Control movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant control movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychological and dark films and TV shows about / with control, obsession, manipulation, isolation, female protagonist, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, slow burn, psychological drama and gaslight plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Germany, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as control: Imaginary Friend (2012), Swallow (2019), Manifest (2018), Snowpiercer (2013), The Purity of Vengeance (2018), Long Way Home (2018), Tatami Time Machine Blues (2022), Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. (2021), The Witch Chronicles (2019), Banished (2015).
Best films
New films
| The Asset (2025) | 7.0 | |
| Heretic (2024) | 7.0 | |
| The Doll Factory (2023) | 5.7 | |
| A Minecraft Movie (2025) | 5.6 | |
| Good Home (2025) | 7.3 |
List of control movies
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During her traumatic childhood with an abusive father, Emma relied on an imaginary friend for strength. She is now an artist struggling with mental illness living with her apparently loving husband, Brad. But when Emma's imaginary friend starts ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, mental illness, imaginary friend, childhood, medication, haunted by the past, dishonesty, couple relations, life is a bitch, couples, family relations, control ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
32K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.
Style:
psychological, art house, visually stunning, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
obsession, husband wife relationship, control, bored housewife, abortion, loneliness, mental disorder, psychotherapist, hospital, telephone call, pregnant woman, surgery ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
pittsburgh, africa, new york state
Is relevant?
103K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years have passed in what seemed like a few hours. As their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the ...
Style:
mysterious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
time warp, a vision, life & death, mysticism, passenger, airplane accident, starting over, presumed dead, twists and turns, supernatural, travel, airplane ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In an older apartment in Copenhagen, some craftsmen make a scary discovery: behind a fake wall they find three mummified bodies sitting around a dining table with a free space ready. Carl Mørck and Assad from Department Q now have to find out who ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, rough, exciting, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
danger, investigation, murder, cold case, nordic, mockery, medical experiment, conspiracy, police officer, vengeance, teenager, control ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
denmark, spain, copenhagen
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for her husband to join her, she adapts to her new life, ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, exciting, melancholic, dramatic
Plot:
working class, black, slum, friendship, control, hairdresser, loneliness, infidelity, female protagonist, slice of life, adaptation, resilience ...
Place:
brazil
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
It is August 12th. After the remote control to his boarding house's only air conditioning unit is inadvertently destroyed by spilled cola, "I" devises a plan to return to yesterday in a time machine to recover the remote before it ...
Style:
anime, mind bending, tension, psychological, psychedelic
Plot:
time travel, control, exploration, plan, friendship, travel, adventurer, adventure hero, butterfly effect, slice of life, college life, boarding house ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, History
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Facing the threat of the Qin State, danger seems to lurk within the Han State, which is known as the weakest out of the Seven States. Unknown to the Han Emperor, that very threat is the Great General of Han, Ji Wuye. Working under the Great General ...
Style:
3d animation, captivating, exciting, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
espionage, corruption, martial arts, control, homeland, emperor, politics, military, country, finance, travel, kingdom ...
Place:
ancient china
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Four gifted orphans are recruited by an eccentric benefactor to go on a secret mission. Placed undercover at a boarding school known as The Institute, they must foil a nefarious plot with global ramifications, while creating a new sort of family ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, smart, clever
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
mission, child, friend, school, secret, control, secret mission, mind control, society, secret society, teamwork, science ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. ...
Style:
adult animation, entertaining, humorous, captivating, anime ...
Plot:
adult humor, villain, megalomaniac, male protagonist, control, egoist, master villain, silly humor, absurd humor, lifestyle, organized crime, stop motion ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After 300 years of seeking revenge on the Hekate Family through The Hekate Chronicles, Bertrand Guilladot's ghost, a Catholic Priest from Dijon, France in 1742, who sold his soul to the devil through witchcraft, has finally met his match. Azar ...
Style:
suspense, dark fantasy, scary, bleak, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
devil, revenge, priest, witchcraft, control, church, murderer, murder, catholic, sorcery, supernatural, demonic possession ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. ...
Style:
serious, costume drama, historical drama, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
colony, life is a bitch, danger, community, prison, confined, penal colony, moral dilemma, control, governor, brutality, colonialism ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1780s
Place:
australia, england, oceania, britain, new south wales
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When Theodora's boyfriend Luca is set to be released from the institution where they are both admitted, she escapes with him and tries to re-traumatize him so he remains under her control. They end up at his childhood home where a knock on the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, captivating, humorous, entertaining, psychological ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, control, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, young woman, fear, scared, young girl, lie, couple relations, love affair ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand
TV show
Story:
Roisaithong is an orphan girl who was adopted by Rungrorng's father, and upon his father's death was looked after by him. When Roisaithong discovered that Rungrorng viewed her in a romantic way and not as a sister, she begins to attempt ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, life is a bitch, family problems, child custody, obsession, trauma, privacy invasion, manipulation, victimization, stalker, abuse of power, sexual abuse ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.
