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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
10,421 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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Hurry Sundown
1967 · Drama
The Unseen
1945 · Mystery
Take One False Step
1949 · Thriller
Kid Glove Killer
1942 · Crime
The Interrupted Journey
1949 · Thriller
House of Cards
1968 · Drama
A Double Life
1947 · Drama
Screaming Eagles
1956 · War
Gog
1954 · Horror
The Scarlet Hour
1956 · Crime
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
1953 · Adventure
Untamed
1955 · Drama
Fear in the Night
1947 · Mystery
I Love a Mystery
1945 · Mystery
Robbers’ Roost
1955 · Action
Queen of the Amazons
1947 · Adventure
Sky Murder
1940 · Comedy
The Sea Ghost
1931 · Action
Grand Central Murder
1942 · Comedy
The Black Vampire
1953 · Thriller
The Sun Sets at Dawn
1950 · Crime
The Scarlet Coat
1955 · War
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 · War
Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Crime
The Bribe
1949 · Drama
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950 · Adventure
Mr. Ace
1946 · Drama
Two Smart People
1946 · Romance
Story of a Love Affair
1950 · Drama
Flaxy Martin
1949 · Drama
South of Algiers
1953 · Drama
One Mysterious Night
1944 · Mystery
Lady in Cement
1968 · Crime
The Pink Jungle
1968 · Adventure
The Sixth of July
1968 · History
Nabonga
1944 · Adventure
The Blue Gardenia
1953 · Mystery
The Vengeance of Ursus
1961 · Adventure
The Conspirators
1944 · Drama
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · Drama
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