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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
10,454 tense movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Deluge
1933 · Drama
Bait
1954 · Crime
Relentless
1948 · Western
The Road to Singapore
1931 · Drama
The Street with No Name
1948 · Thriller
Ann Carver’s Profession
1933 · Drama
A Lawless Street
1955 · Western
Affair in Trinidad
1952 · Romance
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951 · War
Spawn of the North
1938 · Romance
Murder Is My Business
1946 · Crime
Sangaree
1953 · Drama
These Three
1936 · Romance
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958 · Western
The Conspirator
1961 · Drama
Canyon Passage
1946 · Western
The Animal
1968 · Horror
South of St. Louis
1949 · Western
Cheyenne
1947 · Western
Five Came Back
1939 · Adventure
Guilty Bystander
1950 · Drama
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1969 · Drama
A Glass of Water
1960 · Comedy
The Door with Seven Locks
1940 · Mystery
The Slender Thread
1965 · Drama
The Late Edwina Black
1951 · Mystery
The Lost Tribe
1949 · Adventure
Bury Me Dead
1947 · Crime
Flight to Fury
1964 · Adventure
Strange Holiday
1945 · Fantasy
When the Daltons Rode
1940 · Western
The Deadly Affair
1967 · Thriller
The 49th Man
1953 · Thriller
Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Drama
King Solomon’s Mines
1950 · Adventure
The Gambler from Natchez
1954 · Western
A Bullet Is Waiting
1954 · Crime
Pushover
1954 · Crime
Jail Bait
1937 · Comedy
Night Train to Munich
1940 · Thriller
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