Top rated zesty movies with ratcheting up tension

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

1 Cohabitation (2020)

While former paramedic Emily tries to live a low-key life to cope with her PTSD, her new roommate has other plans, and a long-held vendetta against medical personnel.

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2020-10-22 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

Tiffany Streng, Stephanie Rose Quinnell

Rating

rating icon 10.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    striking a chord
  2. Ranked #1 for
    well-acted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    worth renting

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2 The Rhythm Section (2020)

When she discovers the plane crash that claimed the lives of her family was no accident, Stephanie Patrick enters the dark, complex world of international espionage seeking vengeance. With nothing left to lose, Stephanie transforms from victim to assassin and discovers that neither revenge nor the truth are what they appear.

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2020-01-31 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Blake Lively, Jude Law

Rating

rating icon 5.52
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    engaging directing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    zesty
  3. Ranked #2 for
    believable

Trailer

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3 Passing (2021)

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.

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2021-10-27 | Drama

Cast

Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    building up atmosphere
  2. Ranked #1 for
    MTV style editing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    superb performance

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4 Influencer (2023)

While struggling on a solo backpacking trip in Thailand, social media influencer Madison meets CW, who travels with ease and shows her a more uninhibited way of living. But CW's interest in her takes a darker turn.

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2023-05-18 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant

Rating

rating icon 6.17
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    maintaining tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stunningly beautiful
  3. Ranked #3 for
    drop-dead gorgeous

Trailer

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5 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
    wacko
  2. Ranked #1 for
    top-notch
  3. Ranked #1 for
    control freak

Trailer

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6 The Wolf's Call (2019)

With nuclear war looming, a military expert in underwater acoustics strives to prove things aren't as they seem—or sound—using only his ears.

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2019-02-20 | Thriller / Action

Cast

François Civil, Omar Sy

Rating

rating icon 7.555
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    flawed hero
  2. Ranked #1 for
    rare
  3. Ranked #1 for
    plausible story

Trailer

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7 Werewolves Within (2021)

When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.

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2021-06-25 | Horror / Comedy

Cast

Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub

Rating

rating icon 6.012
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    entertaining romp
  2. Ranked #3 for
    like Knives Out
  3. Ranked #4 for
    fun romp

Trailer

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8 The Hole in the Ground (2019)

Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.

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2019-03-01 | Horror

Cast

Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey

Rating

rating icon 5.638
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    left unexplained
  2. Ranked #2 for
    payoff at ending
  3. Ranked #2 for
    creepy

Trailer

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9 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.

Info

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
    cranky
  2. Ranked #1 for
    like The Twilight Zone
  3. Ranked #2 for
    lot of talking

Trailer

The Vast of Night trailer
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10 The Outfit (2022)

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

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2022-02-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch

Rating

rating icon 7.092
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    full of twists and turns
  2. Ranked #1 for
    crazy plot
  3. Ranked #1 for
    classy

Trailer

The Outfit trailer
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