Manipulative behavior movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant manipulative behavior movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, tense and humorous films and TV shows about / with manipulative behavior, manipulative person, manipulation, manipulative woman, family relations, photograph, deception, husband wife relationship, female nudity and friendship plots mostly in Comedy, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as manipulative behavior: The Devil Inside (2020), Gypsy (2017), Room for Rent (2017), Quiz (2020), A Father's Nightmare (2018), Swimming with Sharks (2022), They Live (1988), Easy Virtue (2008), Kill Your Friends (2015), American Beach House (2015).
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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:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
manipulative behavior, bored wife, attorney, passion, older woman younger man relationship, parole, problem, love story, relationships, male female relationship, unrequited love, ex convict ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
The journey of Jean Holloway – a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives.
Style:
sexy, psychological, cliffhanger, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
lesbian, psychology, lgbt, lesbian love, jealousy, double life, lgbtq, dark past, unrequited love, lesbianism, lesbian relationship, sexual tension ...
Place:
indiana, new york, connecticut, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a reclusive man-child convinces his parents to rent their spare room to save from downsizing, a stranger with a hidden agenda moves in.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, humorous, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
awkward situation, social outcast, prank, manipulative behavior, sociopath, isolation, father son relationship, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, manipulation, secret, midlife crisis ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Quiz tells the extraordinary and sensational story of how Charles and Diana Ingram attempted an ‘audacious heist' on the quiz show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'. Major Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen ...
Style:
game show, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
legal action, quiz, television producer, manipulative behavior, courtroom, conspiracy, deception, tv host, money, family relations, suspicion, british ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A vindictive and psychotic new roommate attempts to convince an innocent college freshman to commit suicide by slowly destroying her life through the means of drugs, paranoia, and manipulation.
Style:
captivating, psychotronic, entertaining
Plot:
college student, father and daughter, bad influence, manipulative person, father daughter relationship, manipulative woman, college roommate, manipulative behavior, roommate, manipulation, secret identity, new neighbor ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
When Lou Simms starts her internship at Fountain Pictures she seems like a naïve Hollywood newcomer, awestruck by the studio’s notorious CEO, Joyce Holt. In truth, Lou has done extensive research on Joyce and landing this internship was no happy ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
manipulation, scheming, manipulative behavior, assistant, obsession, ambition, female protagonist, coworker, manipulative person, workplace, employer employee relationship, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No ...
Style:
cult classic, homoerotic, suspenseful, serious, black comedy ...
Plot:
conspiracy, alien invasion, dystopia, alien, distopia, mind control, social commentary, anti conformity, violence, resistance, evil alien, capitalism ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
Style:
sexy, witty, period piece, costume drama, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
family relations, culture clash, high society, dysfunctional family, fish out of water, dishonesty, female nudity, love and romance, manipulation, father in law daughter in law relationship, country house, meet the parents ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2008, future, 1930s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, france, london
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the late 1990s, a drug-addled nihilist resorts to murder to climb the ladder of the London music industry.
Style:
period piece, slasher, disturbing, rough, tense ...
Plot:
murder, sociopathy, psychopath, music industry, music business, killer, male nudity, masturbation, male masturbation, cocaine, male star appears nude, manipulative person ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, year 1981, year 1996, year 1983 ...
Place:
new york, united kingdom, mississippi, texas, london ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What happens when six lucky strangers, three handsome young guys and three beautiful sexy young women, from all over the world, win a random contest-- an all expenses paid trip to an amazing beach house in glamorous Malibu, California, thanks to a ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, not serious, realistic, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
nudity, beach, diarrhea, looking for sex, female nudity, voyeurism, sexual attraction, manipulative behavior, disorder, comedy of errors, love and romance, isolation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, malibu california, usa
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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, artsy, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
obsession, abusive husband, surrogate mother, manipulative woman, child, skinny dipping, family relations, pregnancy, murder, woman seduces a man, mother daughter relationship, female nudity ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
columbus ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In New York in 1995 Dr. Richard Jacks is a creator of perfumes. Thus he spends his days inventing new colorful and well smelling potions and certainly caring for his girlfriend Sarah Carver. But when he discovers that his greatgrandfather, called ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, light, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
gender bending, male to female cross dressing, experiment gone awry, switching roles, transformation, femme fatale, female on male rape, female psychopath, manipulative behavior, disorder, supernatural ability, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh ...
Style:
melancholic, emotional, disturbing, harsh, touching ...
Plot:
boxing, nazi, friendship, nazi germany, boarding school, german soldier, anti semitism, pow, boys' school, youth, military school, gestapo ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942, post world war two
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, cape town south africa, london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The principal of an elementary school calls a special parents meeting after it’s alleged that the seemingly empathetic and kindly-looking teacher Mrs. Drazděchová uses her students to manipulate their parents.
