Emotional blackmail movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant emotional blackmail movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, psychological, serious, realistic, captivating and humorous films and TV shows about / with emotional blackmail, violence, murder, suspense, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, telephone call, criminal, police officer, family relations and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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emotional blackmail movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as emotional blackmail: Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019), Leaving (2009), The Chosen Ones (2015), The Snake Brothers (2015), Where's Poppa? (1970), Hollywood Road Trip (2015), Burnt (2015), Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015), Intrusion (2015), Love Like You (2015).

List of emotional blackmail movies

Sheep Without a Shepherd (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Li Weijie, his wife Ayu and their two daughters Pingping and An-an, are a Chinese family living in northern Thailand since last 17 years. Weijie run an internet service providing shop and is a film enthusiast who likes to watch detective films and ...
Style: dark, bleak, brutal, psychological, serious ...
Plot: chinese, rape revenge, investigation, emotional blackmail, family relations, blackmail, police investigation, sexual abuse, crime investigation, fighting the system, immigrants, criminal's revenge ...
Place: china, thailand
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 6.3
 4K
Leaving (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Suzanne is a well to do married woman and mother in the south of France. Her idle bourgeois lifestyle gets her down and she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room for her in their backyard. ...
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: infidelity, cheating wife, forbidden love, extramarital affair, passion, fatal attraction, sexless marriage, love triangle, emotional blackmail, breakup, love affair, family problems ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, south of france, europe, spain
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The Chosen Ones (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Sofia, 14 years old, is in love with Ulises. Because of him, in spite of him, she is forced into a prostitution network in Mexico. To set her free, Ulises will have to find another girl to replace her. Adapted from Jorge Volpi’s novel, set in the ...
Style: suspenseful, unusual plot structure, psychological, touching, captivating ...
Plot: prostitution, teenage prostitution, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship, teenage girl, teenager, following someone, emotional blackmail, family relations, mother son relationship, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tijuana mexico
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The Snake Brothers (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Brothers Grass and Cobra Snake, in their late and early thirties respectively, live in a small Czech town not far from Prague. Coming from a disfunctional family, they both feel unable to build up a life to be satisfied with. Grass, unemployed and ...
Style: humorous, suspenseful, serious, captivating, entertaining
Plot: brother brother relationship, emotional blackmail, drug addict, fight, lie, betrayal, police, family relations, jail, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, manipulative woman, police officer ...
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Where's Poppa? (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's ...
Style: funny, clever, humorous, splatter, surreal ...
Plot: lawyer, retirement home, oedipus complex, emotional blackmail, old woman, gang, judge, court, humiliation, love at first sight, dementia, depression ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: tokyo, new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
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: ironic, light, feel good, absurd, cynical
Plot: writers, hitman, death wish, suicide attempt, psychological manipulation, chase, criminal, saving a life, kidnapping, old woman, traumatized man, visitor ...
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Hollywood Road Trip (2015)
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, light, unusual plot structure, feel good, contemplative
Plot: friendship, magazine, actor, brother brother relationship, boy, emotional blackmail, manipulative behavior, group of friends, youth, silly humor, sexual humor, chase ...
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 6.6
 123K
Burnt (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
Style: inspirational, entertaining, exciting, talky, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: chef, cooking, restaurant, food, abuse of power, violent behavior, male chauvinist, violent man, redemption, psychopath as protagonist, physical abuse, vengeance ...
Place: london, new orleans, paris france
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Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Mr. Müller is not satisfied with his new work at the Goethe-Gesamtschule. The early getting up and correcting exams annoy him. Director Gerster wants to improve the image of the Goethe-Gesamtschule because she wants to be a symbol of the new ...
Style: funny, humorous, not serious, entertaining
Audience: teens
Plot: school teacher, teenager, vulgar language, school, teacher, high school, criminal as protagonist, camp, survival, naked in public, teachers and students, family relations ...
Place: thailand
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 5.0
 72
Intrusion (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Holly Jensen leads an overly dramatic life. It's one that is spent trying to avoid her problems and forget the past. Best friend Kali has the perfect solution to making Holly feel better. It's a game called "Wrong Number". ...
Style: slasher, rough, suspenseful, psychological, serious ...
Plot: game of death, serial killer, intrigue, victim, impostor, murder, suspense, prank, revenge, killer, intruder, fear ...
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Love Like You (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young girl, with a troubled past, and a young boy fall in love in a small but beautiful town.
Style: romantic, sentimental, scenic, emotional
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love and romance, tragic love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love, beautiful scenery, star crossed lovers, running for your life, emotional blackmail, psychopath, secret past, hidden truth, love
Place: turkey
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 6.4
 573
Closed Spaces (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The first Russian emo-movie, Closed Spaces is a story about the newest generation of Russians. Having grown up in Russia's crazy 1990s, an era filled with constant and drastic change, these teenagers have no solid ground beneath their feet. ...
Style: thought provoking, psychological, unusual plot structure, philosophical, captivating
Plot: coming of age, sex, captive, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sexual desire, sexual perversion, captivity, sexual harassment, relationships, sexual relations, fear, emotionally unstable ...
Place: russia
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 5.1
 1K
Yulenka (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A university professor, who wants to slow down a little, moves with his wife and daughter, from the big city to a small town and starts a new job as a teacher in a girls' gymnasium. Something weird is happening with the class, they seem to hide ...
Style: captivating, rough, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: evil child, rivalry, dishonesty, manipulation, murder, death, mentor, emotional blackmail, violence, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, female nudity ...
