353 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.

Endurance (2024)

7.3

This documentary about the historic shipwreck and the scientists seeking to find it a century later is an astounding display of resilience

Once Were Warriors (1994)

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8.0

A Maori family survives in an alienating Auckland in this raw, tragic drama

The Substance (2024)

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8.3

Demi Moore swaps bodies in this standout chaotic body dysmorphia horror

Silenced (2011)

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9.0

A brutal and harrowing exposé of the schoolwide abuse case that sparked outrage in Korea

His Three Daughters (2024)

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8.2

Three sisters deal with life and death in this moving family portrait

The Brutalist (2024)

7.8

Epic in scale and substance, The Brutalist is a sobering counterargument of the American Dream

The Red Shoes (1948)

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9.5

A fantastical, transcendent Technicolor classic that stands as the definitive ballet drama

Kneecap (2024)

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8.7

The titular hip hop group breaks new ground in this energetic and irreverent music biopic

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

The Man from Nowhere (2010)

7.6

A quiet stranger saves a child in this emotional revenge thriller

Emilia Pérez (2024)

7.5

Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez return to their roots in this multinational crime musical drama

The Night Comes for Us (2018)

7.0

A Triad enforcer punches out a bloody escape in this spectacular, violent crime thriller

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