Top rated quirky movies with ratcheting up tension

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

1 Werewolves Within (2021)

When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.

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2021-06-25 | Horror / Comedy

Cast

Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub

Rating

rating icon 6.012
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    entertaining romp
  2. Ranked #3 for
    like Knives Out
  3. Ranked #4 for
    fun romp

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2 The Berlin Bride (2019)

Two oddball Berliners discover the abandoned appendages of a mannequin. Separately, and with grotesque consequence, they come to terms with their disjointed mate.

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2019-10-22 | Fantasy / Horror

Cast

Michael Bartlett, Brynmor Jones

Rating

rating icon 4.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    highly stylized
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mystical
  3. Ranked #1 for
    intriguing

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3 Villains (2019)

When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find instead is a dark secret, and a sweet-as-pie pair of homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out.

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2019-09-20 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Bill Skarsgård, Maika Monroe

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    scenery-chewing performance
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sympathetic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    thin

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4 12 Hour Shift (2020)

It's 1999 and over the course of one 12-hour shift at an Arkansas hospital, a junkie nurse, her scheming cousin and a group of black market organ-trading criminals start a heist that could lead to their collective demise.

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2020-10-02 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Angela Bettis, David Arquette

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    darkly funny
  2. Ranked #1 for
    comic tone
  3. Ranked #2 for
    darkly

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5 Men (2022)

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.

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2022-05-20 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear

Rating

rating icon 6.121
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    visual metaphor
  2. Ranked #1 for
    figurative concept
  3. Ranked #1 for
    symbolic imagery

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6 Black Bear (2020)

At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.

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2020-12-04 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott

Rating

rating icon 6.502
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    out of left field
  2. Ranked #2 for
    somewhat confusing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    confounded

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7 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
    use of primary colors
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ambient sound
  3. Ranked #1 for
    bright colors

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8 Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)

In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.

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2021-10-22 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Harry Shum Jr., Kelley Mack

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dead end
  2. Ranked #1 for
    open for interpretation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    suspenseful atmosphere

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9 Nope (2022)

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

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2022-07-20 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer

Rating

rating icon 6.847
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    cinematic spectacle
  2. Ranked #4 for
    tangential
  3. Ranked #4 for
    otherworldly

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10 Girl on the Third Floor (2019)

Don Koch tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans.

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2019-10-25 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Phil Brooks, Trieste Kelly Dunn

Rating

rating icon 5.216
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    passable acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    hot mess
  3. Ranked #1 for
    suffering wife

Trailer

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