Persuasion movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant persuasion movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious, humorous, suspense and sexy films and TV shows about / with persuasion, deception, betrayal, murder, woman, police, death, danger, friendship and manipulation plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Argentina and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as persuasion: The Gentle 12 (1991), Double Speech (2023), Cries of the Unborn (2017), The Publicist (2017), Debating Robert Lee (2004), Market Mahalakshmi (2024), Hello Debate Opponent (2019), Hokus Pokus Alfons Åberg (2013), Airplane! (1980), Body Heat (1981).
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Shun Nakahara directs this comic take on Sidney Lumet's 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men. Just as in that earlier work, this film takes place in a jury room and takes place in real time. The film opens as the jury is about to acquit the defendant ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, intellectual, parody, surprise ending
Plot:
courtroom drama, persuasion, moral dilemma, prejudice, mature, peer pressure, character study, confined, social commentary, realism, leadership, gender issues ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An image consultant helps a corrupt politician form a romantic attachment with a journalist who despises him.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, exciting, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, divorced father, political satire, corrupt politician, political campaign, social commentary, moral ambiguity, corruption, persuasion, media manipulation, political candidate ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When three young, pregnant women are held against their will, a jury must examine just how far they would go to save a life.
Style:
thought provoking, controversial, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy and birth, courtroom, courtroom drama, trial, jury, pregnancy, abortion, debate, justice, moral dilemma, woman, legal action ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story:
Rey is a talented actor whose career is rapidly going down the drain as a result of various self-inflicted scandals ruining his reputations. Erika, being Rey's manager and best friend, alongside with Javier her entourage; desperately struggle ...
Style:
psychological, serious, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
actor, publicist, scandal, reputation, woman, drug, female protagonist, movie actor, actor's life, women, drug traffic, illegal drugs ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of jaded high school students sign up for a debate class taught by a tough, combative teacher from the Georgia Military Academy who teaches them that life is debate and DEBATE IS WAR.
Style:
serious, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school student, debate, high school, racial tension, father son relationship, teacher, neglect, homosexual, competition, dysfunctional family, suicide attempt, abuse ...
Place:
georgia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A young man pursues a relationship with an independent street vendor. Despite their differences, he tries various ways to convince her to marry him.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, realistic, heartfelt, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
relationships, street vendor, independent woman, wooing, working class, male protagonist, pursuit, marriage proposal, female empowerment, persuasion, urban, class differences ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
A story revolving around a debate club that is about to disband, and how its members try to revive it.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, inspirational, emotional ...
Plot:
competition, teamwork, relationships, rivalry, debate, grownups, school club, couple relations, conversation, adolescence vs adulthood, student, female student ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Albert thinks he is old enough to get a dog, as he's now seven. He tries to convince dad that he's not too young, even if he has an imaginary best friend to help him solve his problems. He gets new hope, when he gets to know a magician. ...
Style:
lighthearted, sweet, humorous, anime, whimsical
Audience:
kids
Plot:
imaginary friend, dog, friendship, swedish, heartwarming, parenting, childhood, children, father son relationship, imagination, innocence, family bonds ...
Time:
2010s
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285K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to ...
Style:
parody, spoof, absurd, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids
Plot:
airplane, airport, satire, pilot, food poisoning, absurd humor, aviation, stewardess, passenger, disaster, flight attendant, deadpan ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles, chicago
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44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, sexual, suspense, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, obsession, adultery, sex, husband wife relationship, passion, female nudity, adulteress, greed, nudity, prison ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
florida, southern usa, usa, miami
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
Style:
humorous, parody, light, lyrical, not serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
broadway, sex maniac, showbiz, theater, farce, audition, eccentricity, accountant, dancing, cons and scams, mentor, transvestism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1959, 21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, rio de janeiro, bronx new york city, buenos aires argentina ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lucky Bastard is a "found footage" thriller about a porn website run by Mike (Don McManus) that invites fans to have sex with porn stars. Jay Paulson plays Dave, an eager young fan given a chance to have sex with the fabulous Ashley Saint ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, psychopath, male nudity, sexual cruelty, loss of control, porn actress, nudity, female nudity, obsessed fan, oral sex, disturbed person, shyness ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Takes place in a chateau, an ambiguous story of a man and a woman who may or may not have met last year at Marienbad.
Style:
surreal, mind bending, sexy, experimental, psychological ...
Plot:
hotel, surrealism, memory, obsession, uncertainty, stream of consciousness, alternate reality, amnesia, haunted by the past, dishonesty, hopes, destiny ...
Time:
20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic script which follows on from a weekend special.
Style:
soap opera, emotional, realistic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wedding, family conflict, family drama, neighborhood, working class, wedding preparations and rituals, social realism, city life, community, betrayal, loyalty, persuasion ...
