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
- 6.6
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
- 7.7
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
- 7.039
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
- 7.598
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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
- 7.531
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
- 6.591
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
- 7.678
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
- 5.7
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
- 6.052
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
- 6.688