Manipulative person movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant manipulative person movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, tense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with manipulative person, manipulative behavior, manipulation, family relations, revenge, murder, crying man, female protagonist, husband wife relationship and bare chested male plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, South Korea, Czech Republic and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as manipulative person: Seduced by Lies (2010), Dismissed (2017), The Innocent Man (2012), Eva Nova (2015), Only for Tereza (2021), Garbage, the City and Death (2012), The Tenants Downstairs (2016), Riding in Darkness (2022), The Devil Inside (2020), Captive Hearts (2005).

List of manipulative person movies

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Seduced by Lies (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Brad Sterling arrives by yacht as a handsome dream prince, and the discrete favorite nephew and brilliant investor of his tycoon uncle Wade. Charles Colton's ingrate heiress Laura eagerly dates him and puts him in the guest-house, partially as ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: sex scene, danger, couples, manipulative person, stalking, jealousy, intrigue, hit and run, strong female presence, manipulation, dishonesty, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.7
 8K
Dismissed (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: perfectionist, teachers and students, sociopathy, manipulative person, revenge, mental illness, crime and punishment, boy, teenage murderer, bad kids, psychopath, chess ...
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The Innocent Man (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A self-made medical student and an aspiring anchorwoman find their friendship -- and their dreams -- tested by a fateful tragedy.
Style: dorama, romantic, disturbing, realistic, sad
Plot: heiress, amnesia, revenge, hotshot hero, love triangle, corruption, manipulative person, childhood friend, love affair, ambition, male female relationship, gain trust ...
Place: korea
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 6.9
 349
Eva Nova (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Eva would do anything to regain the love of the one she hurt the most - her son. She is a recovered alcoholic but decades ago she was a famous actress.
Style: sincere, captivating, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: alcoholic, mother son conflict, group therapy, addiction, female alcoholic, ex husband ex wife relationship, dysfunctional family, estranged mother, estranged son, manipulative person, rehabilitation, family relations ...
Place: vienna
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Only for Tereza (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 92 min.
Story: To win back his girlfriend after an unfortunate misunderstanding, a hopeless romantic decides to recreate grand gestures from famous movies.
Style: touching, psychological, humorous, talky, gaming ...
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend conflict, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, seductive man, plan gone wrong, manipulative person, socially awkward, jealous man, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, female sexual predator, jealous boyfriend, shop owner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: prague, central europe
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Garbage, the City and Death (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Romi (Gabriela Mícová), a prostitute, is anything but successful at her job: she is of far too gentle a nature for her clients. The more obstinately she is pushed to the streets by her pimp Franz (Stanislav Majer), the closer she is to a complete ...
Style: compassionate, captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: prostitute, female impersonator, prostitution, man dressed as woman, transvestite, family relations, gay interest, manipulative person, nightclub, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, pimp ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, central europe, prague
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The Tenants Downstairs (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A loafer inherits an apartment block and lets out the place to a group of tenants, including a lusty gymnastics teacher, a geeky college student, a single father with his young daughter, a gay couple, a writer and a sexy female office worker. An ...
Style: thrilling, tense, captivating, sexy, erotic
Plot: sexual manipulation, landlord tenant relationship, manipulative person, manipulative behavior, relationships, couple relations, secretly observing, video surveillance, surveillance camera, tenant, manipulation, life ...
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Riding in Darkness (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: This is a survival thriller, based on true events, three women with different connections to one man needs to find a way to get out of the monsters grip. Will they be believed or can he manipulate the surroundings once again.
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: male female relationship, manipulation, psychological manipulation, survival, relationship problems, problem, relationships, manipulative person, life is a bitch
Time: 90s
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The Devil Inside (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Catherine Borowiak, 50 years old, is the head of a conditional release agency. Being in charge of 20 years old Hugo's case, recently released from jail on parole, she starts a relationship with him, a highly risky one.
Style: psychological, captivating, sexy, suspenseful
Plot: parole, manipulative behavior, manipulative person, ex convict, passion, couple relations, love affair, in love, love interest, female protagonist, life is a bitch, love story ...
