Top rated movies with most challenging role that have ratcheting up tension

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

1 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
    tense and suspenseful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    satisfying watch
  3. Ranked #1 for
    hair-raising

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2 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
    hitting on all cylinders

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3 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
    kind of lame
  2. Ranked #2 for
    half-baked
  3. Ranked #4 for
    slow beginning

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4 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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5 Lou (2022)

A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their past.

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2022-09-23 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett

Rating

rating icon 6.535
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    refreshing break
  2. Ranked #1 for
    refreshing change of pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    piece de resistance

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6 Nitram (2021)

Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in. As his anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most heinous of acts.

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2021-09-30 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis

Rating

rating icon 6.955
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    deeply disturbing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    disturbed man
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gratuitous violence

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7 Let Him Go (2020)

Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

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2020-11-05 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Diane Lane, Kevin Costner

Rating

rating icon 6.799
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    control freak
  2. Ranked #1 for
    top-notch
  3. Ranked #1 for
    wacko

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8 I Came By (2022)

A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.

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2022-08-19 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

George MacKay, Percelle Ascott

Rating

rating icon 6.282
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #4 for
    thin writing
  2. Ranked #5 for
    watching successively
  3. Ranked #5 for
    menacing villain

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9 Don't Worry Darling (2022)

Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why.

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2022-09-21 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Florence Pugh, Harry Styles

Rating

rating icon 6.806
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #4 for
    remaining unanswered
  2. Ranked #6 for
    lingering question
  3. Ranked #6 for
    satisfying watch

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10 The Invisible Man (2020)

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

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2020-02-26 | Thriller / Science Fiction

Cast

Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge

Rating

rating icon 7.113
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    futuristic society
  2. Ranked #2 for
    psychologically thrilling
  3. Ranked #3 for
    domineering character

Trailer

The Invisible Man trailer
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