American films about manipulators

List of the best American films about manipulators according to the audience: Irresistible, Compliance, Hypnotic, Experimenter, Bound, Mindscape, Think Like a Man, Scorned, Cheap Thrills, Starry Eyes.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

    Sandra is the manager at a fast-food restaurant, and Becky is her teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day, a police officer telephones and accuses Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which Becky vehemently denies. Sandra, overwhelmed by her managerial responsibilities, complies with the officer’s orders to detain Becky, beginning a nightmare that tragically blurs the lines between expedience, prudence, legality and reason.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA

    A detective investigates a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:10

      Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don’t stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they’ve been told to do so. With Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people’s tendency to comply with authority. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster, but his wife Sasha stands by him through it all.

      Markimdb: 3.4
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      The daughter of a wealthy real estate mogul falls in love with a younger man, and she is introduced to the world of BDSM. With her newly awakened sexual prowess, she is finally able to take control of her life.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountrySpain, USA
      Duration01:39

      A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:02

        The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what they want from their men. When the men realize that the women have gotten a hold of their relationship “playbook,” they decide that the best defense is a good offense and come up with a plan to use this information to their advantage.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrethriller
        CountryUSA

        Sadie and Kevin have decided to spend a romantic weekend together at his lake house. But when an unexpected- and unfortunate- text from her best friend Jennifer to Kevin reveals a lurid love affair between the two, Sadie spirals into a hunger for revenge.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:27

          Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA, Belgium
          Duration01:36

          A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genredrama, biography, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:53

          The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, crime
          CountryCanada, USA
          Duration01:29

          Freya McAllister suddenly starts hearing voices in her head on the night of her High School Prom. One night Dr Michael Welles arrives telling Freya that she isn't crazy but that her voices are the thoughts of everyone around her. He teaches her to turn her telepathic powers into a powerful gift. What he doesn't say is that he works for the National Security Agency...

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Qatar
          Duration02:10

          In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genredrama, detective, film noir
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:35

          A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genredrama, crime, detective, film noir
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:18

          Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, western
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          Howard Kemp has been tracking killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. In the Colorado Rockies, he teams up with prospector Jesse Tate and former Union soldier Roy Anderson. Thinking Kemp is a sheriff, they agree to help for a small fee. When they catch Vandergroat, he tells them Kemp is pursuing a $5,000 bounty. After demanding equal shares, the uneasy alliance heads for Kansas as Vandergroat tries to turn them against each other.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrecomedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          A young woman pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          Former Hollywood star Reagan Pearce is kidnapped by two men connected to his past while on location in Louisiana. When he wakes up bound and chained in a rundown shack, he soon discovers the real motives of his captors and finds himself in the middle of a twisted scheme with little chance to survive. With no rescue in sight, Reagan must use every ounce of strength he has left to break free and get his revenge.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:54

            A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.

            Markimdb: 4.9
            Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:34

            After a chance encounter online, Caleb meets and falls head over heels for Jeremy. Soon the line between love and lies blur. Struggling to keep his past a secret, including his mentally ill mother, Caleb slowly succumbs to his darker side. A sudden turn of events finds Jeremy held captive, until Caleb's quest for the truth is revealed.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:36

            Three college friends go to the biggest party of the year, each looking for something different: love, sex and a simple human connection. When a supernatural phenomenon disrupts the party, it lights a fuse on what will become the strangest night anyone has ever seen. As the three friends struggle to find what they’re looking for, the party quickly descends into a chaos that challenges if they can stay friends or if they can even stay alive.

            Markimdb: 4.5
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:39

            When struggling artist Colson finds his muse in sultry singer Fran, their daring romance spirals out of control into a dangerous game of deception and betrayal.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Spain, USA, France
            Duration02:08

            A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrecomedy, drama, crime
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA
            Duration01:33

            A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:33

            Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much-needed boost of self-esteem. However, when her health starts improving, Martin fears losing her, so he begins tampering with her treatment, keeping Diane sick and in the hospital right next to him.

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genredrama, film noir
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:51

            A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control media circus.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrecomedy, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:33

            A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, Argentina
            Duration02:24

            Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess -- now an accomplished femme fatale -- unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky for a loop at a time when he cannot afford to be off his game.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredocumentary, biography, sport
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:04

            In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong’s comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong’s confession. The Armstrong Lie picks up in 2013 and presents a riveting, insider's view of the unraveling of one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of sports. As Lance Armstrong says himself, “I didn’t live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one.”

