Top rated super-smart movies with ratcheting up tension

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

1 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
    highly entertaining
  2. Ranked #1 for
    well-executed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    multidimensional character

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2 Midnight (2021)

A serial killer ruthlessly hunts down a deaf woman through the streets of South Korea after she witnesses his brutal crime.

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2021-06-30 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Jin Ki-joo, Wi Ha-jun

Rating

rating icon 7.179
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    weak script
  2. Ranked #1 for
    upset
  3. Ranked #1 for
    God damn

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

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Alone trailer
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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
    most effective
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tense and suspenseful
  3. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely tense

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5 Escape Room (2019)

Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.

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2019-01-03 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Taylor Russell, Logan Miller

Rating

rating icon 6.543
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    entertaining romp
  2. Ranked #2 for
    kind of cool
  3. Ranked #3 for
    popcorn fun

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Escape Room trailer
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6 The Invisible Man (2020)

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

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2020-02-26 | Thriller / Science Fiction

Cast

Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge

Rating

rating icon 7.113
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    psychologically thrilling
  2. Ranked #2 for
    futuristic society
  3. Ranked #3 for
    domineering character

Trailer

The Invisible Man trailer
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7 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
    sense of isolation
  2. Ranked #1 for
    feeling of isolation
  3. Ranked #2 for
    slowly building up

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8 Barbarian (2022)

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

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2022-09-08 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård

Rating

rating icon 6.839
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    sudden turn
  2. Ranked #3 for
    picking up pace
  3. Ranked #5 for
    shaky start

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9 A Quiet Place Part II (2021)

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

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2021-05-21 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy

Rating

rating icon 7.492
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with suspenseful moments
  2. Ranked #2 for
    loud noise
  3. Ranked #2 for
    asthmatic

Trailer

A Quiet Place Part II trailer
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10 Stay Out Stay Alive (2019)

After an earthquake uncovers an abandoned goldmine, a hiker falls in and is trapped, forcing friends to grapple with a moral dilemma that spirals into madness.

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2019-11-26 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Barbara Crampton, Sage Mears

Rating

rating icon 5.093
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    meticulously planned
  2. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely thrilling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    exacting

Trailer

Stay Out Stay Alive trailer
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