Top rated movies with tough guy role that have ratcheting up tension

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

1 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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2 The Outfit (2022)

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

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2022-02-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch

Rating

rating icon 7.092
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stagey acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    crafty
  3. Ranked #1 for
    plenty of twist

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3 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
    consistently engaged
  3. Ranked #2 for
    engaging

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4 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
    on edge of seat
  2. Ranked #1 for
    psychologically thrilling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    satisfying watch

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5 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
    thought-provoking theme
  2. Ranked #1 for
    state of art special effect
  3. Ranked #1 for
    highly memorable

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6 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
    solid casting
  2. Ranked #2 for
    attention holding
  3. Ranked #2 for
    hitting on all cylinders

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7 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
    menacing villain
  3. Ranked #5 for
    watching successively

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8 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
    half-baked
  2. Ranked #2 for
    kind of lame
  3. Ranked #4 for
    slow beginning

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9 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
    wacko
  2. Ranked #1 for
    top-notch
  3. Ranked #1 for
    control freak

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10 The Black Phone (2022)

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

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2022-06-22 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke

Rating

rating icon 7.61
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bone chilling
  2. Ranked #2 for
    lovecraftian
  3. Ranked #4 for
    absolutely terrifying

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