| Lurk (2009) | 8.4 | |
| Darts (2021) | 9.0 | |
| Eesha (2025) | 9.4 | |
| Noir (2001) | 7.2 | |
| The Indian Story (2024) | 8.6 |
Tension movies and TV shows – page 5
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List of tension movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
TV show
Story:
Blessed with exceptional hearing, blind Roman Mertens lands his dream job in the local police wiretapping unit — a job more dangerous than he expected.
Style:
tension, detective, suspense, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
surveillance, wiretap, police procedural, law enforcement, investigation, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, urban, conspiracy, corruption, identity, isolation ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Israel, USA
TV show
Story:
From the ambush at an open-air music festival to a family's last stand inside their home, ordinary people face life-or-death situations as a terrorist invasion turns southern Israel into a war zone.
Style:
tension, intense, realistic, suspenseful, tear jerker
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fear, resilience, war zone, survival, bravery, conflict, terrorist attack, trauma, chaos, family drama, home invasion, ambush ...
Place:
israel
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Five military men from from different branches of the armed forces find themselves mysteriously locked in a room with four bullets and one gun and no clues.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, psychological thriller, grim ...
Plot:
military, moral dilemma, locked room, paranoia, hostage, trust, ethics, duty, single, claustrophobia, mature, confined space ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
To Topple An Empire is the story of Aidan Clarke (Sean Patrick Flaherty) as he is brought in front of crime boss, Vincent Donnelly (Art Lynch). Through a series of flashbacks, Aidan tells Vincent how he alone has taken out key members of his ...
Style:
tension, intense, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
deception, lie, flashback, mafia, crime boss, organized crime, murder, violence, betrayal, underworld, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Seven friends try to keep a secret.
Style:
tension, tense, suspense, psychological, grim ...
Plot:
hunting, cover up, blackmail, forest, small town, guilt, betrayal, death, moral dilemma, fatal accident, secrets, loyalty ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A disturbed young man threatens violence at the World Series after failing to make the Houston Astros.
Style:
crime thriller, tension, tense, psychological, detective ...
Plot:
baseball, kidnapping, revenge, threat, obsession, hostage, vengeance, danger, mental illness, psychopath, investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s
Place:
houston texas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man feels obligated to hijack the plane his boss is on after he has gambled himself into overwhelming debt.
Style:
suspense, tension, crime drama, crime thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hijacking, aviation, air disaster, gambling debt, ransom, gambler, fbi, desperation, hostage, male protagonist, showdown, heist gone wrong ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A film director, his assistants and the cook go for a story discussion in a palatial bungalow. There, they discover footage of a family trapped by an unidentified "maskman."
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological thriller, psychological horror, intense ...
Plot:
paranoia, found footage, claustrophobia, isolation, slow burn, investigation, mysterious past
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2K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Hollywood starlet seeks refuge in a secluded Airbnb following a high-profile scandal, only to find herself at the mercy of hardened criminals on the hunt for a score.
Style:
suspense, tension, psychological thriller, crime thriller
Plot:
home invasion, mistrust, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, isolation, hostage situation, female protagonist, survival, moral ambiguity, paranoia, betrayal, lawlessness ...
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1K
Genre: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The police are holding their heads without knowing why they are committing mass murders in the city, A police officer and a detective are looking for who is doing the murders, They find a lamp as a clue and how they catch the murderer.
Style:
tension, suspense, detective, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
clue, investigation, urban, law enforcement, crime scene, serial killer, suspicion, evidence, city, mass murder, police procedural, haunting ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Wedding gift is a suspense thriller that not only reflects on the equivocal values of today's times, but also invokes a question on our judicial system
Style:
suspense, tension, psychological, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, justice, morality, ethical dilemma, betrayal, deception, social commentary, investigation, court case, unsettling, corruption, courtroom ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tanveer, an aspiring actor, moves to the city after leaving a detention center. He meets Disha, his therapist, for mandatory counseling but hides dark secrets, posing a threat.
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, mental health, urban, character study, mature, cat and mouse, suspicion, manipulation, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, city life, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Follows six murder case suspects who get kidnapped and an officer's quest to find the truth
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, crime thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, investigation, police procedural, urban, claustrophobia, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, justice, interrogation, cat and mouse, crime scene ...
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Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A woman joins forces with a journalist to investigate secrets her fiancé was keeping from her after she is informed he has died in a tragic train accident.
Style:
suspense, tension, atmospheric, psychological thriller, crime drama ...
Plot:
missing person, secrets, female protagonist, conspiracy, train wreck, obsession, moral ambiguity, family secret, slow burn, puzzle, corruption, police procedural ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
While working the night shift alone, Laurie Saltair discovers a comatose man, Clayton, in Unit 234 of her family’s storage facility. What transpires is a thrill ride of a cat-and-mouse game for Laurie and Clayton to survive the night.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, intense, psychological thriller, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, cat and mouse, nightshift, claustrophobia, desperation, criminal gang, single, isolation, suspicion, panic, showdown, hostage ...
