236 Best Intense Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch
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When it comes to great entertainment, it's all about the scenes that grip both your attentiion and emotions with full force. Whether you're into suspenseful thrillers or emotional dramas, we've rounded up the best intense movies and shows to stream.
The Contestant (2023)
7.0
A breakthrough in reality TV reveals the cruel lengths the media is willing to go to in exploiting a person’s misery for entertainment
Idiots and Angels (2008)
7.0
Miserable scoundrel transforms into unwilling good-doer in this strange and cynical animated comedy
Breaking the Waves (1996)
8.1
Lars von Trier breaks his rules in the tearjerking first film of the Golden Heart trilogy
Angle (2023)
8.5
Wrestling legend Kurt Angle is the embodiment of "never give up" in this candid sports documentary
Mister Organ (2022)
8.1
A filmmaker chases — and then struggles to escape — a shady figure in this fascinating and disturbing documentary
Late Night with the Devil (2024)
7.5
Demons, and AI, are unleashed in this creepy pseudo-documentary of a strange late night incident
White God (2014)
7.3
An unpleasant, bizarre, yet brilliant drama about the dark side of man and his best friend
Leave the World Behind (2023)
8.2
Shyamalan meets Black Mirror in this hugely entertaining, visually inventive apocalyptic thriller with a killer ending
Damsel (2024)
7.0
Millie Bobby Brown turns from titular lady to survivor in this fairly entertaining, though safe, fantasy flick
The Novice (2021)
7.4
An occasionally overwhelming sensory experience about obsession, led by a ferocious lead actress
The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon (2023)
7.5
A dying criminal kills to be the most wanted in this Taiwanese Western-esque gangster drama
Babylon (2022)
8.0
An intoxicating and lavishly designed experience of Hollywood hedonism