Top rated high-minded movies with ratcheting up tension

Check out today’s highest ranked high-minded movies with ratcheting up tension! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best high-minded 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
    deeply unsettling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    psychological character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fanaticism

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Saint Maud trailer
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2 The Scary of Sixty-First (2021)

Two roommates’ lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.

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2021-12-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Betsey Brown, Madeline Quinn

Rating

rating icon 5.714
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    burnish
  2. Ranked #1 for
    non-existent character development
  3. Ranked #2 for
    chintzy

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The Scary of Sixty-First trailer
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3 Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019)

Pastor Park, the head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders, begins looking into a suspicious new religion called Deer Mount.

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2019-02-20 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Lee Jung-jae, Park Jeong-min

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unwieldy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pure
  3. Ranked #1 for
    deeply focused

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Svaha: The Sixth Finger trailer
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4 Breaking (2022)

Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.

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2022-08-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams

Rating

rating icon 6.594
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    hitting on all cylinders
  2. Ranked #2 for
    solid casting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    solid performance

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Breaking trailer
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5 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.

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

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6 The Menu (2022)

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

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2022-11-17 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes

Rating

rating icon 7.185
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    gastronomic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    like Chef
  3. Ranked #2 for
    snazzy

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The Menu trailer
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7 The Dead Center (2019)

When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.

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2019-10-11 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan

Rating

rating icon 5.627
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    truly terrified
  2. Ranked #2 for
    convincing manner
  3. Ranked #2 for
    source of evil

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The Dead Center trailer
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8 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
    layered
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pronounced actor
  3. Ranked #1 for
    ambiguous

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Luce trailer
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9 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
    like a mirror
  2. Ranked #1 for
    symbolic imagery
  3. Ranked #1 for
    figurative concept

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Men trailer
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10 Official Secrets (2019)

The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.

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2019-08-30 | Thriller / History

Cast

Keira Knightley, Matt Smith

Rating

rating icon 7.242
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    moral
  2. Ranked #1 for
    shaking head in disbelief
  3. Ranked #2 for
    moderately entertaining

Trailer

Official Secrets trailer
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