Top rated movies with technically superb directing that have a nail biting moments

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with technically superb directing and a nail biting moments! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with technically superb directing and a nail biting moments, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 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 5.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    inconclusive ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pat ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    with tense moments

Trailer

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2 Little Joe (2019)

Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.

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2019-11-01 | Drama / Science Fiction

Cast

Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw

Rating

rating icon 5.748
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bright colors
  2. Ranked #1 for
    high-pitched voice
  3. Ranked #1 for
    breathtaking visual

Trailer

Little Joe trailer
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3 Watcher (2022)

As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

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2022-06-03 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    building tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sense of isolation
  3. Ranked #2 for
    unblinking

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4 Last Night in Soho (2021)

A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.

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2021-10-21 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy

Rating

rating icon 7.344
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dazzling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    glamorous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    kaleidoscopic

Trailer

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5 Rust Creek (2019)

When an overachieving college senior makes a wrong turn, her road trip becomes a life-changing fight for survival in rural Kentucky.

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2019-01-04 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson

Rating

rating icon 6.346
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    good ole boy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    totally absurd
  3. Ranked #1 for
    redneck

Trailer

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6 The Outfit (2022)

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

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2022-02-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch

Rating

rating icon 7.124
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stagey acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    crazy plot
  3. Ranked #1 for
    full of twists and turns

Trailer

The Outfit trailer
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7 Anything for Jackson (2020)

A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child, but they end up summoning more than they bargained for.

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2020-04-04 | Horror

Cast

Sheila McCarthy, Julian Richings

Rating

rating icon 6.802
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    kind of silly
  2. Ranked #2 for
    decently scary
  3. Ranked #2 for
    comedown

Trailer

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8 Captive (2020)

A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.

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2020-10-30 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

William Kircher, Tori kostic

Rating

rating icon 7.239
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    real gem
  2. Ranked #2 for
    cleverly crafted
  3. Ranked #2 for
    one of rare gems

Trailer

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9 Gaia (2021)

In the depths of an ancient forest, something has been growing. Something older than humanity itself, and perhaps greater too. When a park ranger discovers a man and his son living wild, she stumbles onto a secret that is about to change the world.

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2021-06-18 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Monique Rockman, Carel Nel

Rating

rating icon 5.978
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    uneasy atmosphere
  2. Ranked #1 for
    expansive
  3. Ranked #1 for
    bit shaky camera work

Trailer

Gaia trailer
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10 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 6.95
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cruel
  2. Ranked #1 for
    class act
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gradually developed

Trailer

The Innocents trailer
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