Brainwashing movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant brainwashing movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, serious, suspenseful, weird, suspense and psychological thriller films and TV shows about / with brainwashing, storytelling, dialogue, catastrophe, cult, brutality, runaway, murder, mentor and twists and turns plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Canada, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as brainwashing: K-12 (2019), Disturbing Behavior (1998), Get Out (2017), The Sacrament (2013), Distorted (2018), Control Factor (2003), The Stepford Wives (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Heaven Will Wait (2016), Faults (2014).
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cry Baby, a strong and sensitive girl, is sent off to a disturbing sleepaway school that’s hidden underneath a grandiose façade. Luckily, she has a sweet and unapologetic best friend who sticks up for her when she gets bullied by the other ...
Style:
rough, dark, disturbing, captivating, horror musical ...
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
brainwashing, boarding school, teacher, patriarchy, female friendship, feminist, dark heroine, feminism, coup, social misfits, magic, elementary school ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, teen, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
high school, violence, teenager, brainwashing, paranoia, insanity, twists and turns, bullying, small town, mind control, mind game, making love ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The shocking true story of Catherine Oxenberg and her fight to save her daughter India from a dangerous sex cult.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
brainwashing, sorority, extortion, mother daughter relationship, religions or cults, mother and daughter, fight for supremacy, religious cult, criminal, guru, charlatan, true crime ...
Place:
malibu california
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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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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A fashion photographer is traveling to meet his sister at Eden Parish. Once there, his friends begin to film interviews with the Eden Parish inhabitants, all of whom speak of the commune in glowing terms. However, they soon discover that there is a ...
Style:
disturbing, dark, scary, creepy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brainwashing, cult leader, isolation, isolated community, sect, commune, religion, religious cult, mass suicide, found footage, religions or cults, lost in the woods ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A married couple suspect that the 'smart apartments' in their high tech residence are being used by its owner for sinister reasons.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense, surreal ...
Plot:
brainwashing, country house, female protagonist, fear, ghost, mind control, anxiety, nightmare, mental health, conspiracy, bipolar disorder, telepathy ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, grindhouse, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mind control, brainwashing, political conspiracy, manhunt, government agency, rivalry, undercover, investigation, uncover truth, supernatural ability, dishonesty, murder ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, black comedy, satanic, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
housewife, gender, women, battle of the sexes, robot, twists and turns, suburban life, transformation, couple relations, cyborgs, androids, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, clever, tense, political ...
Plot:
conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, mind control, political corruption, assassin, politics, covert operation, senator, corporation, sniper ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, year 2004, future, 90s ...
Place:
iraq, usa, new york, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when she meets a boy on the Internet and falls in love with him, her world changes as she is gradually ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot:
islam, jihad, religion, teenager, teenage girl, conspiracy theory, propaganda, indoctrination, airport, brainwashing, terrorist, little sister ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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11K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth.
Style:
creepy, tense, psychological, cerebral, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, mind control, manipulation, brainwashing, redemption, religions or cults, sexual innuendo, desire, death, cult leader, character study, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
Style:
surreal, psychological, mind bending, experimental, art house ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
love affair, brainwashing, parasite, existentialism, drugged, tragic love, memory loss, haunted by the past, identity crisis, trippy, parallel universe, revenge ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
guru, sex scene, battle of the sexes, woman urinating, religion, adultery, female nudity, brainwashing, strong sexual content, psychology, tourist, female pubic hair ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
australia, india, delhi, sydney australia, asia ...
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33K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Style:
mind bending, sexy, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, twists and turns, espionage, spy, conspiracy, memory loss, disorder, brainwashing, double agent, technology, undercover, power relations ...
