Top rated brilliantly crafted movies with ratcheting up tension

Check out today’s highest ranked brilliantly crafted movies with ratcheting up tension! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best brilliantly crafted 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
    stunning visual
  2. Ranked #1 for
    engaging finish
  3. Ranked #1 for
    well-executed

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2 Saint Maud (2020)

Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.

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2020-10-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle

Rating

rating icon 6.606
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    paranoid
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fanatic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    bated breath

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Saint Maud trailer
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3 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 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    one of rare gems
  2. Ranked #2 for
    top grade
  3. Ranked #2 for
    cleverly crafted

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Captive trailer
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4 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 #1 for
    vindictive character
  2. Ranked #3 for
    great story
  3. Ranked #4 for
    increasing tension

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The Righteous trailer
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5 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 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman

Rating

rating icon 6.483
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sense of isolation
  2. Ranked #1 for
    feeling of isolation
  3. Ranked #2 for
    fearing the dark

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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
    bang for buck
  2. Ranked #1 for
    incredibly tense atmosphere
  3. Ranked #1 for
    most effective

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7 Hosts (2020)

On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they terrorise a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways.

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2020-10-02 | Horror

Cast

Neal Ward, Samantha Loxley

Rating

rating icon 4.903
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    decently budgeted
  2. Ranked #2 for
    meh
  3. Ranked #2 for
    personification of evil

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8 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 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    too slow-paced
  2. Ranked #1 for
    attention grabbing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    riveting

Trailer

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9 The Vast of Night (2019)

At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.

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2019-06-01 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz

Rating

rating icon 6.55
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cranky
  2. Ranked #1 for
    like The Twilight Zone
  3. Ranked #2 for
    alarming

Trailer

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10 The Lodge (2020)

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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2020-01-16 | Horror

Cast

Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell

Rating

rating icon 6.119
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #5 for
    mentally unstable
  2. Ranked #6 for
    spine-tingling
  3. Ranked #7 for
    paranoid

Trailer

The Lodge trailer
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