Style:
touching, melancholic, tense, captivating, allegory ...
Plot:
teacher, communism, blackmail, communist, nepotism, class differences, abuse of power, blackmailer, female protagonist, boy, parent child relationship, cruelty ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, year 1984, year 1991
Place:
czechoslovakia, eastern europe, central europe, europe, slovakia
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Andrej, a programmer, is developing his smart house project. To perfect his program, he moved with his wife Zuzana to a test house. He strives to introduce a bonus into the program - care for his wife. Suddenly someone else, someone mysterious takes ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, enigmatic, dark ...
Plot:
computer hacker, human versus computer, paranoia, police investigation, artificial intelligence, secret, scientist, husband wife relationship, co worker co worker relationship, scientific research, mentally unstable protagonist, manipulative behavior ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, czech republic, central europe, slovakia
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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, crying ...
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, boyfriend girlfriend conflict, socially awkward, secretly observing, jealous boyfriend, jealousy, shop owner, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love triangle, jealous man, manipulative person, seductive behavior ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
prague, europe, central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A paranormal-obsessed man mounts his own investigation into the beyond with his depressed best friend, misfit nephew, a cable access medium and an overeager security guard.
Style:
horror comedy, humorous, captivating, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
private investigation, ghost, belief in ghosts, halloween, ghost hunter, friendship, depression, depressed man, psychological manipulation, manipulative behavior, investigation, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back), William suddenly discovers reasons to live... However Leslie ...
Style:
dark comedy, ironic, light, feel good, cynical ...
Plot:
death wish, writers, suicide attempt, hitman, traumatized man, psychological manipulation, suicidal tendency, kidnapping, criminal, saving a life, chase, killer ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Chaz, a vintage magazine collector, decides to go on a road trip with his friends to Hollywood after discovering his evil landlord's plot to kill the creator of their favorite magazine. With everything at stake, Chaz is forced to choose between ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, contemplative, unusual plot structure, light
Plot:
friendship, magazine, brother brother relationship, actor, boy, emotional blackmail, manipulative behavior, youth, group of friends, silly humor, conspiracy, danger ...
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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:
sexy, captivating, tense, thrilling, erotic
Plot:
video surveillance, tenant, sexual manipulation, sex, landlord tenant relationship, manipulative person, manipulative behavior, life, surveillance camera, manipulation, secretly observing, relationships ...
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Genre: Comedy, 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:
sincere, feel good, light, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
children, large family, uncle, family relations, uncle niece relationship, kids and family, mischievous children, manipulative behavior, uncle nephew relationship, male female relationship, humour, parenting ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Dasu is a small time crook who becomes orphan after his father goes to prison. Meanwhile a local goon decides to send one of his men into the police department to get information for them. Dasu will be roped for this job but he needs to pass SSC ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, psychological, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
police, relationships, male female relationship, manipulation, criminal, satire, intrigue, secret, manipulative behavior, revenge, justice, mafia ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india
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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:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot:
alien, family relations, irony, relationship problems, family problems, manipulation, satire, mother son relationship, manipulative person, father son relationship, manipulative behavior, supernatural ...
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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, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
family secret, disappearance, multiple perspectives, family drama, lost at sea, family relations, loss, missing child, grief, secrets, dysfunctional family, manipulative behavior ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 13 min.
TV show
Story:
A detective who's also a public security agent and a member of a shadowy organization juggles his triple identities.
Style:
anime, detective, semi serious, entertaining, disturbing ...
Plot:
secret identity, undercover, slice of life, double life, character study, manipulative person, lifestyle, satire, mysterious character, manipulative behavior, male protagonist, secret ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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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: 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:
psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
lie, deception, manipulation, manipulative behavior, manipulative person, male female relationship, problem, female protagonist, female villain, romantic rivalry, obsession, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea, seoul
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
High school student Katagiri Yuichi cares about friendship more than money because of his mother’s teachings. One day, Yuichi and his close friends, Shiho, Tenji, Makoto and Yutori, are suddenly forced to participate in a mysterious game of wits ...
Style:
disturbing, enigmatic, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
high school, friendship, game, mind game, manipulative behavior, abduction, schoolboy, schoolgirl, showdown, friends, riddles and clues, manipulation ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy, a desperate man in need of quick cash, Melinda finds an opportunity ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
gas station, female on male rape, manipulative woman, robbery, manipulation, filling station, loneliness, burglar, frame up, disorder, escapades, danger ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Nadia and Adrián starts their particular world war when she files to divorce him.
Style:
humorous, sweet, entertaining, funny, feel good
Plot:
divorce, battle of the sexes, couples, bank, husband wife relationship, love and romance, rivalry, husband wife conflict, breakup, trap, disorder, couple relations ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
europe
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