Top rated tension-filled movies with technically superb directing

Check out today’s highest ranked tension-filled movies with technically superb directing! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best tension-filled movies with technically superb directing, 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
    pat ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    inconclusive ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    with tense moments

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

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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
    slowly building up

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4 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
    attention grabbing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    renegade
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unrewarding

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

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6 The Lighthouse (2019)

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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2019-10-18 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    crazy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lovecraftian
  3. Ranked #1 for
    iconography

Trailer

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7 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

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8 The Righteous (2021)

A burdened man feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger.

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2021-08-15 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    vindictive character
  2. Ranked #3 for
    ratcheting up tension
  3. Ranked #3 for
    great story

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9 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
    crazy plot
  3. Ranked #1 for
    plenty of twist

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10 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
    deliberately slow
  3. Ranked #1 for
    breathtaking visual

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