Style:
intense, serious, bleak, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
alienation, infidelity, domestic drama, character study, control, power struggle, obsession, manipulation, isolation, family conflict, claustrophobia, revenge ...
Time:
1950s
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
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 ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
"ACCA" is a giant unified syndicate residing in a kingdom split into 13 autonomous regions. ACCA was formed back when there was threat of a coup d'etat, and has continued to protect the peace for almost one hundred years. Jean Otus, ...
Style:
anime, disturbing, captivating, tense, tension ...
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, political intrigue, espionage, government, police, royalty, corruption, bureaucracy, investigation, fictional kingdom, government agency ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
A woman in a controlling marriage finds solace — and revenge — in an affair with a younger man, until it spirals into a dangerous fight for survival.
Style:
intense, tense, psychological thriller, dark, suspense
Plot:
female protagonist, infidelity, affair, revenge, toxic relationship, domestic drama, control, secrets, betrayal, manipulation, danger, power struggle ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Pakistan
TV show
Story:
The story focuses on the family of Gulistan Khan, a cruel man who rules his family with an iron will and wields considerable influence in the area where he lives
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, family relations, family honor, family drama, control, relationships, family problems, male female relationship, relationship problems, kids and family, eccentric family, life is a bitch ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over the objection of his girlfriend, Ben agrees to take a job as the “live in” man servant to a wealthy businesswoman, Amanda, but quickly realizes he has made a deal with the devil, and has put himself and his girlfriend in mortal jeopardy
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
relationships, deal with the devil, manipulation, control, housekeeper, workplace, relationship problems, businesswoman, workplace situations, problem, male female relationship, deception ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
On the outside, Sarah Miles appears to have it all: her husband is charming and successful and their daughter Megan is bright and engaging. Having put her once successful career as a published poet on hold to raise Megan, Sarah now shares her ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
abusive husband, winter, husband, husband wife relationship, manipulation, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, control, emotional abuse, domestic abuse, toxic relationship, relationships ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
What if Dee Dee Blanchard was a rich lady doctor who preyed on her roommates and also loved to watch Downton Abbey?
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, manipulation, toxic relationship, control, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, friendship, girlfriend, obsession, friends, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Is relevant?
365
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Hungary
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A criminal gradually integrates himself into a broken household by methodically asserting control over a teenage girl and her lonely mother.
Style:
realistic, suspense, serious, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
teen angst, criminal heroes, youth, parents and children, teenage life, uninvited guest, mother daughter relationship, manipulation, domestic drama, psychological abuse, control, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Story:
Eva auditions for a role in an obscure art-house film. An anonymous, masked director creates an intimidating atmosphere. He dominates and humiliates Eva, forcing her into prostitution. She sleeps with a Jewish film producer named Josh. When he ...
Style:
art house, disturbing, bleak, dark, tense ...
Plot:
manipulation, exploitation, control, abuse of power, humiliation, dehumanization, female protagonist, blackmail, sexploitation, intimidation, coercion, film industry ...
Is relevant?
364
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Trevor McNills suffers from an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder: he is an important businessman with the mania to control everything, even the lives of his employees. Fascinated by the beauty of his young employee Natalie, Trevor will begin ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, dark, intense ...
Plot:
control freak, psychological abuse, control, obsession, toxic masculinity, dangerous attraction, stalker, manipulation, victimization, surveillance, corporation, cat and mouse ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After losing the use of his legs in a car crash, Tony is helped to walk again by Daphne his physical therapist. But Daphne's loving care soon morphs into a sick attempt to possess Tony forever.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, man in a wheelchair, wheelchair bound, disability, male female relationship, psychological manipulation, obsessive love, toxic relationship, control, handicapped, relationship problems, nursing ...
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A family moves into a vintage smart home and discovers that it's under the control of a virtual assistant — who will stop at nothing to keep them there.
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, dark, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, male nudity, suicide, artificial intelligence, surveillance, control, possessiveness, unsettling, family drama, isolation, moral ambiguity, betrayal ...
Time:
2020s, near future, 60s, 70s
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Nalan is a beautiful young woman who earns everyone's love at first sight with her warmth. As the only child of the family enlarged hand baby, baby roses, lived in the existence of life and Nalan graduated with honors the best schools, Turkey ...
Style:
intense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, love, family secret, abuse, manipulation, control, domestic drama, emotional abuse, mother daughter conflict, romantic relationship, relationships, love and romance ...
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
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