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177 Best Suspenseful Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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Some movies are so enthralling they pull you to the edge of your seat, and there you stay. You won't feel the time pass with the following list of great suspenseful movies and shows to stream now.

High Sierra (1941)

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8.0

A gangster returns for one last heist in this thrilling cliffside caper

Protégé (2007)

7.4

A gripping, devastating thriller that doesn’t take the easy path in the organized crime formula

Small Things Like These (2024)

7.4

Cillian Murphy meditates over the silence of systemic abuse in this understated yet devastating historical drama

Heretic (2024)

7.2

Though more philosophical than your typical horror film, Heretic still delivers the right amount of jump scares and thrills

Leave the World Behind (2023)

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8.2

Shyamalan meets Black Mirror in this hugely entertaining, visually inventive apocalyptic thriller with a killer ending

Rebel Ridge (2024)

7.5

A suspenseful, veristic crime story about abusive police with action film tropes to prevent you from dissociating

Drug War (2012)

7.4

A Hong Kong drug lord and a mainlander cop form a tenuous alliance in this tense, subtle crime thriller

The Teachers’ Lounge (2023)

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9.0

A tense classroom thriller that doubles as an allegory about the frightening complexity of our modern world

Violent Cop (1989)

7.1

Violence becomes mundane in this brutally bleak police drama

Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain (2024)

7.8

A spirit lingers within the palace chambers in this psychedelic horror mystery

Mister Organ (2022)

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8.1

A filmmaker chases — and then struggles to escape — a shady figure in this fascinating and disturbing documentary

Exhuma (2024)

7.6

A team of exorcists uncover long hidden terrors in this ambitious folk horror film

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