Top rated sweet and endearing movies with ratcheting up tension

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

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

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2 The Vast of Night (2019)

At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.

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2019-06-01 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz

Rating

rating icon 6.55
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like The Twilight Zone
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cranky
  3. Ranked #2 for
    deeply focused

Trailer

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3 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
    fearing the dark

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Watcher trailer
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4 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
    swift pace
  2. Ranked #2 for
    becoming obsessed
  3. Ranked #2 for
    tight editing

Trailer

The Stylist trailer
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5 Hatching (2022)

12 year old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. One night, Tinja finds a strange egg. What hatches is beyond belief.

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2022-03-04 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä

Rating

rating icon 6.265
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    iffy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    coolest
  3. Ranked #1 for
    greatest

Trailer

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6 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
    muddled script
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stunningly gorgeous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    God damn

Trailer

Midnight trailer
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7 Anything for Jackson (2020)

A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child, but they end up summoning more than they bargained for.

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2020-04-04 | Horror

Cast

Sheila McCarthy, Julian Richings

Rating

rating icon 6.836
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    decently scary
  2. Ranked #2 for
    kind of silly
  3. Ranked #2 for
    comedown

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8 Pearl (2022)

Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.

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2022-09-16 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Mia Goth, Tandi Wright

Rating

rating icon 7.289
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    glorious technicolor
  2. Ranked #1 for
    emo character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    deranged

Trailer

Pearl trailer
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9 The Innocents (2021)

Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.

Info

2021-09-03 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad

Rating

rating icon 6.917
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    director with natural ability
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cruel
  3. Ranked #1 for
    class act

Trailer

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10 God's Country (2022)

When a grieving college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.

Info

2022-09-15 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Thandiwe Newton, Jeremy Bobb

Rating

rating icon 5.686
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    pitiful
  2. Ranked #3 for
    seasoned actor
  3. Ranked #3 for
    restless

Trailer

God's Country trailer
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