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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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Chingari
2012 · Action
Diaz - Don’t Clean Up This Blood
2012 · Drama
Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker
2012 · Fantasy
Safe House
2012 · Action
Dysfunctional Friends
2012 · Romance
The Innkeepers
2012 · Thriller
Battlefield
2012 · Drama
Black’s Game
2012 · Drama
When the Lights Went Out
2012 · Thriller
Man on a Ledge
2012 · Thriller
One for the Money
2012 · Action
ACAB : All Cops Are Bastards
2012 · Crime
Ace Attorney
2012 · Drama
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie
2012 · Adventure
Haywire
2012 · Action
The Viral Factor
2012 · Action
A Man Escaped (1956)
2012 · Drama
2-Headed Shark Attack
2012 · Action
Sexting in Suburbia
2012 · Crime
Contraband
2012 · Thriller
Vettai
2012 · Action
Don't Go in the Woods
2012 · Horror
Albatross
2012 · Drama
The Devil Inside
2012 · Thriller
Players
2012 · Thriller
Loot
2012 · Action
Hunting the Elements
2012 · Documentary
A Separation
2011 · Drama
Speed Angels
2011 · Action
Don 2
2011 · Action
Black Gold
2011 · Drama
The Flowers of War
2011 · Drama
Sand Sharks
2011 · Horror
Just Henry
2011 · Mystery
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · Action
Mouna Guru
2011 · Thriller
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc: Cage of Flames
2011 · Action
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011 · Action
Carnage
2011 · Drama
Royal Bengal Rahasya
2011 · Thriller
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- Mind-Bending Movies Confusing, twisting stories you need to watch twice.
- Fast-Paced Movies No slow scenes: the story never stops moving.
- Slow-Burn Movies Patient storytelling that builds to something big.
- Tense Movies Edge-of-your-seat suspense from start to finish.
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- Bittersweet Movies Bittersweet endings: the win comes at a real cost.
- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
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- Intense Movies Relentless action and constant pressure.
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