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story: FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
Style: neo noir, bleak, disturbing, captivating, perverse ...
Plot: terrorist, black ops, cia, drug cartel, mission, cartel, u.s. mexico border, cia agent, warrior, brutality, organized crime, kidnapping ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: somalia, sonora, kansas city, texas, mexico ...
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White Chamber (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The United Kingdom. Soon. Civil war rages. A woman wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell. Using its sophisticated functionality, her captor tortures her for information; information she claims not to have - or does she?
Style: suspenseful, psychological, intellectual, twist ending, futuristic
Plot: distopia, prison, future dystopia, captivity, emotional blackmail, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, escape attempt, characters in danger, suspicion, trap, brutality ...
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Out Of My League (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Marta may be an orphan, and she may be affected by a lethal illness, yet she is the most positive person one can meet. She wants a boy to fall for her. Not any boy - the most handsome of them all. One day, she may have found her match.
Style: romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining
Audience: teen drama
Plot: illness, asthmatic, repeated event, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenager, female protagonist, love and romance, teenage love, fighting illness, in love, romantic relationship ...
Place: turin italy
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Chicken with Vinegar (1985)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, cynical, suspenseful ...
Plot: small town, postman, sick mother, murder disguised as accident, investigation, judiciary, murder, woman in a wheelchair, mother, murder investigation, police brutality, widow ...
Time: 80s
Place: france
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Gretel & Hansel (2020)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Style: dark, fairy tale, dark fantasy, captivating, scary ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: witch, forest, suspense, witchcraft, cannibal, good versus evil, supernatural power, black magic, child, supernatural, brutality, villainess ...
Time: 2020s
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 6.7
 4K
Coldblooded (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Cosmo, an affectless mob bookie who lives in the basement of a retirement home, is promoted to hitman. He learns his new trade from Steve, a seasoned killer. He falls in love with a yoga teacher, Jasmine, and must figure out a way to leave the mob ...
Style: humorous, intense, stylized, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: gangsters, murder, hitman, moral ambiguity, opposites attract, criminal heroes, love and romance, going straight, dishonesty, killer, dark humor, friendship between men ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story: After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: female protagonist, superhero, investigation, strong female lead, private detective, strong female character, lawyer, violence, good versus evil, super powers, supernatural power, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jesse and Chester, two bumbling stoners, wake up one morning from a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car. They encounter a variety of people while looking for it, including their angry girlfriends, an angry street gang, ...
Style: not serious, parody, ridiculous, funny, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, date night
Plot: alien, teenager, stupidity, idiot, stoners, friendship, obsessive quest, cannabis, dumb, memory loss, transsexual, homoeroticism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey
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Play Misty for Me (1971)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, sexy, slasher ...
Plot: obsession, stalker, insanity, murder, manipulation, radio, jazz, psychotic woman, suspense, mental illness, stalking, female psychopath ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, pacific ocean, san francisco
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 8.0
 15K
The Fool (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
Style: serious, atmospheric, realistic, tense, bleak ...
Plot: fighting the system, russian, society, suspense, apartment building, courage, tragedy, rebellion, injustice, corruption, moral dilemma, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
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Mother's Love (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young man is stood up at the altar. His overprotective mother decides to join him is what would have been his honeymoon, so as not to waste the trip. He ails while his mum enjoys the trip of her life.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, feel good, satirical ...
Plot: honeymoon, mother, mother son relationship, son, mother love, family relations, domineering mother, overprotective mother, mother and son, relationship problems, relationships, family problems ...
Place: spain
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Historias lamentables (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 126 min.
Story: This satirical anthology tells the surreal stories of a gift for Don Horacio, a trip to the beach for Bermejo, a life-changing relationship between Tina and the young immigrant Ayoub, and a new client for a company that specializes in excuses.
Style: surreal, humorous, ironic, anthology
Plot: bully, misfit, loneliness, plan gone wrong, retirement, old man, bullying, breaking the fourth wall, single woman, birthday, mother daughter relationship, group of friends ...
Place: madrid
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Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Canada, Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
Style: scary, suspenseful, tense, psychological
Plot: supernatural, evil, death, murder, doll, devil, haunted house, suspense, violence, curses spells and rituals, mansion, puppet ...
Place: london
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 5.7
 13K
The Paramedic (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Unable to face his new reality in a wheelchair, Ángel develops a deadly obsession with the woman who left him and unleashes a sinister revenge plot.
Style: emotional, tense, intense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: violence against women, kidnapped woman, mental disorder, hidden identity, paraplegic, quadriplegic, kidnapped, physical abuse, stalking, obsession, murder, jealousy ...
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 6.8
 30K
Freeway (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style: disturbing, cynical, suspenseful, bloody, road movie ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: serial killer, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, drug addiction, little red riding hood, psychopath, teenager, brutality, prison, dysfunctional family, hitchhiker, murder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, san diego california
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 5.5
 19K
Deadgirl (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When high school misfits Rickie and JT decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a body of a woman stripped naked, chained to a table ...
Style: scary, disturbing, psychological, tense, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sexual abuse, zombie, suspense, necrophilia, supernatural, teenager, rape, depravity, mentally unstable, moral dilemma, hospital, high school ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: spain
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Room for Rent (2019)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.
Style: enigmatic, suspenseful, bleak, psychological
Plot: age difference, rape, widow, sexual abuse, woman rapes man, obsession, sociopath, mental illness, violence, loneliness, socially awkward, female psychopath ...
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