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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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The Thin Red Line
1964 · War
Woman in the Dark
1934 · Drama
Desperate Journey
1942 · War
The Hunters
1958 · Action
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950 · Crime
Trooper Hook
1957 · Western
Cause for Alarm!
1951 · Thriller
Calculated Risk
1963 · Drama
The Lawless
1950 · Drama
The Texican
1966 · Western
The Drum
1938 · War
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957 · Western
I Deal In Danger
1966 · Drama
The Revenge of Ivanhoe
1965 · Adventure
U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien
1958 · War
Elevator to the Gallows
1958 · Crime
Targets
1968 · Drama
Cardinal Richelieu
1935 · Romance
Panic in Year Zero!
1962 · Drama
The Sons of Great Bear
1966 · Western
The Garden of Women
1954 · Drama
He Ran All the Way
1951 · Crime
Once a Doctor
1937 · Drama
Paying Guest
1957 · Crime
Black Test Car
1962 · Crime
Stagecoach to Dancers’ Rock
1962 · Western
The Unholy Garden
1931 · Romance
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935 · Mystery
Rebel in Town
1956 · Western
The Clairvoyant
1935 · Thriller
Denver and Rio Grande
1952 · Western
British Intelligence
1939 · Drama
Party Girl
1958 · Romance
Walk Into Paradise
1956 · Adventure
The Man in the Back Seat
1961 · Crime
Night World
1932 · Drama
Wave Makers
2023 · Drama
Le Corbeau
1943 · Thriller
Fort Defiance
1951 · Western
The Maze
1953 · Mystery
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