Top rated movies with overly exaggerated acting that have ratcheting up tension

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

1 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
    frenemy
  3. Ranked #2 for
    unexpected ending

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2 Playhouse (2020)

Reckless Jack Travis is an irreverent horror writer notorious for scaring audiences. But as he obsesses over creating a new theatre show set in a haunted Scottish castle, demonic disturbances from deep within the walls begin to prey on his troubled daughter. When the alarming supernatural forces start to close in on him too, Jack is forced to reckon with the terrifying consequences of creating such a dark and macabre play. But will he realise the danger of unearthing a historic curse and stop writing before he damns himself, his personal sanity and those he loves forever?

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2020-11-17 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

William Holstead, Grace Courtney

Rating

rating icon 5.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    voluptuous actress
  2. Ranked #1 for
    naughty boy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    different camera angle

Trailer

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3 The Fanatic (2019)

A rabid film fan stalks his favorite action hero and destroys the star's life.

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2019-08-30 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

John Travolta, Devon Sawa

Rating

rating icon 4.483
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    unintentionally comical
  2. Ranked #3 for
    fanatic
  3. Ranked #4 for
    howler

Trailer

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4 Two Witches (2023)

A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.

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2023-03-02 | Horror

Cast

Belle Adams, Jacob DeMonte-Finn

Rating

rating icon 6.036
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    downright evil
  2. Ranked #2 for
    discernible plot
  3. Ranked #3 for
    dumbed down plot

Trailer

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5 The Owners (2020)

A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the would-be thieves must fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.

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2020-08-27 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy

Rating

rating icon 5.621
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    kind of weird
  2. Ranked #1 for
    uncreative story
  3. Ranked #1 for
    followable

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6 Hideout (2021)

Evading police at a remote farmhouse after fumbling a robbery, four criminals discover that the family living there is not who they appear to be.

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2021-11-09 | Horror / Crime

Cast

Katie Lyons, Bryan Enright

Rating

rating icon 4.972
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    downright painful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    weird camera angle
  3. Ranked #1 for
    poorly put together

Trailer

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7 Fatal Affair (2020)

Ellie tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus after a brief encounter with an old friend, David, only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she'd realized.

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2020-07-16 | Thriller

Cast

Nia Long, Stephen Bishop

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    easily forgettable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    redeeming value
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unconvincing

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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
    food for thought
  2. Ranked #1 for
    well-executed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    building suspense

Trailer

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9 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.

Info

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
    personification of evil

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10 Cryptid (2022)

A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.

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2022-10-07 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Nicholas Baroudi, Ellen Adair

Rating

rating icon 3.667
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    feeling a little rushed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mindless gore
  3. Ranked #1 for
    never boring

Trailer

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