Enemy
2014 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 6,519 votes
A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Curated by SceneIt · United States
Tense Movies
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose thrillers with sustained tension and strong audience response. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 4,506 votes
Dr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Lucky Number Slevin
2006 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 4,544 votes
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Cure
1997 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 833 votes
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Lethal Weapon 4
1998 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 3,012 votes
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Eden
2025 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 699 votes
A group of disillusioned outsiders abandon modern society in search of a new beginning. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
End of Watch
2012 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 3,699 votes
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Last Breath
2025 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 676 votes
Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Plane
2023 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 2,705 votes
After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Don't Worry Darling
2022 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 3,006 votes
Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
All the President's Men
1976 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 2,112 votes
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Street Kings
2008 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 1,764 votes
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Run Lola Run
1998 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 2,611 votes
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
From Hell
2001 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 3,049 votes
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Lethal Weapon 3
1992 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 3,305 votes
Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Last Boy Scout
1991 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 2,195 votes
Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Bound
1996 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 1,113 votes
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Quick and the Dead
1995 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,994 votes
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · TMDB 8.3/10 · 18,239 votes
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Munich
2005 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 3,041 votes
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.