Top rated suitably menacing movies with a gripping start

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with suitably menacing character and a gripping start! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with suitably menacing character and a gripping start, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Dare (2019)

A rare family night for Jay takes a brutal twist when he awakens in a basement with three other prisoners. As their vengeful captor runs riot, Jay engages in a twisted battle to solve the puzzle to his past and save his family's future.

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2019-08-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Richard Brake, Bart Edwards

Rating

rating icon 5.847
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    wafer-thin plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unnecessarily gory
  3. Ranked #1 for
    excessively gore

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2 Lapwing (2021)

Mute young woman Patience, from an isolated community in rural England in 1555, struggles with her controlling brother-in-law and leader, David, who is gradually unraveling after the failure of his idyllic community. The Egyptian Act has been passed, stipulating that all ‘gypsies’ must vacate England immediately and anyone found aiding them could be executed. In exchange for a fee, David agrees to help an Egyptian family who must stay a month on their land until a ship comes to take them away. But when Patience pursues an affair with one of the outsiders, she is thrust into a violent and vicious psychological battle with David.

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2021-11-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Hannah Douglas, Emmett Scanlan

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sharply contrasting imagery
  2. Ranked #1 for
    beautifully staged
  3. Ranked #1 for
    stark

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3 Tailgate (2019)

A cocksure, road-raging family man finds himself pursued and terrorized by the vengeful van driver he chooses to tailgate.

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2019-10-31 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Jeroen Spitzenberger, Anniek Pheifer

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    belligerent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brash
  3. Ranked #1 for
    completely idiotic

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4 Alone (2020)

A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.

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2020-09-10 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca

Rating

rating icon 6.346
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    incredibly tense atmosphere
  2. Ranked #2 for
    suspenseful
  3. Ranked #2 for
    tension-filled

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5 Emergency Declaration (2022)

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.

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2022-08-03 | Action / Drama

Cast

Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    upbeat ending
  2. Ranked #3 for
    bittersweet ending
  3. Ranked #3 for
    iconoclast

Trailer

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6 The Call (2020)

Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a serial killer puts another woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.

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2020-11-27 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Park Shin-hye, Jeon Jong-seo

Rating

rating icon 7.536
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    staying till the end
  2. Ranked #1 for
    logical conclusion
  3. Ranked #1 for
    remaining watchable

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7 Becky (2020)

A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.

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2020-07-23 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Lulu Wilson, Kevin James

Rating

rating icon 6.297
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    psychotic villain
  2. Ranked #1 for
    villainous role
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sharp edge dialogue

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8 The Stylist (2020)

Claire is a lonely hairstylist who secretly murders and scalps her clients. When Olivia makes the well-intentioned mistake of asking Claire to style her hair for her wedding, she becomes dangerously obsessed, and her sanity starts to slip away with bloody consequences.

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2020-09-26 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Najarra Townsend, Brea Grant

Rating

rating icon 5.09
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    becoming obsessed
  2. Ranked #2 for
    tight editing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    swift pace

Trailer

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9 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
    hair-raising

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10 Night Hunter (2019)

A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.

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2019-08-29 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley

Rating

rating icon 6.584
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    somewhat confusing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    recommended
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lobotomizing

Trailer

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