The Bone Collector (1999) | 6.7 | |
Elementary (2012) | 7.9 | |
The Method (2005) | 7.1 | |
Zodiac (2007) | 7.7 | |
Columbo (1971) | 8.3 |
Mind game movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mind game movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, psychological, suspense, tense and psychological thriller films and TV shows about / with mind game, rivalry, twists and turns, murder, serial killer, blood, deadly, plot twist, investigation and manipulation plots mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
mind game
TOP 10 movies tagged as mind game: Exam (2009), The Game (1997), In the House (2012), Death Note (2006), Now You See Me (2013), Fracture (2007), Focus (2015), Hannibal (2013), Red Lights (2012), Mindhunters (2004).
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125K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, mind bending, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mind game, survival, plot twist, twists and turns, psychology, surveillance, confinement indoors, psychologist, ambition, intrigue, rivalry, pandemic ...
Time:
year 2009, future
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426K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, twist ending, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mind game, manipulation, psychology, game, uncover truth, life turned upside down, existentialism, scheme, disorder, life & death, surveillance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, california, seattle ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, psychological, witty, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
writers, teacher, high school, obsession, student, literature, art, school, privacy invasion, teen angst, mind game, voyeurism ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france
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373K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and ...
Style:
anime, manga, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
mind game, anti hero, secret identity, rivals, vigilante, police, battle of wits, supernatural, heart attack, law enforcement, supernatural ability, intelligence ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Style:
surprise ending, clever, entertaining, suspense, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, twists and turns, fbi, scheme, perfect crime, outsmarting, bank robbery, con artists, teamwork, cons and scams, mind game, thief ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
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218K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, intellectual, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, murder, adultery, manipulation, investigation, murder mystery, mind game, obsession, perfect crime, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, usa, california
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273K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, entertaining, unusual plot structure, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
heist, con artists, cons and scams, twists and turns, fall in love, mind game, interracial love, femme fatale, manipulation, black man white woman sex, gambling, swindle ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, argentina, peru, south america, new york ...
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274K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1680 min.
TV show
Story:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, mind game, cannibalism, death, murder, psychiatrist, mental patient, graphic violence, fbi, mental health ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, ...
Style:
surprise ending, enigmatic, twist ending, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
psychic, supernatural, mind game, uncover truth, supernatural ability, experiment, clairvoyance, paranormal, surveillance, skepticism, obsession, levitation ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, columbus ohio
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, UK, Finland, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, scary, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, island, twists and turns, trap, investigation, profiler, psycho killer, murder, survival, bloody violence, killing spree ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murderer, fbi, mind game, criminal, investigation, serial murder, violence, killings, murder, victim ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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284K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, psychopath, sniper, trapped, mind game, murder, dishonesty, hopes, sin, characters in danger, plot twist, claustrophobia ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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463K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or ...
Style:
scary, suspense, psychological, twist ending, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, gory, macabre, serial killer, mind game, plot twist, survival horror, violent, psychopath, fear, trapped, locked in a room ...
Time:
year 2004, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden
Story:
An injured woman trapped in a deep well must outsmart a manipulative stranger with keys to her dark past to save her daughter from a terrifying ordeal.
Style:
minimal cast, neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, hidden truth, cat and mouse, strong female character, psychological manipulation, female warrior, tough girl, strong female lead, female hero, mind game, self delusion, trapped ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
game of death, survival, game, group of strangers, psychopath, danger, torture, deathtrap, mind game, moral dilemma, confinement indoors, choice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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1.1M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
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593K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, tense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, maniac, journalism, mind game, journalist, paranoia, killings, killer, true crime ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, policewoman, mind game, murder, twists and turns, master criminal, crime scene, forensics, race against time ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, persia, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When you become a detective in Warsaw Indiana - you go to Poker Night, where you play against some of the best cops in the business. They tell you stories about their time on the job - their successes and failures. When new Detective Stan Jeter ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, realistic, psychological thriller, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mind game, abduction, psychopath, confined, missing person, police detective, kidnapping, isolation, twists and turns, serial killer, gambling, supernatural horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
serial killer, multiple suspects, police investigation, murder, police detective, cop, twists and turns, mind game, partners against crime, murderer, murder investigation, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, detective, intense, suspense thriller ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
murder, psychopath, mind game, haunted by the past, investigation, sociopath, murder investigation, serial killer, murderous pair, perfect crime, police investigation, police detective ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
persia, california, usa
Is relevant ?
39K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A bright but meek salesman, drowning in debt as he's about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, scary, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
game, greed, mind game, twists and turns, psychology, graphic violence, mysterious character, money, on the run, manipulation, brother brother relationship, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nine strangers wake up in a house with no recollection how they got there and no way out. The voice on the PA introduces them to a grisly game they must play. The prize is $5 million and their life.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, twist ending, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, survival, deathtrap, captivity, mind game, murder, sole survivor, group of strangers, psychological torture, characters killed one by one, hidden camera, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant ?
630K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style:
bleak, twist ending, intense, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, incest, vengeance, older man younger woman relationship, psychopath, hypnosis, mind game, psychological torture, kidnapping, plot twist, confined, torture ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, distant future, y2k, near future ...
Place:
south korea, korea, persia, oceania, east asia ...
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1.8M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
detective, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, mind game, murder, insanity, police investigation, macabre, maniac ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, america, iran, persia, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Style:
clever, serious, captivating, psychological, twisted ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, court, courtroom drama, legal, twists and turns, trial, murder, legal investigation, hotshot lawyer, mind game, jury ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, peru, beverly hills ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, prison, vigilantism, justice, investigation, master criminal, twists and turns, lawyer, fighting the system, rape and revenge, murder, revenge ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
Style:
clever, entertaining, breathtaking, detective, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
sherlock holmes, steampunk, detective inspector, intelligence, riddles and clues, conspiracy, hotshot, mind game, private detective, hotshot hero, talented, villain ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2011, 2010s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, paris france, london, britain, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In Madrid seven candidates report for a job interview that uses "the Grönholm method" of selection, as protestors rise up in public protest in the street over the IMF-World Bank Summit attempting globalisation of workers' unions.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
mind game, workplace intrigue, office, manipulation, workplace, workplace situations, job seeking, rivalry, trapped, career, uninhibited rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 2005
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five young people apply to live in an isolated house together for six months whilst their every move is filmed by numerous cameras.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
mind game, found footage, isolation, video surveillance, danger, snow, winter, suspicion, trapped, murder, trap, confined ...
Time:
year 2002
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