Top rated movies with rather stiff acting that have ratcheting up tension

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

1 Dangerous Methods (2022)

An ambitious Hollywood assistant finds herself in a hellish, live-or-death situation when she agrees to live in isolation with an overbearing Method actor who wants an extreme experience far from civilization while preparing for his next role.

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2022-04-01 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Nicky Whelan, Costas Mandylor

Rating

rating icon 3.25
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    method acting
  2. Ranked #2 for
    naturalistic acting
  3. Ranked #4 for
    traditional method directing

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2 Rebecca (2020)

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

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2020-10-16 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Lily James, Armie Hammer

Rating

rating icon 6.31
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark and gothic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dashing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    ingenue

Trailer

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3 Mid-Century (2022)

A husband and wife's weekend in a mid-century modern vacation rental turns deadly when the husband discovers the owner is a psychopath with a backyard of buried secrets and designs on his wife.

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2022-06-17 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Shane West, Sarah Hay

Rating

rating icon 4.648
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    evil henchman
  2. Ranked #1 for
    too convoluted
  3. Ranked #2 for
    talented director

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4 Blood Quantum (2019)

The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.

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2019-09-05 | Horror

Cast

Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Rating

rating icon 5.741
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    engulfing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    heartbreaker
  3. Ranked #1 for
    Apocalypse Film

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5 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
    seasoned actor
  3. Ranked #3 for
    restless

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6 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
    top grade
  3. Ranked #2 for
    one of rare gems

Trailer

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7 Alien Outbreak (2020)

In a small rural community, local police officers Zoe and Patrick begin their shift as normal but soon, strange events unfold. Residents begin behaving erratically, and suicidal panic spreads amongst the township they are trying to protect. Zoe and Patrick realise alien machines are taking hold, cutting their small group of survivors off from the outside world. Can the determined humans band together to save their community, and all mankind, from extinction?

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2020-02-11 | Science Fiction / Horror

Cast

Katherine Drake, Ritchie Crane

Rating

rating icon 3.708
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    passable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    better than most
  3. Ranked #1 for
    rather uneventful

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8 Little Joe (2019)

Alice, a single mother who is more dedicated to her work as a genetic engineer than to her teenage son Joe, develops a new variety of flower that is supposed to have the ability to make its owner happy thanks to its special chemical properties.

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2019-11-01 | Drama / Science Fiction

Cast

Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw

Rating

rating icon 5.702
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    high-pitched voice
  2. Ranked #1 for
    use of primary colors
  3. Ranked #1 for
    bright colors

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9 Clemency (2019)

Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.

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2019-12-27 | Drama

Cast

Alfre Woodard, Richard Schiff

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    towering
  2. Ranked #1 for
    rising above material
  3. Ranked #2 for
    botched

Trailer

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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
    satisfying climax
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mindless gore
  3. Ranked #1 for
    anticipated

Trailer

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