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Chin-Yu-Ki: The Journey to the West with Farts (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Genzo is a monk on his way to Tianzhu (early East Asian name for India). Along the way, he happens to visit a house and meets an old couple. The couple has an adopted son, Taro Yamada (Kenichi Matsuyama). They ask Genzo to rehabilitate Taro who ...
Style: captivating, satirical, semi serious, entertaining
Plot: alien, father son relationship, manipulative behavior, mother son relationship, manipulative person, family problems, satire, manipulation, irony, family relations, relationship problems, crater ...
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 4.6
 132
Captive Hearts (2005)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A newly hired executive for a multinational corporation is kidnapped at gunpoint. His wife and a detective uncover a much more sinister international conspiracy.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: ransom demand, conspiracy, business tycoon, investigation, corporate conspiracy, political manipulation, police detective, kidnapping, male female relationship, financier, financial problem, con artists ...
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Guilt by Design (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The film centers around a juror on a high-profile case who is blackmailed into fixing the verdict after his daughter is kidnapped.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: legal action, manipulation, kidnapped child, kidnapped daughter, child abduction, blackmail, crime boss, abduction, court, gang, bandit, criminal ...
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Beneath the Surface (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Germany, Denmark
Duration: 467 min.
TV show
Story: Two families have created an idyllic life for themselves on one of the Oxen Islands. But when tragedy strikes, long-buried secrets come to light, friendships are undermined, and the paradise they built begins to fall apart.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, bilingual
Plot: multiple perspectives, lost at sea, family relations, dysfunctional family, kids and family, bad influence, life is a bitch, manipulative person, manipulative behavior, disappearance, teenager, family problems ...
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 6.4
 99
Miss Ripley (2011)
Genre: Crime, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Based loosely on the story of a discredited Dongguk University professor who falsified her educational background, Miss Ripley is the story of orphan Jang Mi Ri who, like the Talented Mr. Ripley, lives her life from one lie to the next. At a job ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspense, tense
Plot: female protagonist, female villain, manipulative behavior, lie, manipulative person, deception, male female relationship, problem, asian, anti hero, greed, youth ...
Place: korea
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Pool Boy Nightmare (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The story follows Gale as she has a brief affair with pool cleaner Adam, but quickly turns down his continued advances. Insulted at being rejected, Adam starts dating Gale's high school age daughter Becca, using her as an unsuspecting pawn in a ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: mother daughter relationship, seduction, relationship problems, stalker, relationships, manipulative person, obsession, possessed human, revenge, romantic obsession, older woman younger man relationship, milf ...
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The Governor's Wife (2008)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A manipulative mother increases her plotting to stay in control.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: female villain, in laws, political intrigue, political manipulation, family problems, investigative journalism, duplicity, family secret, political unrest, conspiracy, political conspiracy, manipulative woman ...
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Psychic School Wars (2012)
Genre: Animation, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: It's a new school year at the local Junior High School i Kamakura. The school year starts off with a new transfer student Ryoichi Kyogoku who joins the 8th grade class. He has been ordered to join the school, and use his special gift of ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, manga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: school, high school life, coming of age, love triangle, psychic, friends, unrequited love, student, superpower, teenage love, supernatural, new love ...
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The Cursed: Dead Man’s Prey (2021)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A teenage girl who has the ability to bring death by using Hanja (Chinese characters), names, photos, and belongings; and a just social issues reporter, fighting against the massive evil hidden behind an IT conglomerate. The film for the series ...
Style: suspense, enigmatic, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: walking dead, murder investigation, murder mystery, murder, killings, uncover truth, paranormal phenomena, cold case, serial murder, zombie, manipulation, serial killer ...
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My Sister's Kids (2001)
Genre: Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Erik Lund is a professor in child psychology. When his sister and her husband go on vacation, he is left in charge of their five children. He really feels up to it, since he is now going to be able to try out his skills in child psychology. However, ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, sincere, humorous, satirical ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: children, large family, uncle, family relations, uncle niece relationship, uncle nephew relationship, mischievous children, kids and family, manipulative behavior, humour, fatherhood, male female relationship ...
