STRAW
2025 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 987 votes
What will be her last straw? 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 2026-08-03 · 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 3 - Parabellum
2019 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 11,908 votes
Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Shooter
2007 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 5,540 votes
A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Nobody 2
2025 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,723 votes
Former assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a nostalgic vacation to a small-town theme park, only to be pulled back into violence when they clash with a corrupt operator, a crooked sheriff, and a ruthless crime boss. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Con Air
1997 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 4,782 votes
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 10,884 votes
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Lethal Weapon 2
1989 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 3,803 votes
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Predator: Killer of Killers
2025 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 1,273 votes
While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mad Max
1979 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 5,029 votes
In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Equalizer 3
2023 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 3,814 votes
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Juror #2
2024 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 2,544 votes
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
It Chapter Two
2019 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 9,742 votes
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Speak No Evil
2024 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 2,225 votes
When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Irreversible
2002 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 3,368 votes
A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Quiet Place: Day One
2024 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 3,456 votes
As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Secret Agent
2025 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 790 votes
Brazil, 1977. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Exit 8
2025 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 656 votes
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Town
2010 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 5,743 votes
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
It
2017 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 20,496 votes
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Halloween
1978 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 6,258 votes
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.