60 Best Gripping Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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Find the best gripping movies to watch, from our mood category. Like everything on agoodmovietowatch, these gripping movies are highly-rated by both viewers and critics.

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Sanctuary (2023)

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8.4

An ingenious blend of erotic thriller and dark comedy with a once-in-a-lifetime performance by Margaret Qualley

Extraction 2 (2023)

6.9

A run-of-the-mill thriller punctuated by visceral, breathtaking action set pieces

Reality (2023)

7.0

This surreal filmmaking experiment yields mixed results

Fear the Invisible Man (2023)

5.8

A thriller whose modest ambitions and overqualified lead performance can't overcome its limited resources

Sword of the Stranger (2007)

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8.0

A striking samurai adventure anime about being the master of one’s self

Sisu (2023)

7.0

A stunningly shot, action-packed Finnish film that gives the John Wick franchise a run for its money

BlackBerry (2023)

7.2

A darkly comic look at the rise and fall of the tech innovation and status symbol that was the Blackberry

How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)

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8.0

A rousing, relevant, and radical look at do-it-yourself justice

Miracle Mile (1988)

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8.1

An apocalyptic film that is first and foremost a romance

Farha (2021)

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8.0

A brutal coming-of-age film set at the start of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Full Time (2021)

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8.7

A gripping thriller about the Herculean task that is keeping a job

Welcome to Chechnya (2020)

7.6

A harrowing, uncompromising account of efforts to save LGBTQ+ Chechens from Russian authorities