Top rated tension-filled movies with deft directing

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

1 The Stranger (2022)

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of this tightly wrought thriller, which is based on the true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.

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2022-10-06 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris

Rating

rating icon 6.176
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    somber mood
  2. Ranked #1 for
    electrifying
  3. Ranked #1 for
    dark mood

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2 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
    crafty
  2. Ranked #1 for
    chamber piece
  3. Ranked #1 for
    crazy plot

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3 Shiva Baby (2021)

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.

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2021-04-02 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Rachel Sennott, Molly Gordon

Rating

rating icon 7.195
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slightly irritating voice
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tight
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with embarrassing moments

Trailer

Shiva Baby trailer
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4 The Hole in the Ground (2019)

Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.

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2019-03-01 | Horror

Cast

Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey

Rating

rating icon 5.62
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    left unexplained
  2. Ranked #2 for
    genuinely eerie
  3. Ranked #2 for
    payoff at ending

Trailer

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5 Master (2022)

At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, two black women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past… and present.

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2022-03-18 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Regina Hall, Zoe Renee

Rating

rating icon 5.338
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    less than satisfying
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lingering question
  3. Ranked #1 for
    firm

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6 Parasite (2019)

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

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2019-05-30 | Comedy / Thriller

Cast

Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun

Rating

rating icon 8.51
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    using elocution
  2. Ranked #1 for
    created a buzz
  3. Ranked #1 for
    overrated

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7 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
    high-pitched voice
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fitting soundtrack
  3. Ranked #1 for
    deliberately slow

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8 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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9 Luce (2019)

A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.

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2019-08-02 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts

Rating

rating icon 6.344
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pronounced actor
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ambiguous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    loose thread

Trailer

Luce trailer
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10 The Power of the Dog (2021)

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

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2021-10-25 | Drama / Western

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst

Rating

rating icon 6.79
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar nomination deserving
  2. Ranked #1 for
    extraordinary
  3. Ranked #1 for
    painfully slow

Trailer

The Power of the Dog trailer
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