Top rated movies with high-school-play-like acting that have ratcheting up tension

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

1 The Emigrants (2021)

Sweden, 1849. A poverty-stricken family decides to move to America in the hope of finding a better and more prosperous life. Although they know the journey will be dangerous and the pressure of facing a new life in a strange and wild land is great, they are determined to succeed.

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2021-12-25 | Drama / History

Cast

Lisa Carlehed, Gustaf Skarsgård

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    feeling sea sickness
  2. Ranked #2 for
    capturing the beauty
  3. Ranked #3 for
    rough draft

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2 Hosts (2020)

On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they terrorise a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways.

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2020-10-02 | Horror

Cast

Neal Ward, Samantha Loxley

Rating

rating icon 4.903
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    decently budgeted
  2. Ranked #2 for
    meh
  3. Ranked #2 for
    fever dream

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3 Stay Out Stay Alive (2019)

After an earthquake uncovers an abandoned goldmine, a hiker falls in and is trapped, forcing friends to grapple with a moral dilemma that spirals into madness.

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2019-11-26 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Barbara Crampton, Sage Mears

Rating

rating icon 5.093
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    meticulously planned
  2. Ranked #1 for
    exacting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    remaining etched

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4 Death Count (2022)

Strangers awaken in individual holding cells with no memory of how they arrived. They realize if they don't acquire enough online "likes" in a timely manner, they'll die horribly at the hands of a sinister executioner.

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2022-07-19 | Horror

Cast

Costas Mandylor, Michael Madsen

Rating

rating icon 3.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    gruesome imagery
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cheaply shot
  3. Ranked #2 for
    risible

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5 The Alpines (2021)

The Alpines is a psychological thriller that follows seven friends coming together for a weekend getaway after several years of little to no contact. They've grown apart. They've moved on with their lives. But the secrets of their past have come back to haunt them. This time with a very real threat ready to expose every last one.

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2021-01-19 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Aaron Latta-Morissette, Mally Corrigan

Rating

rating icon 4.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    full of suspense
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unexpected ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    frenemy

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6 Villains (2019)

When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find instead is a dark secret, and a sweet-as-pie pair of homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out.

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2019-09-20 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Bill Skarsgård, Maika Monroe

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sympathetic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    thin
  3. Ranked #1 for
    scenery-chewing performance

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7 The Dinner Party (2020)

A budding playwright and his wife attend a dinner party hosted by wealthy, cultural elites, who have promised to bankroll the writer's latest play to Broadway, but, in fact, have darker designs in mind for the couple.

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2020-05-29 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Sawandi Wilson, Mike Mayhall

Rating

rating icon 4.214
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    build up of tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    talented filmmaker
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sinuously beautiful

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8 Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire (2019)

Set one year after the events of Hell House LLC II, the hotel is on the verge of being torn down when it is purchased by billionaire Russell Wynn as the new home for his popular interactive show, Insomnia. He invites journalist Venessa Sheppard and her crew to record everything happening inside the hotel leading up to the performance - but they soon encounter a more nefarious plot, one that threatens to unleash a veritable hell on earth.

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2019-09-19 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Gabriel Chytry, Elizabeth Vermilyea

Rating

rating icon 5.14
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    well worth waiting
  2. Ranked #2 for
    muddled script
  3. Ranked #2 for
    with scare factors

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9 V/H/S/94 (2021)

After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.

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2021-09-26 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Anna Hopkins, Kyal Legend

Rating

rating icon 6.142
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    great shakes
  2. Ranked #2 for
    pretty cool
  3. Ranked #3 for
    mixed bag

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10 Captive (2020)

A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.

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2020-10-30 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

William Kircher, Tori kostic

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    real gem
  2. Ranked #2 for
    cleverly crafted
  3. Ranked #2 for
    one of rare gems

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