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Eternal Love of Dream (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Having been saved by Emperor Dong Hua from a vicious monster attack, Princess of Qingqiu, Bai Fengjiu becomes immensely indebted to him. To repay him, Fengjiu follows Donghua around on his adventures to eliminate evil but unwittingly realizes that ...
Style: sentimental, uplifting, touching, romantic, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: love, manipulative woman, friendship, destiny, hopes, love and romance, love story, couples, battles, male female relationship, showdown, supernatural ability ...
Place: china
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 5.7
 4K
Jazba (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After her daughter is kidnapped, a lawyer is forced to defend a criminal in exchange for her daughter's freedom.
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating, detective ...
Plot: lawyer, female lawyer, female protagonist, convict, race against time, child abduction, kidnapped child, private investigation, kidnapping, kidnapper, manipulative person, crime investigation ...
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Heaven's Promise (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Na-Yeon is a bright woman. She supports her boyfriend Tae-Joon, who is from a poor background, and has even given up entering a university. But Tae-Joon dumps her for his success and goes with Se-Jin, who is a granddaughter of Baekdoo Company ...
Style: dorama, disturbing, realistic, romantic, soap opera ...
Plot: revenge, gain trust, love and romance, heiress, couple relations, manipulative person, love affair, lifestyle, love triangle, ambition, rise to the top, fall in love ...
Place: korea
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 6.1
 660
Loverboy (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Scholiere Denise is ontevreden met haar leven en als ze de 19-jarige charmante Michael tegenkomt lijkt haar verlangen naar luxe en romantiek vervuld te worden. Maar Michael investeert in haar uit eigen belang.
Style: captivating
Plot: teenage prostitution, street prostitution, prostitute, manipulative person, teenage love, teenage life, in love, sexual manipulation, manipulation, teenager, sex worker, prostitution ...
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 7.0
 170K
The Gift (2015)
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, suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, twists and turns, bullying, secrets, gift, psychopath, stalker, home invasion, stalking, husband wife relationship, plot twist, bully ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016
Place: los angeles, chicago
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Dead of Night (1977)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: This anthology tells three stories: a man buys a car that takes him back and forth through time; a tale of vampires; and a distraught mother asks for her drowned son to come back to life and gets more than she bargained for.
Style: anthology, slasher, classic horror, thrilling, black and white ...
Plot: time travel, supernatural, evil child, creepy child, exploitation, bad kids, vampire, death of son, pretending to be someone else, revenge, death by drowning, loss of son ...
Time: 70s, 1920s
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 7.6
 72K
The Body (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Style: surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, investigation, uncover truth, missing person, adulterous husband, car accident, mistress, morgue, vengeance, adultery, haunted by the past ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain, barcelona
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 5.5
 1K
Freehold (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An oily, amoral estate agent is preyed upon by one of his victims, who quietly moves into his flat and, unseen, begins a deliciously malicious campaign of revenge.
Style: scary, psychological, psychotronic, humorous, suspense ...
Plot: sociopathy, revenge, peeping tom, psychopath as protagonist, sociopath, psychopath, conflict between friends, settler, sociopath as protagonist, selfish man, evil man, traumatized man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain
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The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a ...
Style: dark comedy, captivating, psychological, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: martial arts, traumatized man, master warrior, accountant, conspiracy, suicide, karate, male nudity, gang leader, motorcycle gang, female martial artist, male pubic hair ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s
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 5.2
 11K
Inconceivable (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
Style: sexy, disturbing, suspense, captivating, artsy ...
Plot: obsession, child, skinny dipping, family relations, surrogate mother, pregnancy, murder, abusive husband, manipulative woman, mother daughter relationship, woman seduces a man, female nudity ...
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, futuristic, funny ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: superhero, alien, outer space, space, space travel, superpower, chase, space battle, good versus evil, megalomaniac, patricide, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future, year 1980, year 2014 ...
Place: space western, missouri
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