Manic movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant manic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful and disturbing films and TV shows about / with manic, death, murder, storytelling, mentor, brutality, psychopath, dialogue, catastrophe and obsession plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as manic: Misery (1990), Proof (2005), Single White Female (1992), Dead Calm (1989), Deep Red (1975), The Stepfather (2009), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The People Under the Stairs (1991), Spun (2002), Mad Detective (2007).
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263K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, insanity, hostage, loneliness, psychopath, stephen king, kidnapping, snow, isolation, captivity, obsessed fan, female psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, new york
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48K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, inspirational, sexy, serious ...
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, prodigy, insanity, paranoia, university, notebook, campus, illness, schizophrenia, manic, mental disorder ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york, wisconsin, london
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, erotic, psychosexual thriller, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, psychopath, femme fatale, stalker, mental illness, sex scene, jealousy, sexual harassment, nudity, stalking, murder, dangerous friend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco
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47K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to forget about a terrible accident. While on the open sea, in dead calm, they come across a ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
isolation, ocean, ship, psychopath, sailing, serial killer, sex, violence, yacht, woman in danger, female nudity, sea ...
Time:
80s
Place:
australia, pacific ocean, new zealand, california
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47K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.
Style:
suspense, gothic, psychological, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, gory, murder, psychopath, manic, intrigue, murder mystery, female serial killer, danger, haunted by the past, amateur detective, darkness ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, canary islands, lebanon ...
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious ...
Style:
scary, slasher, rough, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, stepfather, manic, couples, murder, twists and turns, family in danger, youth, sex scene, psychopath, home invasion, serial murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon, salt lake city utah, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, new jersey, detroit, persia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When young Poindexter "Fool" Williams breaks into the creepy, immense old home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he uncovers a disturbing scenario underneath the stairs.
Style:
horror comedy, cult classic, slasher, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, cannibalism, home invasion, murder, manic, guard dog, child in peril, kidnapped, disturbed individual, rottweiler, psychopath, murderous pair ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, california, los angeles
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43K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the local meth producer, The Cook - but all he really wants to do is hook up ...
Style:
psychedelic, psychological, surreal, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, drug addict, drug, drug addiction, masturbation, drug trip, methamphetamine, bondage, drug use, drugged, manic ...
Time:
year 2002, y2k, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, las vegas
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.
Style:
surreal, serious, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, manic, mental illness, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, serial killer, twists and turns, imagination, surveillance, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
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21K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Eirik and his girlfriend, Jannicke, join newly coupled Mikael and Ingunn, along with single wisecracker Morten, on a snowboarding excursion to a remote mountainous region in Norway. When Morten breaks his leg, however, and requires medical ...
Style:
slasher, brutal, scary, creepy, perverse ...
Plot:
hotel, psychopath, group of friends, mountain, characters killed one by one, manic, snowboarding, sole survivor, female fighter, abandoned hotel, characters murdered one by one, photograph ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2016, 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
europe
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34K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Style:
neo noir, tense, noir, disturbing, tension ...
Plot:
psychopath, stalking, revenge, lawyer, danger, manic, murder, obsession, stalker, serial killer, family in danger, swamp ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place:
southern usa, savannah georgia
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11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, independent film, depressing, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
mental institution, mental illness, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, depression, self harm, addiction, mental health, manic, psychology, therapy, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
new jersey, california
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
destiny, manic, betrayal, desert, couples, character study, psychic power, dishonesty, couple relations, a vision, business venture, business deal ...
Time:
year 2006, future
Place:
new mexico, usa, dallas texas, oklahoma city, boston
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
charles dickens, coming of age, child abuse, stepfather stepson relationship, step parent, manic, orphan, youth, literary, victorian england, rise to the top, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s, edwardian era
Place:
england, london, europe, dover england
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.
Style:
road movie, psychological, slasher, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Audience:
date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
psycho killer, hitchhiker, serial killer, psychopath, desert, stalker, violence, sociopath, stalking, kidnapping, highway, motel ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, california
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43K
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, scary, sadistic, bloody ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, maniac, obsession, murder, mental illness, violence, insanity, sadism, brutality, childhood trauma, torture, violence spree ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Henry likes to kill people, in different ways each time. Henry shares an apartment with Otis. When Otis' sister comes to stay, we see both sides of Henry: "the guy next door" and the serial killer.
