Top rated movies with electrifying performance that have ratcheting up tension

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with electrifying performance and ratcheting up tension! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with electrifying performance and 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
    thought-provoking theme
  2. Ranked #1 for
    advanced
  3. Ranked #1 for
    immersive story

Trailer

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2 The Good Nurse (2022)

Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.

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2022-10-19 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne

Rating

rating icon 6.901
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    high caliber
  2. Ranked #2 for
    better-paced
  3. Ranked #2 for
    consistently engaged

Trailer

The Good Nurse trailer
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3 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
    attention holding
  2. Ranked #2 for
    solid performance
  3. Ranked #2 for
    solid casting

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Breaking trailer
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4 The Apology (2022)

Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret.

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2022-12-16 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Anna Gunn, Linus Roache

Rating

rating icon 6.192
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    wallowing in self pity
  2. Ranked #2 for
    for a cold winter night
  3. Ranked #3 for
    right out window

Trailer

The Apology trailer
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5 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
    deeply unsettling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fanaticism

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6 Passing (2021)

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.

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2021-10-27 | Drama

Cast

Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    rapid fire editing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    building up atmosphere
  3. Ranked #1 for
    MTV style editing

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7 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
    utterly absorbing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dark mood
  3. Ranked #1 for
    somber mood

Trailer

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8 Black Bear (2020)

At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.

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2020-12-04 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott

Rating

rating icon 6.502
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    out of left field
  2. Ranked #2 for
    somewhat confusing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    straightforward narrative

Trailer

Black Bear trailer
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9 The Lighthouse (2019)

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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2019-10-18 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe

Rating

rating icon 7.509
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    iconography
  2. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely insane
  3. Ranked #1 for
    crazy

Trailer

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10 The Outfit (2022)

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

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2022-02-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch

Rating

rating icon 7.092
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    crazy plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    chamber piece
  3. Ranked #1 for
    stagey acting

Trailer

The Outfit trailer
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