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Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A forest guard, Midhun, invites his old friends to a reunion in the woods. What starts as a warm get-together slowly turns into a night of tension, betrayal, and survival, as secrets unravel and friendships crack under pressure.
Style:
suspense, tension, tense, dark, intense ...
Plot:
secrets, betrayal, forest, confrontation, moral ambiguity, suspicion, friendship, isolation, wilderness, trust, survival, slow burn ...
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4K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Surya is a street-smart bank employee, in a bid to protect his loved one, gets entangled in a complex multi-crore scam. He must do whatever it takes to prove his innocence.
Style:
suspense, tension, dramatic, twisted, fast paced ...
Plot:
fraud, banking, heist, corruption, investigation, betrayal, conspiracy, bank robbery, suspicion, master criminal, urban, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Trapped in escalating blackmail, Mani faces mounting danger as crime, passion, and greed intertwine, exposing hidden truths and changing allegiances throughout his ordeal.
Style:
crime thriller, tense, tension, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
blackmail, danger, escalation, intrigue, corruption, greed, moral ambiguity, betrayal, betrayal of trust, cat and mouse, revenge, obsession ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When three young criminals lose a stash of drugs, they end up owing money to a ruthless drug lord. With time running out, they plan a daring robbery to raise the cash to settle the debt.
Style:
intense, crime drama, tension, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, bank robbery, danger, heist gone wrong, armed robbery, mishap, misfit, desperation, drug, criminal, kidnapping ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a near-death experience when an attacker breaks into her home, Amanda can't shake the feeling that she's still in harm's way. In comes the handsome and stern Detective James Dawson to save the day and keep an especially ...
Style:
suspense, tension, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, stalker, deception, danger, male female relationship, relationships, murder mystery, forensics, murder investigation, homicide detective, police detective, crime investigation ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Matthew and Elena are about to face the worst night of their lives when four burglars trespass into their home looking for easy money. But things don't go as planned. Tension and fear take over them all, victims and executioners, and mistrust, ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tension, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
home invasion, hostage, violence, husband wife relationship, robbery, burglary, fear, secret revealed, human nature, social decay, youth gang, antisocial behavior ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ahti Ikonen is a reliable captain at the height of his career. He is in command of the 35,000-ton container vessel Brugge, which enters the port of Savannah/United States behind schedule. The loading of the ship commences in haste as the crew, led ...
Style:
tension, intense, intercultural, suspense
Plot:
investigation, captain, responsibility, moral dilemma, leadership, power, hierarchy, sea voyage, social realism, realism, bureaucracy, savannah ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
rotterdam netherlands, usa, netherlands, the philippines
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Adapted from same-name popular manga. Hyeon-woo is visually impaired but always listens to people. Then one day, Chong-soo comes along and talks about the murder that occurs in his book. However, the murder in the novel becomes real and Hyeon-woo is ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspense, tension, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, serial killer, saving a life, blind man, blindness, murderer, salvation, rescue, killing spree, serial murder, woman, fear ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime thriller, tension ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
starting over, going straight, family relations, parents and children, hopes, ex convict, released from prison, criminal underworld, false accusation, father daughter relationship, life is a bitch, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A film cast arrives at a wrap party, but someone has dressed up as the slasher in the movie and begins to stage their own kill scenes. One by one, the cast disappears until the true nature of the evening is revealed.
Style:
slasher, twist ending, suspense, dark, tension ...
Plot:
masked killer, suspicion, film set, threat, psycho killer, actor, homicidal maniac, survival horror, murder, filmmaker, murderer, killing ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is using the corpses for his sick ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, corpse, faking one's own death, cat versus mouse, threat, dead woman, disposing of a dead body, secret, undercover, dead man, fake death, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Kuruthi is about how enduring human relations that transcends boundaries struggle to survive trials of hatred and prejudice.
Style:
intense, crime drama, tension, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, moral dilemma, conflict, problem, family conflict, murder mystery, murderer, mistrust, religious conflict, fear, suspicion, prejudice ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a desperate choice... to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence – literally.
Style:
semi serious, cynical, humorous, realistic, tension ...
Plot:
drug, dark humor, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, disorder, escapades, drug dealing, drug smuggling, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, wrongful accusation, desperation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
thailand, australia, melbourne
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1981, Islamic Republic intelligence agents work to track down MEK operatives trying to assassinate Iranian officials in the aftermath of the resignation of President Banisadr.
Style:
political thriller, tension, historical drama, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
political unrest, assassination, espionage, resistance movement, mature, loyalty, moral ambiguity, investigation, betrayal, cat and mouse, persian culture, politics ...
Place:
iran, persia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Pilots Tae-in and Gyu-sik are set to fly to Gimpo. Under the guidance of flight attendant Ok-soon, passengers are busy boarding. However, shortly after takeoff, a homemade bomb explodes, turning the cabin into chaos.
Style:
tension, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
hijacking, hostage situation, inter-korean relations, airplane, terrorist bombing, hostage, threat, problem, police officer taken hostage, taken hostage, airplane trip, confined space ...
Time:
70s
Place:
korea
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