Top rated nail-biting movies with a psychological insight

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

1 Greyhound (2020)

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.

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2020-07-09 | War / Action

Cast

Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham

Rating

rating icon 7.409
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    shocking moment
  2. Ranked #2 for
    tense and exciting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    lean

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2 Mass (2021)

Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.

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2021-10-08 | Drama

Cast

Martha Plimpton, Jason Isaacs

Rating

rating icon 7.507
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely sensational
  2. Ranked #1 for
    for dinner conversation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    powerhouse

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3 Boiling Point (2021)

A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.

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2021-07-05 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    seamless flow
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sheerly brilliant directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pleasing ensemble

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4 Stockholm (2019)

Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

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2019-04-12 | Crime / Comedy

Cast

Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace

Rating

rating icon 5.857
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    surprisingly sympathetic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    humorous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with dramatic moments

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5 Back Roads (2019)

A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.

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2019-11-15 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison

Rating

rating icon 5.946
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark and twisted
  2. Ranked #2 for
    possessive
  3. Ranked #2 for
    tragic result

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6 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 7.041
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    traditional method directing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unaccountable
  3. Ranked #3 for
    for political discussion

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7 Use Me (2019)

Use Me is a provocative thriller following filmmaker Julian Shaw (playing himself) as he makes a documentary about ‘mental humiliatrix' Ceara Lynch (playing herself). Lynch is a new breed of online sex worker who has made a fortune humiliating her willing clientele over the Internet without ever meeting them in person. As Julian delves deeper into Ceara’s bizarre practice he discovers that the line between fantasy and reality isn’t as clear as she portrays it to be. Could it be that Ceara is hiding something deeply unethical from Julian? Perhaps some of her clients aren’t as willing as she has portrayed them to be? When Julian engineers a real-world encounter between Ceara and a slave he believes she has wronged, a game of cat and mouse begins that could have life and death consequences.

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2019-06-02 | Thriller

Cast

Julian Shaw, Ceara Lynch

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sexual fantasy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    plain
  3. Ranked #1 for
    giving insight

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8 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

rating icon 6.738
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    easy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    thoroughly believable acting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    creditable directing

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9 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

rating icon 7.286
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most exciting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    morally dubious
  3. Ranked #1 for
    most creative

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10 Savage (2019)

Inspired by the true stories of New Zealand's street gangs across 30 years, we follow Danny at three defining moments in his life as he grows from a boy into the violent enforcer of a gang.

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2019-10-11 | Crime

Cast

John Tui, Jake Ryan

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    positive start
  2. Ranked #2 for
    savage
  3. Ranked #2 for
    ringing true

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