Time:
future, year 2002
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The film is set in the end-times, when the earth has been taken over, and the mark of the Beast - an implant in the right hand or forehead - is being imposed upon the global population. Those who take the mark become part of 'The ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, atmospheric, apocalyptic, biblical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dehumanization, survival, life is a bitch, human spirit, state affairs, against humanity, redemption, society, danger, righting the wronged, religions or cults, christian ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Spain, the era of dictator Franco. Two female teachers are in love, but in those years and in that regime the love is not only forbidden but also a crime. To avoid their child been in prison, the parents of the one teacher, force her to be confined ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, touching, detective
Plot:
lesbian relationship, lesbian, electroshock therapy, forbidden love, lgbt, mother daughter relationship, mental illness, brainwashing, father daughter relationship, mental institution, gender, psychology ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, insanity, dystopia, surrealism, gang, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, sociopath, murder ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the "blood cows" (read: people) kept at the "dairy farm", and they try to get her to ...
Style:
atmospheric, slasher, retro, scary, serious ...
Plot:
vampire, kidnapping, blood, occult, brainwashing, prisoner, outdoor sex, supernatural, exploitation, lie, doctor, tragedy ...
Time:
70s
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199K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, philosophical, cerebral, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychiatry, scientology, right hand man, drifter, sex, female pubic hair, mentor, religion, bare breasts, religions or cults, brainwashing, writers ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1950 ...
Place:
usa, phoenix arizona, san francisco, alabama, pennsylvania ...
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57K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the ...
Style:
philosophical, cult classic, bleak, mindfuck, psychological ...
Plot:
distopia, totalitarianism, dystopia, dystopian future, cyberpunk, brainwashing, escape, prison, dystopic future, alone in the world, fighting the system, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1971, 90s, 1920s
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213K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, satirical, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dystopian future, time travel, distopia, stupidity, social satire, satire, dystopia, absurdism, social decay, dimwit, hibernation, dark humor ...
Time:
future, year 2006, year 2005, distant future, y2k ...
Place:
texas, usa, washington d.c.
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17K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Sarah lucks into a sweet one-bedroom at Asilo Del Mar Apartments in Los Angeles, she think she's hit the jackpot. It's got plenty of space, friendly tenants, group BBQs and even a cute neighbour next door. All is not what it seems: ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, brutal, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sect, community, father daughter relationship, apartment building, brainwashing, stockholm syndrome, widower, coercion, loneliness, murder, girl heroine, female warrior ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in ...
Style:
sexy, independent film, psychological thriller, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, paranoia, mind control, escape, female protagonist, religion, sexualized violence, hippie, physical abuse, lake, home invasion, drugged ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new york state, new york, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopian future, dystopia, gunfight, post apocalyptic, fighting the system, cyberpunk, violence, totalitarianism, rebellion, dictatorship ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
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122K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style:
disturbing, black comedy, sexy, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, isolated house, brother sister incest, paranoia, sadism, brother sister sex, child abuse, overprotective father, eccentric family, abuse, isolation ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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162K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No ...
Style:
cult classic, homoerotic, suspenseful, serious, black comedy ...
Plot:
conspiracy, alien invasion, dystopia, alien, distopia, mind control, social commentary, anti conformity, violence, resistance, evil alien, capitalism ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Cambodia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
For years, we have tried to harness the power of the human mind… and failed. Now, one breakthrough will change everything. Beyond technology. Beyond humanity. Beyond control. David, Ryan, and Jordan hope the telepathy invention will solve all ...
Style:
captivating, intense, disturbing, exciting, mind bending ...
Plot:
telepathy, invention, mind control, scientist, experiment, friendship, brainwashing, government, hacker, computer program, secret, danger ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike, a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, ...
Style:
black comedy, feel good, entertaining, stylized, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
small town, dark humor, conspiracy, hitman, memory loss, stoner, cia agent, brainwashing, satire, cia, slacker, amnesia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
west virginia, langley virginia, manila philippines
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A census-taker (Sisto) is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, twisted, scary, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
brainwashing, small town life, religions or cults, isolation, danger, small town, curses spells and rituals, hanged woman, religious fundamentalism, conspiracy, sect, social experiment ...
Time:
year 2000
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats. He runs ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, rough, cult classic ...
Plot:
island, kidnapping, pirate, rescue, ship, violence, insanity, father son relationship, brainwashing, captive, boy, escape ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
caribbean, miami, new york
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