Top Manipulation Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Elle Fanning

Karl Glusman

Jena Malone

Bella Heathcote

The Neon Demon (2016)

6.5 4.0K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America, Denmark

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: R

Story: When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

Plot: jealousy, photographer, psychopath, obsession, necrophilia, motel, narcissism, manipulation, ...

Cast

Jim Verraros

Emily Brooke Hands

Rebekah Kochan

Brett Chukerman

Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006)

6.1 105 votes

Genre: Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 79 min.

Story: How far would you go to get the person of your dreams? With the help of Gwen and Tiffani, Kyle pretends to be heterosexual in order to land Troy, the new guy (and nude model) who's turning the heads of both men and women. He soon finds himself joining the campus ex-gay support group and nabbing a girlfriend! Kyle's ex-boyfriend Marc is horrified at the plan and decides to pursue the confused Troy with his own tactic -- being his "out" gay self. Who will win Troy first?

Plot: sexual identity, love triangle, sexuality, orgasm, bisexuality, seduction, campus, man pretending to be straight, ...

Cast

Meryl Streep

Tom Cruise

Robert Redford

Andrew Garfield

Lions for Lambs (2007)

6.0 839 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: R

Story: Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.

Plot: journalist, propaganda, war on terror, externally controlled action, manipulation, manipulation of the media, political negotiations, past, ...

Time: future

Place: afghanistan

Cast

Cameron Diaz

Justin Timberlake

Jason Segel

Lucy Punch

Bad Teacher (2011)

5.6 5.0K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: R

Story: A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.

Plot: classroom, manipulation, teacher, school, middle school, incompetence, gold digger, workplace comedy, ...

Cast

Xander Berkeley

Golden Brooks

Saffron Burrows

Viveka Davis

Timecode (2000)

5.6 98 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, into giving her a screen test. Alex's wife, Emma, knows about the affair and is considering divorce, while Rose's girlfriend secretly spies on her and attempts to sabotage the relationship. The four storylines in the film were each shot in one take and are shown simultaneously, each taking up a quarter of the screen.

Plot: jealousy, sexuality, manipulation, drugs, sabotage

Cast

Drew Barrymore

Tom Skerritt

Sara Gilbert

Cheryl Ladd

Poison Ivy (1992)

5.4 406 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: R

Story: A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.

Plot: suicide, rape, manipulation, father, fake suicide, sociopath, teenage girl, older man younger woman relationship, ...

Cast

Robert De Niro

Edward Norton

Milla Jovovich

Frances Conroy

Stone (2010)

5.3 740 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: Parole officer Jack Mabry has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he's been assigned. One such case is that of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, a convicted arsonist who is up for parole. Jack is initially reluctant to indulge Stone in the coarse banter he wishes to pursue and feels little sympathy for the prisoner's pleads for an early release. Seeing little hope in convincing Jack himself, Stone arranges for his wife to seduce the officer, but motives and intentions steadily blur amidst the passions and buried secrets of the corrupted players in this deadly game of deception.

Plot: prison, fire, manipulation, seduction, vegetarian, playground, deception, arson, ...

Cast

Adam Driver

Giancarlo Esposito

Nathalie Emmanuel

Aubrey Plaza

Megalopolis (2024)

5.2 1.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 138 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a futuristic New York known as New Rome, visionary architect Cesar Catilina dreams of building "Megalopolis," a utopian city that redefines society’s limits. Opposing him is the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who clings to power and profit. Between them stands Julia, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar forces her to choose between loyalty, ambition, and the fate of humanity.

Plot: new year's eve, infidelity, suicide, widow, wedding reception, dystopia, mayor, attempted murder, ...

Cast

Robin Dunne

Sarah Thompson

Keri Lynn Pratt

Amy Adams

Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)

5.1 442 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 87 min.

Audience: R

Story: After his precocious behavior has gotten him bounced out of one more in a string of exclusive private schools, 16-year old Sebastian Valmont has arrived in New York City to live with his father and stepmother. The cunning and handsome Sebastian may have met his match, however, in his equally manipulative and beautiful stepsister Kathryn Merteuil.

Plot: manipulation, private school, prequel, stepsister

Cast

Kerr Smith

Kristina Anapau

Nathan Wetherington

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Melissa Yvonne Lewis

Cruel Intentions 3 (2004)

4.8 260 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 85 min.

Audience: R

Story: Meet Cassie, Jason and Patrick, three amoral college students who, through a series of sexual wagers, take malicious pleasure in ruining the lives of their fellow classmates.

Plot: manipulation, seduction, sequel