Top rated movies with layered performance that have ratcheting up tension

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

1 Relic (2020)

When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.

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2020-07-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote

Rating

rating icon 6.086
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slowly building up
  2. Ranked #1 for
    climactic ending
  3. Ranked #1 for
    deathly

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Relic trailer
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2 All the Old Knives (2022)

When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.

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2022-04-08 | Thriller / Action

Cast

Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton

Rating

rating icon 6.013
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    thrills and spills
  2. Ranked #1 for
    flashback sequence
  3. Ranked #2 for
    frenetic action

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

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4 A Quiet Place Part II (2021)

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

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2021-05-21 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy

Rating

rating icon 7.492
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with suspenseful moments
  2. Ranked #2 for
    asthmatic
  3. Ranked #2 for
    loud noise

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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
    absorbing

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6 Candyman (2021)

Anthony and his partner move into a loft in the now gentrified Cabrini-Green. After a chance encounter with an old-timer exposes Anthony to the true story behind Candyman, he unknowingly opens a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence.

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2021-08-25 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris

Rating

rating icon 6.042
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sociopolitical
  2. Ranked #1 for
    socially aware character
  3. Ranked #2 for
    Urban Legend

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7 Run (2020)

Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.

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2020-11-20 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen

Rating

rating icon 7.261
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    psychologically thrilling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    on edge of seat
  3. Ranked #1 for
    tension-filled

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8 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
    keeping attention
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stunning visual
  3. Ranked #1 for
    food for thought

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9 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
    cleverly crafted
  2. Ranked #2 for
    one of rare gems
  3. Ranked #2 for
    real gem

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Captive trailer
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10 Ready or Not (2019)

When a young bride marries into a ridiculously rich and delightfully deranged family, her wedding night becomes her worst nightmare as she's forced to play a lethal game of hide-and-seek and must fight to stay alive.

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2019-08-21 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Samara Weaving, Adam Brody

Rating

rating icon 7.06
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    scream queen
  2. Ranked #1 for
    entertaining finish
  3. Ranked #3 for
    naff

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Ready or Not trailer
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