Top rated mean movies with ratcheting up tension

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

1 The Innocents (2021)

Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.

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2021-09-03 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad

Rating

rating icon 6.917
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    director with natural ability
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cruel
  3. Ranked #1 for
    class act

Trailer

The Innocents trailer
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2 The Power of the Dog (2021)

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

Info

2021-10-25 | Drama / Western

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst

Rating

rating icon 6.782
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slow and deliberate
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar nomination deserving
  3. Ranked #1 for
    very slow moving

Trailer

The Power of the Dog trailer
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3 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.

Info

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
    feeling uneasy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slightly uncomfortable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    discomforting

Trailer

Speak No Evil trailer
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4 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
    skin crawling

Trailer

The Lodge 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 Coming Home in the Dark (2021)

A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip.

Info

2021-08-12 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    interesting dynamic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    creating tension
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unjustifiable character

Trailer

Coming Home in the Dark trailer
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7 Hunter Hunter (2020)

A fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the remote wilderness, but they soon become increasingly worried when their peaceful existence is disrupted.

Info

2020-12-18 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell

Rating

rating icon 6.343
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    real shocker
  2. Ranked #1 for
    woah
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lumberjack

Trailer

Hunter Hunter trailer
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8 The Scary of Sixty-First (2021)

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

Info

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

Trailer

The Scary of Sixty-First trailer
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9 Never Grow Old (2019)

An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.

Info

2019-03-15 | Western

Cast

Emile Hirsch, John Cusack

Rating

rating icon 6.024
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unsavory
  2. Ranked #1 for
    downbeat
  3. Ranked #1 for
    undesirable character

Trailer

Never Grow Old trailer
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10 The Feast (2021)

A wealthy family hosts a sumptuous dinner, only for a mysterious young server to chillingly unravel their lives with terrifying consequences they could never see coming.

Info

2021-11-19 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Annes Elwy, Nia Roberts

Rating

rating icon 5.574
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    increasing tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slow pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    underlying theme

Trailer

The Feast trailer
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