Top rated highly suspenseful movies with compelling directing

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

1 Eye for an Eye (2019)

Mario, an exemplary man, lives in a village on the Galician coast. In the old people’s home, where he works as a nurse, everyone appreciates him. When the best known narco in the area, Antonio Padín, recently released from prison, enters the residence, Mario tries to make Antonio feel at home. Now, Padín's two sons, Kike and Toño, are in charge of the family business. The failure of an operation will put Kike in jail and cause them to owe a large debt to a Colombian supplier. Toño will turn to the nurse to try to convince his father to assume the debt. But Mario has his own plans.

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2019-08-30 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Luis Tosar, María Vázquez

Rating

rating icon 6.675
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    act of revenge
  2. Ranked #1 for
    implacable
  3. Ranked #2 for
    fine supporting cast

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2 The Rhythm Section (2020)

When she discovers the plane crash that claimed the lives of her family was no accident, Stephanie Patrick enters the dark, complex world of international espionage seeking vengeance. With nothing left to lose, Stephanie transforms from victim to assassin and discovers that neither revenge nor the truth are what they appear.

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2020-01-31 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Blake Lively, Jude Law

Rating

rating icon 5.52
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    zesty
  2. Ranked #1 for
    engaging directing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    convincing

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3 Torpedo: U-235 (2019)

World War II: Resistance fighters accept a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine carrying atomic uranium. Hunted by Hitler’s army, the crew must outwit the German Navy to bring the cargo safely to America.

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2019-10-23 | Action / War

Cast

Koen De Bouw, Ella-June Henrard

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    melted-down plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    simple plot
  3. Ranked #1 for
    overly serious

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4 Dual Mania (2021)

A psychological thriller dealing with the dual persona a young man possesses and attempts to conceal throughout his ongoing sessions with his therapist.

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2021-07-03 | Thriller

Cast

Joseph Plummer, Sherrice Eaglin

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    artistic view
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cat-and-mouse
  3. Ranked #1 for
    kind of cool

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5 Cicada Song (2019)

Karen is a tough, corn fed, outspoken, farm manager who cares about the people she works for and the migrant people who work for her. When one of her farmhands approaches her about a little girl that has recently disappeared, she becomes closer to her employees than she ever thought possible. But, when her lover, Annabelle, disappears, the bubble Karen lives in bursts and she begins an investigation only to uncover something dark in the little town she grew up in.

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2019-09-27 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Lyndsey Lantz, Jenny Mesa

Rating

rating icon 5.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    greatly anticipated
  2. Ranked #1 for
    good pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    decently written

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6 The Black Phone (2022)

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

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2022-06-22 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke

Rating

rating icon 7.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bone chilling
  2. Ranked #2 for
    lovecraftian
  3. Ranked #3 for
    absolutely terrifying

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7 The Operative (2019)

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.

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2019-07-24 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman

Rating

rating icon 5.849
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    inconclusive ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pat ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    satisfying resolution

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8 White Lie (2019)

Katie Arneson is faking cancer. A university dance major, Katie's falsified diagnosis and counterfeit fundraising have transformed her into a campus celebrity surrounded by the supportive community she's always dreamed of. But now dependent on a bursary for sick students to maintain her ruse, Katie learns the funding is in jeopardy unless she can provide copies of her medical records within the week.

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2019-09-07 | Drama

Cast

Kacey Rohl, Amber Anderson

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most talented
  2. Ranked #1 for
    talented
  3. Ranked #1 for
    abhorrent

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9 The Innocents (2021)

Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.

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2021-09-03 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad

Rating

rating icon 6.954
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cruel
  2. Ranked #1 for
    class act
  3. Ranked #2 for
    mean spirited

Trailer

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10 Nope (2022)

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

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2022-07-20 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer

Rating

rating icon 6.863
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    cinematic spectacle
  2. Ranked #5 for
    otherworldly
  3. Ranked #5 for
    helium voice

Trailer

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