Movies: Tension

A swimming instructor is taking a class when a young girl's scream echoes throughout the public pool. Parents rush to pull their children out of the pool, assure them everything’s okay, and then flock to hurl accusations at the most likely subject… ...

While attending to the details of their father's estate, long-suppressed tensions between sisters Ida and Emily boil over, witnessed by Ida's young daughters....

A teenage babysitter takes care of little Maya while her parents aren't home. However, the girl's imaginary friend will make way more company than they expected....

Tensions run high between a dentist couple in this romantic comedy, winner of the 48 Hour Film Project Rotterdam Audience Award....

Two young women, Leah and Ellinor, venture into a dimly lit sports bar with a single goal: to confront a man who hurt Leah's sister, Marta. As their plan unfolds, the tension escalates, revealing the lengths they are willing to go for justice. Set ag...

A woman returns from the beach and ends up taking a little more home with her than she thought....

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A scene that’s at once seductive and repulsive, tender and obscene, aesthetically thrilling and grotesque. Surrounded by flowers, fruits, juices and other delicacies, Tejal Shah and Marylea Madiman, dressed in Indian traditional clothing, sit side by...

A washed-up private detective, Jack Calloway, is pressured by mob boss Vince Lucarelli to find a man who has disappeared under federal protection. Vince gives Jack one week to deliver results, threatening him if he fails. Alone in his office, Jack re...

An overzealous bureaucrat invades the sanctity of a nuclear family and their beloved bomb....

A man sniffs out a tasty treat......

An adaptation of a classic story, Her Trifles expores the mistery of a sudden death, the bond among women and the efficiency of a limited view....

In an outer-suburban skateboard park, mounting tension between two young sisters comes to a head....

A young woman is in her art studio with a long-time friend when she decides to play "Uno," to distract herself from her anxious thoughts. The game, that starts naively, becomes a true competition the moment it brings up old memories from a turbulent ...

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