Top rated tension-filled movies with state of art special effect

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

1 Greenland (2020)

John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

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2020-07-29 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin

Rating

rating icon 7.14
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    deep impact
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Disaster Movie
  3. Ranked #1 for
    good performance

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2 Sputnik (2020)

At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…

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2020-09-08 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Oksana Akinshina, Pyotr Fyodorov

Rating

rating icon 6.508
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #4 for
    creditable directing
  2. Ranked #4 for
    moment of brilliance
  3. Ranked #5 for
    cyberpunk

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3 Hideout (2021)

Evading police at a remote farmhouse after fumbling a robbery, four criminals discover that the family living there is not who they appear to be.

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2021-11-09 | Horror / Crime

Cast

Katie Lyons, Bryan Enright

Rating

rating icon 5.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    weird camera angle
  2. Ranked #1 for
    downright painful
  3. Ranked #1 for
    poorly put together

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4 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 WW2. 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
    lean
  2. Ranked #2 for
    tense and exciting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    shocking moment

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5 The Head Hunter (2019)

On the outskirts of a kingdom, a quiet but fierce medieval warrior protects the realm from monsters and the occult. His gruesome collection of heads is missing only one - the monster that killed his daughter years ago. Driven by a thirst for revenge, he travels wild expanses on horseback. When his second chance arrives, it’s in a way far more horrifying than he ever imagined.

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2019-04-05 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Christopher Rygh, Cora Kaufman

Rating

rating icon 5.307
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    flashy visual
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cool
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gritty atmosphere

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6 Cryptid (2022)

A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.

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2022-10-07 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Nicholas Baroudi, Ellen Adair

Rating

rating icon 3.75
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    never boring
  2. Ranked #1 for
    building suspense
  3. Ranked #1 for
    beyond realms

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7 Underwater (2020)

After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.

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2020-01-08 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel

Rating

rating icon 6.285
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Monster Movie
  2. Ranked #2 for
    respite
  3. Ranked #4 for
    claustrophobic

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8 The Wolf's Call (2019)

With nuclear war looming, a military expert in underwater acoustics strives to prove things aren't as they seem—or sound—using only his ears.

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2019-02-20 | Thriller / Action

Cast

François Civil, Omar Sy

Rating

rating icon 7.55
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    rare
  2. Ranked #1 for
    plausible story
  3. Ranked #1 for
    flawed hero

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9 The Burning Sea (2021)

An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.

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2021-10-29 | Action / Drama

Cast

Kristine Kujath Thorp, Henrik Bjelland

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    remotely believable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    quite impressive
  3. Ranked #1 for
    particularly impressed

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10 The Captain (2019)

Based on the true story of a pilot who had to ensure the safety of 128 passengers and crew members on the plane when its windshield became damaged mid-flight. The incident is regarded as one of the miracles in aviation history.

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2019-09-30 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Zhang Hanyu, Oho Ou

Rating

rating icon 7.042
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nailbiter
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stoic
  3. Ranked #2 for
    calm

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