Top rated forlorn movies with ratcheting up tension

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

1 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
    psychological character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    deeply unsettling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fanaticism

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Saint Maud trailer
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2 The Stylist (2020)

Claire is a lonely hairstylist who secretly murders and scalps her clients. When Olivia makes the well-intentioned mistake of asking Claire to style her hair for her wedding, she becomes dangerously obsessed, and her sanity starts to slip away with bloody consequences.

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2020-09-26 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Najarra Townsend, Brea Grant

Rating

rating icon 5.09
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    swift pace
  2. Ranked #2 for
    becoming obsessed
  3. Ranked #2 for
    tight editing

Trailer

The Stylist trailer
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3 Influencer (2023)

While struggling on a solo backpacking trip in Thailand, social media influencer Madison meets CW, who travels with ease and shows her a more uninhibited way of living. But CW's interest in her takes a darker turn.

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2023-05-18 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant

Rating

rating icon 6.17
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    maintaining tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stunningly beautiful
  3. Ranked #3 for
    drop-dead gorgeous

Trailer

Influencer trailer
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4 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

Trailer

God's Country trailer
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5 Ma (2019)

Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.

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2019-05-29 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers

Rating

rating icon 5.824
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    half-baked
  2. Ranked #2 for
    kind of lame
  3. Ranked #4 for
    slow beginning

Trailer

Ma trailer
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6 We're All Going to the World's Fair (2022)

Reality and fantasy begin to blur when a teenager, alone in her attic bedroom, immerses herself in a role-playing horror game online.

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2022-04-15 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Anna Cobb, Michael J Rogers

Rating

rating icon 5.397
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Urban Legend
  2. Ranked #1 for
    chilling moments
  3. Ranked #2 for
    lonely character

Trailer

We're All Going to the World's Fair trailer
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7 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
    feeling of isolation
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sense of isolation
  3. Ranked #2 for
    primal fear

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Watcher trailer
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8 The Vanishing (2019)

Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.

Info

2019-01-04 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan

Rating

rating icon 5.73
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    barely intelligible
  2. Ranked #2 for
    begging the question
  3. Ranked #2 for
    psychological mystery

Trailer

The Vanishing trailer
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9 I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

Info

2020-08-28 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley

Rating

rating icon 6.572
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    obtuse
  2. Ranked #1 for
    analytical
  3. Ranked #1 for
    scratching head

Trailer

I'm Thinking of Ending Things trailer
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10 The Killing of Two Lovers (2021)

David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.

Info

2021-02-23 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Clayne Crawford, Sepideh Moafi

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    steadyhanded directing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    shocking ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    neat and tidy

Trailer

The Killing of Two Lovers trailer
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