Emotional manipulation movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant emotional manipulation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic and tense films and TV shows about / with emotional manipulation, manipulation, family relations, murder, betrayal, female protagonist, dishonesty, danger, obsession and infidelity plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, Canada, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as emotional manipulation: Infidelity in Suburbia (2017), All the Reasons to Forget (2018), Submission (2017), Gone Girl (2014), Son of Cain (2013), Spiderhead (2022), In Dark Places (1997), The Letter (2012), The Help (2011), Forbidden Woman (2013).
Best films
New films
| Oh, Hi! (2025) | 6.2 | |
| Lesson in Love (2022) | 7.4 | |
| Trust (2024) | 6.6 | |
| La Mujer del Diablo (2022) | 7.0 | |
| Mia (2023) | 6.9 |
List of emotional manipulation movies
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With her husband away at work, and her son at school, Laura dreams of a home-renovation project to supplant her restless days. Elliott, her irresistibly hot private contractor, soon fulfills her more forbidden dreams.
Style:
emotional, suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking
Plot:
unfaithful wife, hottie, chores, male objectification, scolding, jealousy, family relations, family life, danger, emotional breakdown, parents and children, family drama ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After ending his long-term relationship, Antonio is sure that he can quickly get over Sofia. But nothing is as simple as it seems. And realizing the impossibility of controlling his own feelings, he begins to boycott them, using all sorts of ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
breakup, relationships, heartbreak, relationship problems, unfulfilled love, tragic love, ex girlfriend, unrequited love, resentment, love, emotional manipulation, problem ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student.
Style:
enigmatic, psychological, suspense, dutch angle, dark comedy ...
Plot:
college professor, teacher student relationship, older man younger woman relationship, university professor, writers, college student, hot and sexy, older man younger woman romance, manipulation, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship, age difference ...
Place:
new york
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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, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nico Albert is a very peculiar character teenager, with exceptional intelligence and a single obsession: chess. His parents, concerned about the anomalous attitude of his son, child psychologist hired Julio Beltran. Through therapy and common hobby ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
chess, emotional manipulation, parents and children, murder, family relations, psychologist, teenager, teenage life, family in crisis, mind game, dishonesty, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A prisoner in a state-of-the-art penitentiary begins to question the purpose of the emotion-controlling drugs he's testing for a pharmaceutical genius.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, psychotronic ...
Plot:
prisoner, drug, medical, emotional manipulation, distopia, manipulation, experiment, tragic past, medical experiment, dystopian future, psychological manipulation, manipulative behavior ...
Time:
near future, future, 2020s
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A vengeful woman lures her half brother into a game that may leave her the sole heir to their abusive father's fortune.
Style:
erotic, sexual, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
voyeurism, incest, brother sister sex, forbidden sex, brother sister incest, sex scene, making love, sex with brother, brother sister relationship, false accusation of rape, exhibitionism, revenge ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A playwright who begins to mentally unravel before premiere night. She is plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
Style:
tense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
paranoia, mentally unstable, woman in danger, couples, conspiracy, mental breakdown, emotional manipulation, murder, obsession, hallucination, character study, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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525K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
racism, friendship, civil rights, discrimination, writers, women, master and servant, racial segregation, maid, feminist, racial issues, blacks and whites ...
Time:
60s, year 2011, year 1963, 1900s, 50s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An up-and-coming attorney reaches a pivotal point in his life and career when he falls in love with the wife of his boss.
Style:
captivating, touching, psychological, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, forbidden love, blackmail, emotional manipulation, boss and employee, fall in love, femme fatale, sexual tension, desire, manipulation, temptation ...
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
(Japanese with English subtitles) Three tales of jealousy, greed and lust about the most heinous crimes committed in Japan by women.
Style:
psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
blackmail, murder, revenge, emotional manipulation, adultery, insurance fraud, cruelty, child murders an adult, female nudity, nurse, corpse, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The Pope's tailor sends his son, a virgin at 35, to Bologna hoping he will find a woman. Nello, a classicist moved by the romantic poetry of Ovid, proves to be a good teacher and also falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful Angela Gardini. ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
disability, relationships, social differences, tragic love, family relations, couples, love and romance, fall in love, love triangle, unfulfilled love, infidelity, looking for love ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ukraine
TV show
Story:
Human history, which is against the will was drawn into historical conflicts.
Style:
emotional, historical drama, uplifting, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
village life, loveless marriage, emotional manipulation, resilience, humanity, storytelling, husband wife relationship, death, betrayal, life is a bitch, family relations, family life ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
ukraine, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Stuck in a dull marriage, successful shrink Mia DuBois follows a patient's advice and exposes her wild side at a private underground club, where she meets a handsome stranger and begins an affair that may cost her more than just her husband.
Style:
sexy, erotic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, infidelity, murder, nightclub, manipulation, who done it, love affair, love and romance, dangerous attraction, femme fatale, mysterious character, couples ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Sequel to the 2013 animation movie The Croods.
Style:
3d animation, feel good, touching, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen fantasy, preschool
Plot:
caveman, teenager, father daughter relationship, female empowerment, friendship, grandmother grandson relationship, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, grandmother granddaughter relationship, feminism, teenage boy, father son relationship ...