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, film noir
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:38

            A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrehorror, fantastic
            CountryUSA

            What’s controlling the town on Block Island? There’s a force lurking off the coast and the wildlife and people are all behaving strangely.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genreaction, thriller, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France, USA
            Duration01:53

            An American biologist attending a conference in Berlin awakens from a coma after a car accident, only to discover that someone has taken his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of an illegal immigrant and a former Stazi agent, he sets out to prove who he is and find out why people are trying to kill him.

            Markimdb: 8.2
            Genredrama, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:06

            The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:03

            Uncle John revolves around the struggle to keep a mysterious disappearance unsolved

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:09

            Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop and a high-profile 'fixer' enter high-stakes negotiations.

            Markimdb: 8.8
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration02:28

              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.

              Markimdb: 6.3
              Genrehorror, thriller
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:28

              A bright but meek salesman, drowning in debt as he's about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.

              Markimdb: 6
              Genreaction, thriller
              CountryUSA, France, Italy, United Kingdom
              Duration01:43

                American tourist Frank (Johnny Depp) meets mysterious British woman Elsie (Angelina Jolie) on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Remake of the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer", written and directed by Jérôme Salle.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genredrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:00

                Set against the backdrop of a hit dating competition show, "UnREAL" is led by Rachel, a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with and among the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage the program's dispassionate executive producer demands. What ensues is a humorous, yet vexing, look at what happens in the world of unscripted television, where being a contestant can be vicious and producing it is a whole other reality.

                Markimdb: 4.3
                Genrehorror, thriller, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:39

                A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of "Kill, Or Be Killed". As the night unfolds, the game's mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted viewers all over the world, who are compelled to KEEP WATCHING... not knowing if what they're seeing is real, or staged.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genreaction, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:34

                Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Based on the best-selling Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact, and the 2007 Paramount film starring Mark Wahlberg.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genreaction, drama, sport
                CountryUSA

                After a blood- soaked jujitsu match in Dubai, fighting legend Mickey Kelley falls to superstar Blaine. But years later, an online video proves that Blaine cheated, and the world demands a rematch. Can the aging underdog get back into shape in time to vanquish his foe, get revenge, and claim his prize?

                Markimdb: 5.7
                Genremelodrama, drama, music
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:26

                Estranged from her family, Franny returns home when an accident leaves her brother comatose. Retracing his life as an aspiring musician, she tracks down his favorite musician, James Forester. Against the backdrop of Brooklyn’s music scene, Franny and James develop an unexpected relationship and face the realities of their lives.

                Markimdb: 8.2
                Genredocumentary, sport
                CountryUSA

                Docuseries chronicling the purchase and stewardship of Wrexham AFC, one of professional football's oldest clubs, by two Hollywood actors, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genredrama
                CountryUSA

                Yearning to leave behind his life of misfortune in the Middle East, Ibrahim Jarrah wins the U.S. Green Card Lottery for a chance to become an American citizen. Ibrahim lands in New York City the day before 9/11…and the events of the September terrorist attacks forever shape the struggles he faces on his journey to capture the American dream.

                Markimdb: 5.7
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:38

                After breaking up with her boyfriend, a bookstore manager resists a seemingly perfect guy's attempts to woo her.

                Markimdb: 3.4
                Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, family
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:27

                When a family visits Grandma's house on Christmas Eve, they leave their dog at home alone. And when burglars try to take the presents from under the tree, the dog must use every trick it knows to stop them.

                Markimdb: 5.3
                Genrecomedy, drama
                CountryUSA

                When Steve Dallas, a womanizing local weatherman, hears that his off-the-grid best friend Ben Baker has lost his estranged father, the two return to Ben's childhood home. Once there, they discover Ben has inherited the family fortune, and the ill-equipped duo must battle Ben's formidable sister and deal with his father's gorgeous 25-year old widow.

                Markimdb: 5.6
                Genreaction, drama, sport
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:34

                A former NCAA champion wrestler is paroled after 10 years in prison. Now, to save a friend's life, in a series of cage fights he must agree to do the impossible - lose.




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