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List of mind game movies
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause her to fear the supernatural entity. As she tries to convince the rest of her dorm that the Boogeyman does exist, the ...
Style:
slasher, perverse, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boogeyman, supernatural, ghost, supernatural ability, youth, mind game, danger, race against time, mysterious character, woman in danger, gory, college life ...
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the small town of Revelstoke, Alaska, local barber Dexter is surprised to learn that the body of Lucy Waters has been discovered. Having killed this woman, days ago, he hoped her body wouldn't be found until spring. Through the eyes of a ...
Style:
psychological, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, insomnia, mind game, small town, investigation, isolation, murder, danger, social relations, darkness, small town sheriff ...
Place:
usa, alaska
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Robert "Tank" begins to work for Dr. Magrew sculpting a puppet for the Doctor to bring to life using the work of Andre Toulon. Robert begins to fall in love with the Doctors daughter, Jane. Unbeknownst to Robert the Doctor is trying to ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nightmare, serial killer, vengeance, gory, puppet master, murder, puppet, brutality, doll, mind game, supernatural ability, supernatural ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
During a fun-filled getaway at a remote lake, teenager Kim (Dominique Swain) and her friends unwittingly unleash a murderous spirit when they make the mistake of playing the game 'Dead Mary' in this horror story. The body count rises as ...
Style:
scary, slasher, suspense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
urban legend, psychopath, youth, supernatural, ghost, danger, buddies, mind game, evil witch, obsession, isolation, witch ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.
Style:
surprise ending, sexy, psychological, tense, intense ...
Plot:
investigation, twists and turns, fatal attraction, mind game, secret, undercover, female protagonist, manipulation, murder of a nude woman, seduction, uncover truth, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
They find that the person who attracted them to the Tomodachi Game is Tenji Mikasa. Maria Minase, who is a mysterious figure, takes part in the team which Yuichi Katagiri and Tenji Mikasa belong to. Will this test their love and trust for each ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mind game, friendship, game, deception, social experiment, teamwork, escapades, trapped, mysterious character, betrayal, psychological manipulation, manipulation ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Kaiji (played by Tatsuya Fujiwara) is about to ave his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything hr, or most people, have experienced. The adventure is not without risk and danger however. he is given four games, which are challenges, and include ...
Style:
tense, suspense, anime, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
gambling, mind game, risk, game of death, gambler, survival, escapades, desperation, strategy, male protagonist, underdog, anti hero ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, murder investigation, mind game, fbi, cannibal ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, baltimore, persia, usa, memphis ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Eugene is a small town barber, beloved by the local community, but hiding a deadly secret. John is hunting for a serial killer not to expose him but to learn the business! They form a twisted bond and turn the town upside down as Eugene teaches John ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, investigation, murder, twists and turns, small town, monster, killer, house, barber, son, barbershop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an ...
Style:
anime, philosophical, adult animation, cyber, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, androids and robots, artificial intelligence, hacker, cyborgs, cyberspace, distopia, mind game, investigation, androids, ghost in the shell, science runs amok ...
Time:
near future, future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An enigmatic actress (Emmanuelle Seigner) may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer's (Mathieu Amalric) play.
Style:
sexy, stylized, sexual, erotic, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
masochism, bdsm, theater, dominatrix, femdom, fetish, female nudity, power relations, sadomasochism, audition, role playing, deviant sex ...
Time:
year 2013, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Within the confines of an insane asylum languish many would-be seers and messiahs. Medical students meet them day in, day out. But when Eve meets Don Wake, she discovers he's not your run-of-the-mill paranoic. In fact, his visions of her life ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspenseful, serious, mind bending ...
Plot:
mental institution, paranoia, losing-it hero, mental illness, mentally unstable, investigation, murder, hospital, stalking, uncover truth, obsession, mind game ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Terry Lambert is sleeping with Sylvia, the wife of his boss. One night, while in Terry's apartment, Sylvia witnesses a man assault a young woman, Denise, on the road below. Not wanting to reveal her affair with Terry, she keeps quiet. Terry ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, tense, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
legal, obsession, femme fatale, rapist, false accusation, voyeurism, revenge, murder, secret relationship, investigation, infidelity, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maryland, baltimore, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who has been acquitted for his wife's murder but many still question his innocence. Obsessed with finding his wife's killer, a possible solution presents itself in an experimental serum designed by a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, memory, police detective, vengeance, justice, police investigation, race against time, false accusation, conspiracy theory, danger, haunted by the past, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Julie McConnell is one of a dozen camp counselors working to re-open a summer camp when a series of murders and disappearances begin commited by a hockey masked killer who may be the urban legend killer Trevor Moorehouse. When Julie looks into the ...
