The Innocents (1961), A Serial Killer's Guide to Life (2019), The Woman in the Window (1944), The Power of Nightmares (2004), The Servant (1963), Heartbeat Detector (2007), Diabolique (1955), Strangers on a Train (1951) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Psychological Manipulation movies.
Storyline: Based on the Henry James story "The Turn of the Screw," a psychological thriller about a woman who takes a governess job for two orphans in a Victorian home. She begins to see what she believes are ghosts and suspects the children's bizarre behavior is the result of supernatural powers.
Plot Keywords: horror, psychological thriller, gothic, haunted house, supernatural, black and white, british film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A self-help addict takes a road trip with a life coach who happens to be a deranged serial killer.
Plot Keywords: black comedy, crime, thriller, serial killer, psychological thriller, british film, indie film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: His family packed off to Maine, Professor Richard Wanley (Edward G. Robinson) is anticipating some quiet time alone. Then he meets Alice (Joan Bennett), the model for a portrait he admires, and can't resist her offer of a drink. No sooner do they get to her place, however, than her jealous boyfriend arrives in a rage. Richard kills him in self-defense, and they decide to hide the body. Things go smoothly until Richard's D.A. friend invites him to tag along on the investigation of his own crime.
Plot Keywords: suspense, film noir, psychological thriller, crime, murder, witness, deception ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Fundamentalist Islam and neo-conservatism seem to be at odds, but filmmaker Adam Curtis asserts that the two have more in common than one might think. In this documentary, Curtis compares the outlooks of American academic Leo Strauss and Egyptian civil servant Sayyid Qutb, each of whom rebelled against American individualism to form their respective movements. Their shared message is that fear unites, be it during the Cold War or today's War on Terror.
Plot Keywords: politics, documentary, terrorism, cold war, propaganda, ideology, power ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A crafty and obnoxious manservant uses his mistress and his wits to gain supremacy over his wealthy employer.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, drama, classic film, british cinema, black and white, power struggle, class conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A psychiatrist, Simon, uncovers Mathias Jüst, and he discovers that his unhinged target may have Nazi ties.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, corporate corruption, mind control, workplace stress, moral dilemma, identity crisis, french cinema ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool... but when the pool is drained, the body has disappeared - and subsequent reported sightings of the headmaster slowly drive his 'killers' (and the audience) up the wall with almost unbearable suspense...
Plot Keywords: suspense, thriller, crime, film noir, psychological thriller, murder, french film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bruno Antony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father, and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple: Two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants gone. For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand, but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the "bargain" and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused to divorce him. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings.
Plot Keywords: suspense, thriller, film noir, crime, psychological thriller, murder, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
Plot Keywords: documentary, historical, cult, 1970s, tragedy, social experiment, brainwashing ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Pinky is an awkward adolescent who starts work at a spa in the California desert. She becomes overly attached to fellow spa attendant, Millie when she becomes Millie's room-mate. Millie is a lonely outcast who desperately tries to win attention with constant up-beat chatter. They hang out at a bar owned by a strange pregnant artist and her has-been cowboy husband. After two emotional crises, the three women steal and trade personalities until they settle into a new family unit that seems to give each woman what she was searching for.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, drama, mystery, female protagonist, identity crisis, surrealism, dreamlike ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The movie is based on the infamous "Stanford Prison Experiment" conducted in 1971. A makeshift prison is set up in a research lab, complete with cells, bars and surveillance cameras. For two weeks 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards. The 'prisoners' are locked up and have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the 'guards' are told simply to retain order without using physical violence. Everybody is free to quit at any time, thereby forfeiting payment. In the beginning the mood between both groups is insecure and rather emphatic. But soon quarrels arise and the wardens employ ever more drastic sanctions to confirm their authority.—<armin@sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de>
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, human experiment, moral dilemma, violence, group dynamics, psychological manipulation, rebellion ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a young man, Aaron, is charged with the horrific murder of Archbishop Rushman, hot-shot Chicago lawyer Martin Vail takes on his defense at no charge. Aaron was a homeless street kid before he was taken in by the Archbishop. He's shy and speaks with a stammer. Vail is convinced that Aaron is innocent but after discovering a video that shows Aaron may have had good reason to want the Archbishop dead, he begins to question that conclusion. When Aaron lashes out at the psychologist examining him another personality, Roy, is revealed. With the trial already underway, Vail cannot change Aaron plea and so has to find a way to introduce his client's condition. Aaron has something of a surprise for him as well.
Plot Keywords: legal drama, courtroom drama, psychological thriller, crime film, mystery, richard gere, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A wealthy harridan, Violet Venable, attempts to bribe Dr. Cukrowicz, a young psycho-surgeon from a New Orleans mental hospital that is desperately in need of funds, into lobotomizing her niece, Catherine Holly. Violet wants the operation performed in order to prevent Catherine from defiling the memory of her son, the poet Sebastian. Catherine has been babbling obscenely about Sebastian's mysterious death that she witnessed while on holiday together in Spain the previous summer.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, drama, film noir, gothic, literary adaptation, psychoanalysis, family secrets ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Working-class British housewife Myra Savage (Kim Stanley) reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy (Richard Attenborough). In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter (Judith Donner) so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, crime, mystery, supernatural, medium, kidnapping, british film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Karla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a millionairess for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Karla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...—Dave Kocsis <david.kocsis@delta-air.com>
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, family dynamics, rural setting, black comedy, social satire, class conflict, moral dilemma ...
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