Top rated brainy movies with ratcheting up tension

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

1 The Prototype (2022)

A government agent stumbles upon an alien conspiracy to conquer Earth. Using a blue liquid created by the aliens to make soldiers stronger, he becomes The Prototype-the only hope for mankind.

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2022-02-25 | Action / Science Fiction

Cast

Victoria De Mare, Theresa Tilly

Rating

rating icon 4.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    spectacular visual
  2. Ranked #1 for
    captivating directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pulse-pounding

Trailer

The Prototype trailer
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2 Escape Room (2019)

Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.

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2019-01-03 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Taylor Russell, Logan Miller

Rating

rating icon 6.543
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    entertaining romp
  2. Ranked #2 for
    kind of cool
  3. Ranked #3 for
    suspenseful

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Escape Room trailer
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3 Midnight (2021)

A serial killer ruthlessly hunts down a deaf woman through the streets of South Korea after she witnesses his brutal crime.

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2021-06-30 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Jin Ki-joo, Wi Ha-jun

Rating

rating icon 7.179
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stunningly gorgeous
  2. Ranked #1 for
    upset
  3. Ranked #1 for
    muddled script

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Midnight trailer
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4 Vicious Fun (2021)

Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in with his homicidal surroundings or risk becoming the next victim.

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2021-11-04 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Evan Marsh, Amber Goldfarb

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    viscous
  2. Ranked #1 for
    malicious character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    reinventing the wheel

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Vicious Fun trailer
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5 Alone (2020)

A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.

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2020-09-10 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca

Rating

rating icon 6.346
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    suspenseful
  2. Ranked #2 for
    incredibly tense atmosphere
  3. Ranked #2 for
    heart-pounding

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Alone trailer
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6 Run (2020)

Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.

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2020-11-20 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen

Rating

rating icon 7.261
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    heart-pounding
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tense
  3. Ranked #1 for
    incredibly tense atmosphere

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7 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 7.092
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    plenty of twist
  2. Ranked #1 for
    chamber piece
  3. Ranked #1 for
    classy

Trailer

The Outfit trailer
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8 Sea Fever (2020)

The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.

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2020-03-06 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Hermione Corfield, Ardalan Esmaili

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    good pace
  2. Ranked #2 for
    well-acted
  3. Ranked #2 for
    decently written

Trailer

Sea Fever trailer
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9 Stay Out Stay Alive (2019)

After an earthquake uncovers an abandoned goldmine, a hiker falls in and is trapped, forcing friends to grapple with a moral dilemma that spirals into madness.

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2019-11-26 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Barbara Crampton, Sage Mears

Rating

rating icon 5.093
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    inexcusable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    meticulously planned
  3. Ranked #1 for
    exacting

Trailer

Stay Out Stay Alive trailer
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10 The Boy Behind The Door (2020)

Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.

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2020-09-27 | Horror

Cast

Lonnie Chavis, Ezra Dewey

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    idiotic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    talented enough director
  3. Ranked #1 for
    simp

Trailer

The Boy Behind The Door trailer
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