| Hard Candy (2005) | 7.0 | |
| Monster (2004) | 8.7 | |
| Memento (2000) | 8.4 | |
| The Usual Suspects (1995) | 8.5 | |
| The Big Short (2015) | 7.8 |
Manipulation movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant manipulation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, interesting, realistic and clever films and TV shows about / with manipulation, twists and turns, obsession, corruption, dialogue, dishonesty, deception, storytelling, mentor and murder plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as manipulation: Cruel Intentions (1999), The Game (1997), Disclosure (1994), Basic Instinct (1992), Gone Girl (2014), Hard Candy (2005), House of Cards (2013), Compliance (2012), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Anna (2013).
Best films
List of manipulation movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, romantic, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, teen drama ...
Plot:
seduction, manipulation, teenager, femme fatale, bet, incest, sex, bad girl, teenage life, virginity, sexual activity, teenage girl ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, 18th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, canada
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466K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mind game, manipulation, psychology, puzzle, uncover truth, existentialism, surveillance, life & death, game, life turned upside down, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, california, seattle ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller, sexual, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
sexual harassment, obsession, manipulation, femme fatale, lawyer, conspiracy, oral sex, lust, false accusation, sex, workplace, race against time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, obsession, sex, nudity, manipulation, seduction, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, fatal attraction, strong sexual content ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, persia, oakland california, california ...
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1.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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174K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, independent film, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, torture, manipulation, pedophile, vigilantism, age difference, female vigilante, pedophilia, justice, sexual abuse, home invasion ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of ...
Style:
clever, serious, political, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, political corruption, state affairs, manipulation, intrigue, strategy, usa politics, lobbyist, u.s. president, journalism, media ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, syria
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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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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, enigmatic, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
obsession, manipulation, gay, serial killer, lgbtq, homosexuality, secret identity, gay subtext, psychopath, envy, jealousy, sociopath ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1999, 90s ...
Place:
italy, rome italy, mediterranean sea, europe, persia ...
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27K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, UK, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Plot:
manipulation, haunted by the past, psychic power, twists and turns, brutality, psychic, plot twist, mind game, teenage girl, false memory, murder, memory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, spain, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A decadent London aristocrat hires a man-servant to attend to his needs. However, the balance of power starts to shift...
Style:
sexy, psychological, psychosexual thriller, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
manipulation, servant, master and servant, decadence, class differences, dysfunctional relationship, alcoholism, master servant relationship, classism, gay subtext, lgbt, sexual repression ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
england, london, america, britain, united kingdom
Is relevant?
804K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
racism, hypnosis, brainwashing, interracial romance, kidnapping, paranoia, survival, female villain, african american, revenge, african american protagonist, neurosurgeon ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, southern usa, indiana, new york
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276K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, killer child, serial killer, evil child, female psychopath, fear, mysterious character, creepy child, children, parents and children, family in danger ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
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67K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
Style:
psychological, anime, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, false accusation, doctor, murder, protagonist as suspect, guilt, mastermind, manipulation, choice, hospital, nihilism, investigator ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe, czech republic
Is relevant?
633K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
psychological, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, androids, technology, existentialism, cyborgs, cyberpunk, isolation, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, consciousness ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place:
england
Is relevant?
1.4M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
Is relevant?
234K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, adultery, investigation, murder mystery, manipulation, mind game, courtroom, trial, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, california, usa
Is relevant?
204K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
mental illness, depression, psychiatrist, manipulation, murder, patient, sleepwalking, twists and turns, doctor, mental patient, mental institution, deception ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, future, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.
Style:
entertaining, clever, surprise ending, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
heist, illusionist, con men, manipulation, twists and turns, con artists, wizard, magic, caper, magician, stage magic, card trick ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 1984, 80s
Place:
london, macau, south america, new york, new jersey ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an ...
Style:
neo noir, surprise ending, twist ending, clever, confusing ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, heist, master criminal, whodunit, manipulation, organized crime, murder mystery, criminal, bank robber, killer, dialogue ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1995, year 1981
Place:
los angeles, new york, hungary, turkey, north america ...
Is relevant?
661K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, sociopath, journalism, obsession, cynicism, psychopath, manipulation, morality, journalist, violence, deception, ethics ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california, america ...
Is relevant?
216K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Austria
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Prima ballerina, Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies ...
Style:
sexy, surprise ending, suspense, erotic, satanic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
spy, female spy, female agent, uncle niece relationship, secret agent, deception, russian spy, female assassin, femme fatale, secret mission, female secret agent, strong female character ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, budapest, hungary, ussr, chechnya ...
Is relevant?
2.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, cerebral, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, teamwork, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, twists and turns, fictional reality, existentialism, lucid dream ...
Time:
year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place:
japan, paris france, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
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305K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, cannibalism, mind game, murder, psychiatrist, death, manipulation, graphic violence, mental patient, fbi ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
122K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
Style:
cynical, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, sexual ...
Plot:
addiction, insanity, drug abuse, antisocial behavior, dark humor, losing-it hero, corruption, manipulation, self destructing, drug, cocaine, corrupt cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
scotland, hamburg germany, edinburgh scotland, britain, new orleans
Is relevant?
42K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, sensual, sexual, neo noir ...
Plot:
sex, betrayal, twists and turns, hotel, lawyer, escapades, murder, manipulation, police investigation, frame up, life turned upside down, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
new york, europe, spain, usa, madrid ...
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three college students set out to document what other people dread most.
Style:
disturbing, psychological horror, psychological, scary, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
fear, torture, nightmare, cruelty, psychopath, manipulation, college student, childhood trauma, held captive, violence, mind game, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.
Style:
sexy, erotic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, lesbian, older man younger woman relationship, obsession, dangerous attraction, nymphet, teenage girl, adultery, teenage life, seduction, fatal attraction, high school ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.
Style:
tense, surreal, satanic, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Plot:
sect, cult leader, manipulation, religions or cults, brainwashing, amnesia, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, uncover truth, working undercover, exploitation ...
Time:
year 2011, distant future, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
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