Top rated movies with heroic acting that have ratcheting up tension

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

1 7500 (2019)

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

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2019-12-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar

Rating

rating icon 6.15
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    disturbingly realistic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    realistic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    intense

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2 Thirteen Lives (2022)

Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.

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2022-07-18 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell

Rating

rating icon 7.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stellar
  2. Ranked #1 for
    on tenterhooks
  3. Ranked #2 for
    thrilling

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3 Greyhound (2020)

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.

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2020-07-09 | War / Action

Cast

Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham

Rating

rating icon 7.412
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    tense and exciting
  2. Ranked #2 for
    lean
  3. Ranked #2 for
    shocking moment

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4 The Wolf's Call (2019)

With nuclear war looming, a military expert in underwater acoustics strives to prove things aren't as they seem—or sound—using only his ears.

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2019-02-20 | Thriller / Action

Cast

François Civil, Omar Sy

Rating

rating icon 7.555
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    plausible story
  2. Ranked #1 for
    rare
  3. Ranked #1 for
    flawed hero

Trailer

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5 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
    captivating directing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    engaging

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6 There Is No Evil (2020)

Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties.

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2020-10-22 | Drama

Cast

Mahtab Servati, Shaghayegh Shourian

Rating

rating icon 7.484
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    true work of art
  2. Ranked #2 for
    loosely connected plot
  3. Ranked #2 for
    huge compliment

Trailer

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7 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
    restless
  3. Ranked #3 for
    seasoned actor

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8 Murina (2022)

A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.

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2022-04-08 | Drama

Cast

Gracija Filipović, Danica Ćurčić

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    wonderful writing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    interpersonal relation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    ambiguous ending

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9 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
    shaking head in disbelief
  2. Ranked #1 for
    moral
  3. Ranked #2 for
    moderately entertaining

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10 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
    maddening
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slightly uncomfortable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unreasonable character

Trailer

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