Time:
90s
Place:
liverpool
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A man with seemingly unwavering ethics is challenged by his new boss, who believes everyone has a price and it willing to prove it. In this Capra-esque tale no one leaves unscathed when principles and pragmatism collide.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, sincere, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, human spirit, couple relations, workplace, boss and employee, couples, workplace situations, power relations, office, coercion, ethics, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Khalil known as Khalil Katyusha who is a religious guy and member of Basidj is forced to spend couple of days with Arshia the lousy rich boy. The different backgrounds and ideals make these two to make troubles for each other.
Style:
tension, realistic, satirical, dark comedy
Plot:
religion, religious, class conflict, youth, identity, social commentary, character study, confrontation, culture clash, male bonding, peer pressure, rebellion ...
Place:
iran, persia
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30K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, revenge, chase, violence, police officer, hostage negotiator, bank robber, negotiation, murder, sniper, swat team, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
tahiti, san francisco, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In this erotic spy tale private eye Cody Abilene teams up with the Contessa Luciana and policewoman Beverly McAfee to infiltrate a mansion and discover who is sending computer secrets to the Russians.
Style:
sexy, cult classic, parody, sexual, psychotronic ...
Plot:
private detective, lust, gangster, sexploitation, videotaped sex, female assassin, erotica, car race, amateur detective, racing, auto racing, exploitation ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
palm springs california, hawaii, texas, usa, california ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Ireland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the Welsh town of Port Talbot, 1942, Richard Jenkins lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war and his own ambitions. However, a new opportunity arises when Richard’s natural talent ...
Plot:
teacher student relationship, biopic, adoptive father, theatre play, cathedral, binge drinking, persuasion, shame, sunrise, dead mother, audition, cinema ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
wales, oxford university
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Jim Jones and the events leading up to one of the largest mass suicides in history.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mass suicide, commune, manipulation, suicide, escapism, psychic, mass death, cult leader, jungle, american abroad, leadership, no survivors ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 60s, year 1965, year 1978 ...
Place:
south america, indianapolis indiana, guyana, africa, san francisco ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain, Panama
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid clergyman, who after years of evangelism and good deeds, begins his own church in the mid-western United States. ...
Style:
controversial, thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
religious sect, religious fanaticism, religion, brainwashing, submission, female nudity, killer, murder, historical figure, psychopath, religions or cults, social relations ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, year 1978
Place:
caribbean, latin america, south america, guyana
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A survivor of the Jonestown massacre returns to the site 10 years later and discovers the cult's former home has become a breeding ground for the supernatural.
Style:
mysterious, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic, mystical ...
Plot:
defector, mass suicide, satanic cult, murder, mysticism, mass murder, religious cult, death, sacrifice, conspiracy, ritual, self sacrifice ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
south america, guyana, caribbean
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three teenage boys in small-town Southern Ontario are thrilled when Luke Cooper, a mysterious American fugitive with a gunshot wound in his leg, decides to crash their secret hideout. Luke tells them that he's a cop on the run from corrupt ...
Style:
epic, independent film, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
absent mother, coming of age, man boy relationship, teenage boy, psychopath, theft, ambush, held captive, bully, rage, anger, shooting ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, ontario canada
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16K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
Style:
suspense, intense, suspenseful, factual, realistic ...
Plot:
propaganda, woman, female spy, atomic bomb, closeted homosexual, politics, world war two, soviet spy, female secret agent, espionage, war crime, love ...
Time:
year 1945, year 1946, year 1941, year 2019, 1940s ...
Place:
soviet union, canada, russia, hiroshima japan, montreal ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, saga, humorous, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
superhero, female protagonist, superheroine, strong female lead, female warrior, heroine, super powers, alien, supernatural power, training, space wars, alien race ...
Time:
2010s, year 1989, year 2019, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
louisiana, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a valley, with a dense growth of trees, a baby is killed. The baby's mother Satomi is arrested as the prime suspect. The police also learn that Satomi is involved in a romantic relationship with her next door neighbor Ozaki. The information ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
reporter, slutty woman, making love, sex, suspect, journalist, secret, husband wife relationship, police, witness, television, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
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132K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: ...
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, exciting, suspenseful, disgusting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, disaster, tsunami, humanity in peril, storm, ecological disaster, malfunction, climate change, hurricane, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2017, year 2019 ...
Place:
afghanistan, hong kong, orlando florida, rio de janeiro, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Turning down an offer from Harvard, bumbling genius Kieran Edwards opts to follow his true love Juliet to The University of Nottingham. Within days of arriving, he finds her in bed with a muscular sportsman. Heartbroken and vulnerable, Kieran finds ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
campus, friendship, self discovery, transformation, university, seduction, sex, deception, male female relationship, promiscuity, fame, education ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, stylized, humorous, predictable ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
high school, friendship, friends, contests and competitions, rivalry, birthday party, ambition, lifestyle, youth, couples, love, wealth ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sandra is the manager at a fast-food restaurant, and Becky is her teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day, a police officer telephones and accuses Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which Becky vehemently ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, manipulation, twists and turns, fast food restaurant, police investigation, sexual humiliation, blonde, true crime, human nature, moral dilemma, power relations, telephone call ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, canada, new jersey, seattle
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