Tense movies and TV shows – page 3
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145K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cannibalism, gory, survival, forest, massacre, danger, youth, manhunt, blood, chase, disfigurement, brutality ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, usa, texas
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776K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, scary, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, virus, epidemic, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, deadly virus, post apocalyptic, infected, post apocalypse, pandemic, dystopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, jurassic ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, israel, philadelphia, seattle ...
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91K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa, China
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine - Bloodshot. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot ...
Style:
tense, exciting, psychological, captivating, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
superhero, nanotechnology, regeneration, rescue, super soldier, superhuman powers, cyberpunk, superhuman, assassin, virtual reality, mind control, one man army ...
Time:
2020s, future, near future
Place:
london, hungary, budapest, england, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime family, criminal, danger, escapades, heist, family conflict, gay brother, twists and turns, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, friendship, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, southern california, new zealand
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27K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two friends' tour of Europe takes a dark turn when one of them contracts a mysterious illness. They race to find out what it is and how to cure it before the sickness consumes him completely.
Style:
bloody, suspense, scary, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
vampire, found footage, supernatural, monster, violent, macabre, creature feature, supernatural horror, murder, travel, friends, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, canada, paris france, barcelona, vancouver
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93K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
They say a blast of flames can take a life ... and hide a secret. But now firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey are battling each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, emotional, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
firefighter, arson, corruption, fire, rescue, pyromaniac, investigation, firefighting, natural disaster, danger, rookie, disaster ...
Time:
year 1971, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, chicago
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
Style:
tense, cult classic, grindhouse, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, martial arts tournament, shaolin monk, master warrior, revenge, island, one against many, strong man, final showdown, drug lord ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, fictional island, asia ...
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168K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, psychological thriller, scary ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, home invasion, deaf, survival, brutality, deafness, violence, macabre, deaf mute, masked killer, writers ...
Time:
year 2016, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Wanting to escape city life for the countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Quaid), his wife Leah (Stone) and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Turning it into their ...
Style:
scary, tense, horrifying, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
haunted house, danger, twists and turns, country house, unfaithful wife, police investigation, nudity, family problems, snake, murder, hospital, supernatural ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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424K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult, horror for children
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, afterlife, plot twist, isolation, supernatural horror, nightmare, mansion, mysterious character, spiritualism, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, year 1945, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place:
persia, america, europe, english channel, england
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34K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets
Style:
scary, tense, sexy, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
tunnel, subway, gory, violent, chase, train, brutality, woman in danger, deadly creature, murder, blood, monster ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
london, britain, england, europe, united kingdom
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail ...
Style:
suspense, detective, twist ending, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, twists and turns, kidnapping, woman in danger, police investigation, violence against women, forensics, murder mystery, plot twist, investigation, profiler ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, washington d.c., north carolina, california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Switzerland, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, psychological thriller, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
psychiatrist, kidnapping, bank robbery, killer, haunted by the past, murder, torture, manipulation, stalking, mind game, doctor patient relationship, spy ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 1991, year 2001
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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196K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry ...
Style:
exciting, tense, clever, talky, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, bank, blackmail, caper, robbery, theft, political corruption, car salesman, chase, organized crime, bank robber ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, britain, bahamas ...
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113K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, disturbing, psychedelic ...
Plot:
virtual reality, cyberpunk, twists and turns, alternate reality, dystopia, cyberspace, bodyguard, parallel world, distopia, escape from reality, dystopian future, conspiracy ...
Time:
future, 90s, year 1999, near future
Place:
canada
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.
Style:
captivating, tense, dark fantasy, sexy, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, demon, magic, supernatural being, female protagonist, werewolf, supernatural power, good versus evil, vampire human love, lgbt, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
756K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, adult
Plot:
car chase, revenge, mechanic, loner, heist, danger, lone wolves, organized crime, tough heroes, robbery, chases and races, neighbor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
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273K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a ...
Style:
bad ending, factual, tense, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war two, nazi, nazism, nazi germany, conspiracy, war, hitler, german soldier, resistance, politics, wehrmacht, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, year 1944, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, munich germany, tunisia ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Style:
political thriller, tense, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, espionage, cia, uncover truth, fighting the system, political conspiracy, life turned upside down, who to trust, hitman, manhunt, politics, photograph ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
new york, middle east, persia, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick and Gina, two wild but ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murderous pair, wilderness, honeymoon, psychopath, danger, escapades, vacation gone wrong, murder, island, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all ...
Style:
tense, realistic, harsh, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, racism, war, prison, prisoner of war camp, court martial, pow, moral dilemma, prison escape, soldier, propaganda ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2002, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, belgium, poland
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218K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to ...
Style:
tense, exciting, breathtaking, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, runaway train, disaster, save the day, train crash, chase, train engineer, race against time, determination, freight train, courage, danger ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, north america, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Morocco, Ukraine, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
John Wick is on the run for two reasons… he’s being hunted for a global $14 million dollar open contract on his life, and for breaking a central rule: taking a life on Continental Hotel grounds. The victim was a member of the High Table who ...
Style:
brutal, exciting, tense, harsh, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
one man army, vengeance, gunfight, criminal's revenge, hitman, tough guy, rescue, shooting, brutality, danger, revenge, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, future
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, north africa, manhattan new york city, north america ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A team of scientists explore a new planet and find much more than expected.
Style:
tense, exciting, space horror, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
expedition, teleportation, survival, mutation, alien planet, space, bear attack, creature feature, killer animal, creature, decapitation, blood ...
Time:
distant future
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, serious, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
serial killer, victorian england, danger, murder, victim, jack the ripper, police detective, multiple suspects, investigator, urban, detective inspector, murder investigation ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1890s, 1880s
Place:
england, london, ireland, britain, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Romania, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
Style:
scary, tense, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural horror, death, haunted by the past, rape, supernatural, sexual abuse, chase, paranormal phenomena, curses spells and rituals, teenage daughter, flash forward ...
Time:
year 2006, 19th century, ancient times, year 2005, 2000s ...
Place:
tennessee, usa
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273K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.
Style:
suspenseful, harsh, bad ending, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, animal attack, snow, hunting, wolf, dangerous animal, wolf attack, forces of nature, struggle for survival, wilderness survival, stranded ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, maniac, high school, stalking, killer, babysitter, husband wife relationship, babysitting, murder, high school student, nightmare ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she ...
Style:
bloody, splatter, suspense, slasher, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, photographer, gory, psychopath, violence, violent, train, twists and turns, butcher, blood, subway, torture ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, america
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37K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A fat Lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the gypsy to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stephen king, curse, macabre, redemption, husband murders wife, vengeance, paranoia, death, guilt, supernatural, corruption, legal action ...
Time:
90s
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