Time:
prehistory, stone age, future, prehistoric times
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
One year after losing their son David, Eve Goode and her husband Raymond Goode adopt the orphan Ethan Snow (and his teenager sister Abby Snow and bring them to their mansion nearby a lake. Abby faces difficulties of adaptation in her new home, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, mysterious ...
Plot:
child in peril, adoption, abusive mother, orphan, psychopath, danger, mentally unstable, family relations, youth, isolation, siblings relations, cruelty ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Sophia, a brilliant doctoral student, has always maintained a symbiotic relationship with her brother Karim. The arrival of a new lover in Karim’s life significantly alters their dynamic.
Style:
light, romantic, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
wooing, romantic rivalry, love and romance, friendship, family relations, fall in love, introspection, disorder, love interest, dishonesty, emotional manipulation, romantic relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult, teen drama
Plot:
imaginary friend, childhood memory, mental illness, emotional manipulation, friendship, vengeance, personal growth, emotional abuse, absent father, self discovery, mother daughter relationship, adult humor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
minnesota, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A disturbed sculptor assumes the identity of a small town priest and designs a game of divine madness for a unsuspecting town.
Style:
serious, witty, disturbing, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, dishonesty, infidelity, political corruption, filmmaking, emotional manipulation, villain, psychological trauma, delusion, paranoid schizophrenia, state affairs, corrupted ruler ...
Place:
the philippines, asia
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the early 1970s, Dr. Henry West creates an institute to find people with supernatural abilities. When Judith Winstead comes to the facility, she exhibits amazing abilities that the military wants to turn into a weapon.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, sexy, serious, demonic ...
Plot:
exorcism, demonic possession, experiment gone awry, danger, research, military, supernatural ability, parapsychology, medical, supernatural, possession, psychic power ...
Time:
70s, year 2015, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
COMEDY/MOCKUMENTARY - (2005) CAN'T GET TOO MUCH REALITY TV? CAN'T GET ENOUGH REALITY TV? You know the drill! Eight strangers are chosen to live in a house and have their lives recorded.
Style:
mockumentary, semi serious, humorous, realistic, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
voyeurism, disorder, media satire, friends, media, artists and showbiz, gay slur, flirting, sexism, emotional manipulation, satire, social commentary ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a hip-hop promoter is bailed out of a hefty debt by a club owner, he becomes one of her call boys and nearly loses his life in the process.
Style:
sexy, stylized, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
sex scene, erotica, making love, hip hop, infidelity, gigolo, black cast, massage, blackmail, adultery, emotional manipulation, debt ...
Place:
atlanta georgia
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818
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story of a small, simple and happy family in which a boy, a manipulator, violently enters, which distorts the life of this wonderful fifteen-year-old and makes her a nightmare.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, family drama, emotional manipulation, problem, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, manipulation, manipulative behavior, relationship problems, changing lives, couple relations ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine
TV show
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
female protagonist, emotional manipulation, psychological manipulation, sibling rivalry, domestic drama, family tragedy, manipulation, sisters, two sisters, family drama, sister, family relations ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Since self-made immigrant Nico Podaras's death, widow Elenie runs his lucrative garage, with an illegal side business, generously using the profits to keep control of their three sons' lives. Simpleton Dan is happy to sire the crucial heir ...
Style:
intense, bleak, grim, depressing
Plot:
serial killer, family drama, emotional manipulation, dysfunctional family, control, matriarchy, domestic abuse, coercion, resentment, moral dilemma, power struggle, cover up ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The Guest is an addictive, fast-paced story that centres on the toxic and beguiling relationship between a successful business owner, Fran, and her employee, Ria. Ria has never had the time or opportunity to think about what she might actually want ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, twist ending
Plot:
cat and mouse, obsession, manipulation, control, emotional manipulation, deception, betrayal, employer employee relationship, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, mature, slow burn ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Duygu and Bahadır work for a company that acquires banks’ receivables and their job is to corner the debtor using psychological pressure and maximizing the money collection. Ceren, a young woman deep in debt, is their new target.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, manipulation, moral ambiguity, human nature, emotional manipulation, mind game, blackmail, money problems, money, intrigue, blackmailer, greed ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Netherlands, Latvia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While working abroad, young au pair Mia unwittingly surrenders her reason, her heart and her dreams to a radical family community.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, bullying, emotional manipulation, indoctrination, emotional abuse, control, manipulation, brainwashing, life is a bitch, religious sect, coercion, household ...
Place:
czech republic, latvia, netherlands
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Riley wants to rebuild her relationship with her mother and little sister, who are shut-ins due to her sister's illness. When Riley realizes her sister may not be sick, her mother will stop at nothing to keep her daughters with her forever.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
child murderess, mother daughter relationship, murder, psychopath, female antagonist, violence, emotional manipulation, psychological abuse, control, family drama, motherhood, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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244K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, ...
Style:
3d animation, computer animated, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
joy, puberty, coming of age, anxiety, anger, teenager, 13 year old, sadness, mind, friendship, memory, fear ...
Place:
san francisco, california
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