Top rated movies with sense of familiarity that have ratcheting up tension

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

1 Watcher (2022)

As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

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2022-06-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman

Rating

rating icon 6.483
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    feeling of isolation
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sense of isolation
  3. Ranked #2 for
    fearing the dark

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2 Caveat (2021)

A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.

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2021-10-20 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Jonathan French, Leila Sykes

Rating

rating icon 6.111
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    anticlimactic
  2. Ranked #2 for
    ominous mood
  3. Ranked #2 for
    creepier

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3 Dead Bride (2022)

After her father’s death, Alyson, her partner Richard and their baby return to her childhood home. Following a few shocking supernatural events, Alyson discovers that she and her family have been living with a terrible curse, unleashed in the past by a bride killed by Alyson’s grandfather. Soon after Alyson’s child disappears and she has no choice but to embark on a frightening journey into the underworld, to free herself from the bride’s curse and to look for her daughter.

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2022-10-03 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Jennifer Mischiati, Christoph Hülsen

Rating

rating icon 4.563
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #7 for
    watered down
  2. Ranked #7 for
    sympathetic character
  3. Ranked #9 for
    confusing mess

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4 Impetigore (2019)

A woman inherits a house in her ancestral village, but she's unaware that members of the community have been trying to locate and kill her to remove the curse that has plagued them for years.

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2019-10-17 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Tara Basro, Ario Bayu

Rating

rating icon 6.645
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    eerily effective
  2. Ranked #1 for
    creepy vibes
  3. Ranked #1 for
    ominous mood

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5 In the Earth (2021)

As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. The arduous journey, guided by park scout Alma, is set back by a nighttime attack that leaves the two bruised and shoeless. When they run into Zach, a man living off the grid, they gratefully accept his help. Zach’s intentions aren’t exactly what they seem, however, and a path out of the forest and into safety quickly fades as the line between myth and science blurs.

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2021-04-16 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia

Rating

rating icon 5.709
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    hallucinatory
  2. Ranked #1 for
    trippy theme
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pretty colors

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6 Incantation (2022)

Inspired by a true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits, this film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse. WARNING: This is a cursed video, it might contain certain risks to watch. For those who dares to follow, please solve the puzzle of my daughter's curse with me.

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2022-03-18 | Horror

Cast

Hsuan-yen Tsai, Kao Ying-Hsuan

Rating

rating icon 6.823
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    non-linear narrative
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sinister atmosphere
  3. Ranked #1 for
    most chilling

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7 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

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8 The Dark and the Wicked (2020)

On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

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2020-10-29 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr.

Rating

rating icon 6.167
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark atmosphere
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unnerving
  3. Ranked #1 for
    foreboding

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9 Goodbye Honey (2021)

After escaping abduction, a frantic woman must coerce an exhausted truck driver to hide in the back of her truck for the night. The two women take refuge, not knowing what the rest of the night has in store.

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2021-05-11 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Peyton Michelle Edwards, Paul C. Kelly

Rating

rating icon 3.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    out of breath
  2. Ranked #1 for
    likable and relatable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    exhausted

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10 Smile (2022)

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

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2022-09-23 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner

Rating

rating icon 6.662
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cheap jump scares
  2. Ranked #1 for
    false scare
  3. Ranked #1 for
    derivative plot

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