Style:
slasher, serious, rough, suspenseful, slasher horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, lake, murderer, murder, danger, vengeance, teenage life, survival, rivalry, mind game, masked killer ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
It's summer camp as usual at Camp Manabe where the kids torment each other for fun while the underpaid camp staff provides as little supervision as possible. Greedy camp owner Frank and junior partner Ronnie do their best to keep everyone in ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, suspense, scary, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, burned alive, murder, summer camp, psychopath, who done it, serial killer, investigation, gory, danger, obsession, mind game ...
Time:
2000s, 80s
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and kid leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that will earn him that ...
Style:
retro, semi serious, suspenseful, scary, splatter ...
Plot:
house, poison, terror, obsession, animal attack, danger, mind game, killer animal, creature feature, creature, home invasion, alone ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, vermont
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, psychopath, law enforcement, violence spree, police investigation, stalking, mind game, danger, criminal, cannibal ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, wisconsin, texas
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, medical horror, cult classic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hospital, losing-it hero, isolation, murder, mental illness, mental institution, patient, danger, obsession, doctors and patients, mind game, mad scientist ...
Time:
70s, 80s
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is having successive nightmares, and once in London, he realizes that twenty-one spirits are trying ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
afterlife, serial killer, ghost, who done it, architect, supernatural, haunted by the past, law enforcement, mind game, supernatural ability, investigation, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Onoff (Depardieu,) is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector (Polanski,) is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, mind twisting, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, suicide, memory loss, afterlife, murder, uncover truth, mind game, all male cast, death, insomnia, writers ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
italy, tokyo
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111K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary..
Style:
clever, captivating, dark comedy, breathtaking, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, pre-teens
Plot:
twists and turns, art theft, art thief, surveillance, chase, mercenary, male nudity, infidelity, reputation, male star appears nude, thief, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2011, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, oslo norway, europe, seattle
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184K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.
Style:
psychological thriller, twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, twists and turns, secrets, bullying, gift, bully, husband wife relationship, plot twist, stalker, home invasion, pregnancy, stalking ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
The miniseries focuses on the three new lead characters of the film Death Note: Light Up the NEW World: Tsukuru Mishima, Ryuzaki, and Yuki Shien. Each episode provides backstory for one of the characters and bridges the 10-year gap between the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, bleak, crime thriller, exciting, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mind game, supernatural, fighting crime, vigilante, moral dilemma, outsmarting, secret identity, rivals, heart attack, supernatural ability, law and order, justice ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A gifted criminal profiler, Fang Mu was asked to assist the police in solving a bizarre campus serial killing. Working together with Police Captain Tai Wei, Fang Mu tries to crack down the murder cases, but he unknowingly gets embroiled in a battle ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime thriller, psychological thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
serial killer, mind game, investigation, murder mystery, battle of wits, teamwork, murder, homicide detective, criminal psychology, secret, murder investigation, crime solving ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
A woman's young son is kidnapped and the only clue to his disappearance is a note starting with the words "This is a quiz." What follows is a fast-paced and stylish whodunnit which leads chief investigator Kaoru Kiriko of the Special ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, enigmatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, mind game, puzzle, who done it, child kidnapping, uncover truth, disappearance, police investigation, mysterious disappearance, secret, crime investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
10 high school students including Yuka Kabayama are suddenly led to a room and must play the jinrou game. Yuka Kabayama has the jinrou card. She has to hide that fact and kill the players who have the citizens cards one by one. Yuka Kabayama gets ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
mind game, murder, high school student, game of death, deception, hidden identity, survival game, japanese schoolgirl, most dangerous game, trap, schoolboy, schoolgirl ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, dangerous attraction, mind game, murder, uncover truth, obsession, danger, investigation, riddles and clues, college, campus, nemesis ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
toronto ontario canada
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115K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Style:
surreal, psychological, scary, psychedelic, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, surrealism, psychopath, coma, mind game, investigation, race against time, sadomasochism, virtual reality, fbi, psychiatrist, traumatic childhood ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s
Place:
california
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Genre: Crime
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Baek Nam Bong (Song Chang Ui) is known as Dr. Frost. He became a professor in psychology at early age. He is extremely bright, but he has difficulties sympathizing with others due to an injury to his frontal lobe as a child. During the day, he now ...
Style:
clever, psychological, captivating, witty, thought provoking ...
Plot:
mind game, resourceful, sociopath, antisocial behavior, genius, eccentricity, prodigy, investigation, twists and turns, against the rules, crime scene, verbal byplay ...
Place:
south korea, seoul, korea
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