Style:
disturbing, scary, creepy, cult classic, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, maniac, gory, killing spree, sexualized violence, rape, violent, insanity, incest, serial killer as protagonist ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, midwest, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
Style:
funny, slapstick, humorous, light, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
farce, vengeance, master criminal, law enforcement, chase, manic, pink panther, comedy of errors, danger, uninhibited rivalry, goofy hero, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
west germany, munich germany, england
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mobster named Jimmy the Tulip agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison; he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hitman, mafia, assassin, adultery, dark humor, twists and turns, killer, farce, organized crime, gangster, contract killer, opposites attract ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
montreal, chicago, canada, usa
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36K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Style:
slasher, horror comedy, slasher horror, sexy, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
swamp, serial killer, gory, backwoods, killer, survival horror, survival, supernatural, urban legend, trap, manic, halloween ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Style:
tragicomedy, black comedy, dark comedy, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
character study, obsession, desire for fame, ambition, delusion, showbiz, dark humor, satire, artists and showbiz, nervous breakdown, kidnapping, manic ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betty Blue, a mentally unbalanced and sexually aggressive free spirit who becomes involved with Zorg, a repairman moonlighting as a writer. The two engage in a variety of sexual encounters, and grow more passionate toward each other. Betty finds ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, borderline personality disorder, sexuality, sex scene, nudity, obsessive love, mental illness, love story, crazy love, public nudity, desire, sex ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
france, paris france, europe, spain
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After getting dropped by her publisher, celebrated novelist Hannah Ryan uses the negative forces in her life to inspire the creation of a pulp crime serial that posts new chapters to subscriber's devices every week. The initial release is a ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
manic, psycho killer, sadistic killer, devious, writer's life, obsessed fan, psychopath, serial killer, rage, fan, violence, psycho terror ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Self-made chemist Sean, a recluse living in an old trailer in the woods, suffers from pill-popping delusions of fortune. When his manic attempts at cracking the ancient secret of alchemy go awry he unleashes something far more sinister and dangerous.
Style:
mumblecore, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
chemist, occult, alchemy, manic, recluse, mental disorder, alchemist, forest, obsession, puzzle, macabre, lonely ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It has been a year since Paige and Nathan Petrovic tragically lost their teenage son Zach. Nathan and daughter Addie have slowly been putting their lives back together. Paige, however, remains consumed by grief and withdrawn, and is unable to work. ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
manipulation, deception, manic, children, mourning, problem child, parents and children, loss of son, uncover truth, couple relations, death in the family, family problems ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A decorated NYPD detective returns to her hometown after her sister is charged with the murder of her boss and attempts to make amends with her estranged family while exposing the dark underbelly of a long-suppressed secret that threatens to tear ...
Style:
enigmatic, psychological, disturbing, bleak, surreal ...
Plot:
murder mystery, whodunit, mysterious place, who done it, mysterious villain, murder, manic, investigation, nightmare, small town life, suspicion, secret ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Style:
southern gothic, sexy, sexual, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
military, murder, american south, voyeur, mental illness, stallion, adultery, voyeurism, sexuality, gay, stalking, boxing match ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
long island, georgia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Music
Country: West Germany, Peru
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Fitzcarraldo, a dreamer who plans to bring opera and Enrico Caruso to the South American jungles. With limited funding, he must figure out how to finance the opera house, and ultimately decides to capitalize on South America's rubber ...
Style:
cerebral, surreal, visually appealing, visual, tense ...
Plot:
jungle, steamship, boat, opera, obsession, river, ambition, colonialism, amazon river, surrealism, dream, forest ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, year 1982, 19th century, turn of the century
Place:
south america, peru, germany, latin america, andes mountains ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. ...
Style:
talky, psychological, realistic, touching, gloomy ...
Plot:
gay lead character, unrequited love, lgbt, gay, backstage, world war two, friendship, manic, shakespeare, actor, effeminacy, gay interest ...
Time:
1940s, year 1983, post world war two, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london
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