Top rated Thriller movies with heightened suspense

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

1 Moloch (2022)

Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The more she digs, the more she becomes convinced that she is being hunted by something ancient.

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2022-05-19 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sallie Harmsen, Alexandre Willaume

Rating

rating icon 5.923
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    rounded
  2. Ranked #1 for
    competent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    inconclusive

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2 Coming Home in the Dark (2021)

A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip.

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2021-08-12 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unjustifiable character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    creating tension
  3. Ranked #1 for
    most intense

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3 The Protégé (2021)

Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival, is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves ever tighter.

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2021-08-19 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson

Rating

rating icon 6.574
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    highly original
  2. Ranked #2 for
    brilliantly staged
  3. Ranked #2 for
    rapid fire editing

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4 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

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5 The Killing of Two Lovers (2021)

David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.

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2021-02-23 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Clayne Crawford, Sepideh Moafi

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    steadyhanded directing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    neat and tidy
  3. Ranked #2 for
    flowing beautifully

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6 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
    innovative camera angle

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7 The Endless Trench (2019)

A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.

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2019-10-31 | Drama / History

Cast

Antonio de la Torre, Belén Cuesta

Rating

rating icon 6.86
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pacifism
  2. Ranked #1 for
    never-ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    endless

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8 The Medium (2021)

A horrifying story of a shaman's inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not to be as benevolent as it first appears.

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2021-07-14 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Narilya Gulmongkolpech, Sawanee Utoomma

Rating

rating icon 7.018
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cinema verite
  2. Ranked #1 for
    scariest
  3. Ranked #1 for
    Mockumentary

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9 The Stranger (2022)

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of this tightly wrought thriller, which is based on the true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.

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2022-10-06 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    somber mood
  2. Ranked #1 for
    renegade
  3. Ranked #1 for
    brilliantly put together

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10 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
    tension-filled
  3. Ranked #1 for
    thrilling

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