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Exploring the Dark Side of Human Nature: Best Movies and TV Shows about Manipulation

Delve into the complex world of manipulation, where the lines between truth and deception blur. From psychological thrillers to thought-provoking dramas, discover the most captivating movies and TV shows that delve into the art of manipulation. Get ready to question the true intentions of those around you and uncover the secrets hidden beneath the surface.

Cast

Cemre Paksoy

Bruce McKenzie

Elu00e9onore Hendricks

Colleen Rose Trundy

Night Nurse (2026)

10.0 1 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: NR

Story: As a series of perverse scam calls unsettles an idyllic retirement community, a starry-eyed nurse becomes entangled with her mysterious patient.

Plot: eroticism, manipulation, scam, female protagonist, retirement community, woman director, phone call

Cast

Byeon Woo-seok

Steve Sanghyun Noh

Gong Seung-yeon

Perfect Crown (2026) TV Show

9.0 168 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: In 21st-century Korea under a constitutional monarchy, a chaebol heiress with everything but status tries to take control of her future after crossing paths with a lonely prince with nothing but his title. Together, bound by a contract marriage, they begin a class-defying romance to rewrite destiny.

Plot: jealousy, monarchy, manipulation, royal family, romance, betrayal, destiny, rise to power, ...

Cast

Kikunosuke Toya

Tomori Kusunoki

Reina Ueda

Shogo Sakata

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)

8.5 1.0K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.

Style: philosophical, romantic

Plot: manipulation, gore, sequel, tragedy, loneliness, chainsaw, star crossed lovers, tragic romance, ...

Cast

KJ Apa

Lili Reinhart

Camila Mendes

Cole Sprouse

Riverdale (2017) TV Show

8.4 13.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 137

Audience: TV-14

Story: Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

Style: dark, absurd, romantic

Plot: love triangle, casino, witch, killing, small town, amateur detective, magic, manipulation, ...

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Ken Watanabe

Tom Hardy

Inception (2010)

8.4 39.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 148 min.

Audience: PG-13

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 person's idea into a target's subconscious.

Plot: mission, dreams, kidnapping, spy, allegory, intellectual, manipulation, heist, ...

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen

Hugh Dancy

Laurence Fishburne

Caroline Dhavernas

Hannibal (2013) TV Show

8.3 3.0K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 39

Audience: TV-MA

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 with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

Plot: based on novel or book, symbolism, fbi, manipulation, murder, serial killer, psychological thriller, cannibal, ...

Cast

Matthew Broderick

Moira Kelly

Jeremy Irons

Nathan Lane

The Lion King (1994)

8.3 19.8K votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: G

Story: Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

Plot: father murder, loss of loved one, africa, lion, cartoon, manipulation, villain, redemption, ...

Cast

Guillermo Francella

Gabriel Goity

Daru00edo Barassi

Gastu00f3n Cocchiarale

The Boss (2022) TV Show

8.2 305 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Argentina

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 32

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Eliseo is the superintendent of an upscale building. On the surface, is cordial and docile in his role, but underneath Eliseo believes himself the omnipotent figure of the community — meddling in the affairs of residents and pulling strings as he sees fit. Eliseo's only concern is protecting his job, which comes under threat by a proposed pool project.

Plot: manipulation, buenos aires, argentina, apartment building, scheming, building superintendent

Cast

Guy Pearce

Carrie-Anne Moss

Joe Pantoliano

Mark Boone Junior

Memento (2000)

8.2 16.4K votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: R

Story: Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

Plot: drug dealer, amnesia, insulin, tattoo, waitress, motel, manipulation, flashback, ...

Place: los angeles, california

Cast

Robin Wright

Michael Kelly

Constance Zimmer

Patricia Clarkson

House of Cards (2013) TV Show

8.0 3.2K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 73

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.

Style: cynical, dark

Plot: corruption, usa president, manipulation, politics, revenge, breaking the fourth wall, power politics, political corruption, ...

Halt and Catch Fire (2014) TV Show

7.9 570 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 40

Audience: TV-14

Story: During the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, an unlikely trio - a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy - take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it.

Plot: manipulation, silicon valley, dallas, texas, nerd, computer, family relationships, eccentric, ...

Time: 1980s

Place: texas

Cast

Derek Jacobi

I, Claudius (1976) TV Show

7.8 138 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

Plot: rome, italy, based on novel or book, roman empire, emperor, manipulation, ambition, ancient rome, ...

Time: 1st century

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Nicole DePaul

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Mackenzie DePaul

The Curious Case of Natalia Grace (2023) TV Show

7.7 52 votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-14

Story: This stranger-than-fiction series explores the question of whether Natalia Barnett is an exploited Ukrainian child with dwarfism or a dangerous adult masquerading as a child. Featuring exclusive bombshell interviews with members of Natalia's adoptive family, relatives, friends, legal experts, and neighbors, this docuseries offers a never-before-seen glimpse into the Barnett family, Natalia's identity, Michael Barnett's October 2022 trial, as well as key insights into new theories and evidence.

Style: shocking

Plot: detective, adoption, manipulation, court case, dwarfism, adopted daughter, adoptive parent, fbi agent, ...

Cast

Richard Gere

Laura Linney

Edward Norton

John Mahoney

Primal Fear (1996)

7.7 4.0K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: R

Story: Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: chicago, illinois, death penalty, child abuse, corruption, based on novel or book, court case, court, ...

Cast

Daniel Kaluuya

Allison Williams

Catherine Keener

Bradley Whitford

Get Out (2017)

7.6 19.0K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: R

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 progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Style: satirical

Plot: kidnapping, externally controlled action, manipulation, dark comedy, hypnosis, parents-in-law, satire, racist, ...

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

James Fox

Sarah Miles

Wendy Craig

The Servant (1963)

7.6 377 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: 12

Story: Indolent aristocrat Tony employs competent Barrett as his manservant and all seems to be going well until Barrett persuades Tony to hire his sister as a live-in maid.

Plot: london, england, servant, bachelor, manipulation, con man, role reversal, alcoholism, ...

Cast

Michael Douglas

Sean Penn

Deborah Kara Unger

James Rebhorn

The Game (1997)

7.6 7.4K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: R

Story: In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

Plot: san francisco, california, manipulation, danger of life, puzzle, birthday present, conspiracy thriller, bewildered

Cast

Domhnall Gleeson

Alicia Vikander

Oscar Isaac

Sonoya Mizuno

Ex Machina (2015)

7.6 14.4K votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: Caleb, a 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 that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

Style: intense

Plot: android, dancing, friendship, man vs machine, distrust, artificial intelligence (a.i.), isolation, technology, ...

Place: norway

Cast

Moritz Bleibtreu

Christian Berkel

Justus von Dohnu00e1nyi

Maren Eggert

The Experiment (2001)

7.4 1.2K votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: Germany

Duration: 120 min.

Story: 20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.

Style: absurd

Plot: prison, journalist, rape, prisoner, experiment, based on novel or book, authority, prison cell, ...

Cast

Orson Welles

Oja Kodar

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Elmyr de Hory

Clifford Irving

F for Fake (1973)

7.4 365 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.

Plot: artist, manipulation, illusion, deception, ibiza, essay film, forgery, forger, ...

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