twist

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9 Shirley (2020)

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

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2020-09-11 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young

Rating

rating icon 6.052
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    intellectual directing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    creative directing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    analytic

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10 Hunt (2022)

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

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2022-08-10 | Action / Mystery

Cast

Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung

Rating

rating icon 6.688
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    ferocious
  2. Ranked #1 for
    explosive
  3. Ranked #1 for
    action-oriented

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