Top rated combative movies with ratcheting up tension

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

1 God's Country (2022)

When a grieving college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.

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2022-09-15 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Thandiwe Newton, Jeremy Bobb

Rating

rating icon 5.686
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    pitiful
  2. Ranked #3 for
    seasoned actor
  3. Ranked #3 for
    restless

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2 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 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    loose thread
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unanswered question
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pronounced actor

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3 Tailgate (2019)

A cocksure, road-raging family man finds himself pursued and terrorized by the vengeful van driver he chooses to tailgate.

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2019-10-31 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Jeroen Spitzenberger, Anniek Pheifer

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    short-tempered character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    totally unrealistic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    belligerent

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4 The Painter and the Thief (2020)

When two of artist Barbora Kysilkova’s most valuable paintings are stolen from a gallery at Frogner in Oslo, the police are able to find the thief after a few days, but the paintings are nowhere to be found. Barbora goes to the trial in hopes of finding clues, but instead she ends up asking the thief if she can paint a portrait of him. This will be the start of a very unusual friendship. Over three years, the cinematic documentary follows the incredible story of the artist looking for her stolen paintings, while at the same time turning the thief into art.

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2020-09-05 | Documentary

Cast

Barbora Kysilkova, Karl-Bertil Nordland

Rating

rating icon 7.32
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    artistic genius
  2. Ranked #1 for
    abstruse
  3. Ranked #1 for
    scaled back

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5 Boiling Point (2021)

A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.

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2021-07-05 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson

Rating

rating icon 7.233
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    relentless
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sheerly brilliant directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pleasing ensemble

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6 What Josiah Saw (2021)

A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.

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2021-08-13 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Robert Patrick, Nick Stahl

Rating

rating icon 5.983
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    above par
  2. Ranked #1 for
    utterly convincing acting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    flawed hero

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7 Speak No Evil (2022)

A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.

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2022-03-17 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch

Rating

rating icon 6.617
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    discomforting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    deeply unpleasant
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unreasonable character

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8 Men (2022)

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.

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2022-05-20 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear

Rating

rating icon 6.121
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    visual metaphor
  2. Ranked #1 for
    like a mirror
  3. Ranked #1 for
    symbolic imagery

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9 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 5.702
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    ambient sound
  2. Ranked #1 for
    use of primary colors
  3. Ranked #1 for
    high-pitched voice

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10 Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.

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2022-08-05 | Horror / Comedy

Cast

Maria Bakalova, Amandla Stenberg

Rating

rating icon 6.242
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unlikable
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unlikable character
  3. Ranked #3 for
    insufferable voice

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Bodies Bodies Bodies trailer
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