Die Hard 2
1990 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 6,494 votes
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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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 2026-08-03 · 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.
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 8,128 votes
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Smile 2
2024 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 2,254 votes
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Train to Busan
2016 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 8,541 votes
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Oldboy
2003 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 10,023 votes
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 2,704 votes
When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Subservience
2024 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 1,061 votes
With his wife out sick, a struggling father brings home a lifelike AI, only to have his self-aware new help want everything her new family has to offer... This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Ballerina
2025 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 2,830 votes
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Jurassic World
2015 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 21,750 votes
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Imitation Game
2014 · TMDB 8.0/10 · 18,243 votes
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Road House
2024 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 3,136 votes
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
28 Years Later
2025 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 2,744 votes
Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Bugonia
2025 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 2,177 votes
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Companion
2025 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 2,463 votes
During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 11,351 votes
A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Handmaiden
2016 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 4,409 votes
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
I Am Legend
2007 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 17,063 votes
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Tenet
2020 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 11,308 votes
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Normal
2026 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 422 votes
An unassuming substitute sheriff with a troubled past responds to a bank robbery in a small, sleepy town and unknowingly uncovers something far more explosive. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Pretty Lethal
2026 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 460 votes
A troupe of ballerinas find themselves fighting for survival as they attempt to escape from a remote inn after their bus breaks down on the way to a dance competition. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.