Top rated tough-minded movies with ratcheting up tension

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

1 Murina (2022)

A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.

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2022-04-08 | Drama

Cast

Gracija Filipović, Danica Ćurčić

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brilliant script
  2. Ranked #1 for
    wonderful writing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    ambiguous ending

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2 The Wretched (2020)

A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.

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2020-03-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda

Rating

rating icon 6.059
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    open for sequel
  2. Ranked #1 for
    decent
  3. Ranked #2 for
    pretty good

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3 Let Him Go (2020)

Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

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2020-11-05 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Diane Lane, Kevin Costner

Rating

rating icon 6.799
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    top-notch
  2. Ranked #1 for
    wacko
  3. Ranked #1 for
    control freak

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4 Lou (2022)

A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their past.

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2022-09-23 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett

Rating

rating icon 6.535
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    piece de resistance
  2. Ranked #1 for
    refreshing break
  3. Ranked #1 for
    refreshing change of pace

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5 Fatal Affair (2020)

Ellie tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus after a brief encounter with an old friend, David, only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she'd realized.

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2020-07-16 | Thriller

Cast

Nia Long, Stephen Bishop

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    redeeming value
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unconvincing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    easily forgettable

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6 Seberg (2019)

An ambitious young FBI agent is assigned to investigate iconic actress Jean Seberg when she becomes embroiled in the tumultuous civil rights movement in late 1960s Los Angeles.

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2019-12-13 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Kristen Stewart, Jack O'Connell

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    challenging role
  2. Ranked #2 for
    fine supporting cast
  3. Ranked #3 for
    chic

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7 Bad Axe (2022)

A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields.

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2022-11-18 | Documentary

Cast

Michael Meinhold, Chun Siev

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fortunate
  2. Ranked #1 for
    intimate portrayal
  3. Ranked #1 for
    intensely personal

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8 Relic (2020)

When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.

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2020-07-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote

Rating

rating icon 6.086
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    deathly
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slowly building up
  3. Ranked #1 for
    climactic ending

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9 The Dead Center (2019)

When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.

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2019-10-11 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan

Rating

rating icon 5.627
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    truly terrified
  2. Ranked #2 for
    convincing manner
  3. Ranked #2 for
    source of evil

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10 The Power of the Dog (2021)

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

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2021-10-25 | Drama / Western

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst

Rating

rating icon 6.782
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slow and deliberate
  2. Ranked #1 for
    very slow moving
  3. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar nomination deserving

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