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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 Omaha Trail
1942 · Western
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926 · Drama
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Action
Gun Brothers
1956 · Western
Funeral in Berlin
1966 · Thriller
Tomorrow at Seven
1933 · Crime
Tomorrow, the World!
1944 · Drama
Wyoming Renegades
1954 · Western
Ten Tall Men
1951 · Action
The Girl in Black Stockings
1957 · Crime
San Francisco
1936 · Drama
The Hanged Man
1964 · Thriller
Springfield Rifle
1952 · Western
Beast from Haunted Cave
1959 · Horror
Blindfold
1966 · Thriller
Tempest
1958 · History
Tarzan the Magnificent
1960 · Action
Penthouse
1933 · Mystery
I Killed That Man
1941 · Mystery
Black Bart
1948 · Western
The Bamboo Saucer
1968
Night Monster
1942 · Horror
Ten Wanted Men
1955 · Western
Apache Ambush
1955 · Western
The Lost World
1960 · Fantasy
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · Drama
Murder Over New York
1940 · Comedy
Everybody Go Home!
1960 · Comedy
No Down Payment
1957 · Drama
Monster from Green Hell
1957 · Horror
Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators
1964 · History
Goldface, the Fantastic Superman
1967 · Adventure
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
1964 · Adventure
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 · Western
Odette
1950 · Drama
The Scarlet Claw
1944 · Mystery
Lady in the Fog
1952 · Mystery
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942 · Mystery
The Snow Creature
1954 · Horror
Swamp Women
1956 · Thriller
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