Movies and TvShows featuring "psychological-manipulation" theme.

When the Joker wreaks havoc on Gotham, Batman must confront his greatest test to fight injustice and protect the city.

In a world where dreams can be infiltrated, a skilled thief is hired to plant an idea in a target's subconscious mind.

When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. But despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne, and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s something sinister hiding beneath the island’s lush façade.

Death Note follows a high school student named Light Yagami who discovers a mysterious notebook known as the Death Note. With the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it, Light sets out to rid the world of criminals and create a utopia. However, his actions draw the attention of a brilliant detective known as L, leading to a thrilling game of cat and mouse

Nick Dunne becomes the main suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Amy. As the media focuses on the case, it becomes apparent that Nick may not be innocent. However, the truth is far more twisted and surprising than anyone could have imagined.

In the wake of a car accident, Michelle wakes up in an underground bunker with Howard, who claims to have saved her from a hostile event on the surface. As time passes, Michelle discovers the true nature of Howard's intentions and forms an unlikely alliance with another bunker occupant, Emmett. Together, they must escape the bunker and confront a world now under alien invasion.

In 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, Vassili Zaitsev, a Red Army soldier with impressive marksmanship skills, becomes a national hero and propaganda icon. As Soviet snipers take a toll on German forces, renowned German sniper Major Erwin König is sent to eliminate Vassili. With the help of a young boy, Vassili sets a trap for König but is eventually wounded. In the end, Vassili kills König and reunites with Tania, his love interest, after the German surrender.

A lawyer's seemingly perfect life is turned upside down when she begins a sexual relationship with her teenage stepson, leading to a series of consequences that threaten to tear her family apart.

A soldier named Stevens wakes up in another person's body and learns that he is part of a government program called the Source Code. He is tasked with finding a bomber on a commuter train, but each mission lasts only 8 minutes. As he repeats the time loop, Stevens uncovers more about the terrorist attack and his own personal situation. Determined to save the people on the train and his love interest, he defuses the bomb and sacrifices himself to ensure their safety.

A young programmer named Caleb is chosen to participate in an extraordinary experiment to test the human attributes of an advanced humanoid AI. He travels to a remote location where he meets Nathan, the CEO of the company. Caleb is introduced to Ava, a humanoid AI, and is asked to perform a Turing Test on her. As Caleb spends more time with Ava, he begins to suspect Nathan's motives and forms a bond with Ava. Together, they plan her escape from the facility and into human society.

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends. She manipulates relationships, steals the spotlight, and betrays those who trust her. As she climbs the ladder of success, she becomes entangled in a web of deception and realizes the price she has paid for fame and fortune.

John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building. A massive bomb explodes in a department store, causing chaos in the city. Simon demands that McClane wear a racist sign and go to Harlem. McClane is rescued by a store owner and the two are forced to follow Simon's challenges to prevent more bombs from detonating. As they unravel Simon's plan, they discover he is the brother of a criminal McClane killed years ago. Simon steals gold from the Federal Reserve and plans to destroy the tanker carrying it. McClane and the store owner manage to stop Simon and his men, saving the city and recovering the stolen gold.

Thrown straight into a dangerous mission with none of his memories intact, a man named Carter wakes up in Seoul with no recollection of who he is. He is tasked with rescuing his infected daughter Ha-Na and bringing her back to North Korea to develop a vaccine for a deadly virus. As he fights off CIA agents and hordes of infected people, Carter must navigate a web of deception and betrayal to complete his mission and regain his memories.

A divorced woman and her diabetic daughter move into a new house with a panic room. When three men break in to steal a fortune, the woman and her daughter are forced to hide in the panic room. As they try to survive, the men resort to psychological manipulation and violence. With the help of surveillance cameras and a clever plan, the woman outwits the intruders and manages to call for help.

The Shrink Next Door is a dark comedy TV show based on a true story. It focuses on the bizarre and unconventional relationship between a psychiatrist and his patient. Set in the 1980s, the show delves into the complex dynamics and psychological drama that unfolds between the two characters. With elements of comedy and drama, it explores themes of manipulation, power, and the boundaries of professional ethics.

James Bond is assigned a mission to stop a criminal mastermind who plans to unleash a deadly biological weapon. Bond must confront various challenges including hypnotism, brainwashing, and a thrilling ski chase in the Swiss Alps.

An Irish man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them. Story of Gerry Conlon, purported ringleader of the Guildford Four, a group of three Irishmen and one English woman wrongly imprisoned for the 1974 IRA bombing of a pub in Guildford, England, that left five people dead. Conlon's father Guiseppe was subsequently imprisoned along with six other Conlon relatives who became known as the Maguire Seven.

26-year-old car mechanic Hibiki Mamiya lives with his high school sweetheart of the same age, Kurumi Ogasawara. Life together feels so natural and filled with the warmth of each other's love. It was a happiness they expected would last a lifetime. Hibiki is secretly preparing his proposal to Kurumi when misfortune strikes. A tunnel collapses, trapping him for four days. Barely making it out alive, he discovers a world completely changed. There is absolutely no one around, communication signals are dead, the transportation network is a wreck, and the only information available is the emergency evacuation order being repeated on the radio. Everywhere Hibiki goes, he sees bloodstains. Just what happened to this town?!

In 2013, Vanessa Springora recounts how she found herself under the influence of a famous writer. In 1986, she was 13; him, almost 50. The victim of a triple predation: sexual, literary, and psychic, there's more beyond her individual story. She questions the excesses of an era, and the complacency of an environment blinded by talent and celebrity.

Publicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Forced to negotiate with the caller, Stuart's life hangs in the balance.