Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "manipulative-personality"

1. Hannibal (2013–2015)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Explores the early relationship between renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter and a young FBI criminal profiler who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.

Stars: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne

Votes: 276,485

2. Young Royals (2021–2024)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Romance

Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.

Stars: Edvin Ryding, Omar Rudberg, Malte Gårdinger, Frida Argento

Votes: 43,957

3. Gone Girl (2014)

R | 149 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry

Votes: 1,066,953 | Gross: $167.77M

4. Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance

A scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz

Votes: 75,121 | Gross: $34.70M

5. Love & Mercy (2014)

PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music

In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he's a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy.

Director: Bill Pohlad | Stars: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti

Votes: 42,600 | Gross: $12.55M

6. One Deadly Summer (1983)

R | 133 min | Drama, Mystery

A young woman who oozes sensuality arrives in a small town and marries the local mechanic. Was it love at first sight? What links her enigmatic presence to the family's piano? Is it curiosity or is it something far more sinister?

Director: Jean Becker | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Clève

Votes: 5,355

7. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau

Votes: 24,807 | Gross: $0.06M

8. The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

PG-13 | 144 min | Drama, Romance

An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Martin Donovan

Votes: 12,670 | Gross: $3.69M

9. My King (2015)

Unrated | 124 min | Drama, Romance

Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious skiing accident. Dependent on medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember the tumultuous love story she lived with Georgio.

Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel, Isild Le Besco

Votes: 14,177 | Gross: $0.05M

10. The Blue Room (2014)

R | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In their blue hotel room, a clandestine couple of two married lovers plan an impossible future, as death shutters their already frail tranquillity. Now, the noose tightens more and more around innocents and sinners; but, was there a crime?

Director: Mathieu Amalric | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Léa Drucker, Stéphanie Cléau, Laurent Poitrenaux

Votes: 3,681 | Gross: $0.23M

11. Born to Be Bad (1950)

Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover, who sees through her act, and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott

Votes: 2,748

12. The Method (2015– )

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An ambitious young law enforcement graduate is thrilled when her idol takes her on as a trainee. But his methods aren't anything like she imagined.

Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Paulina Andreeva, Kirill Polukhin, Alexander Petrov

Votes: 3,324

13. Lady J (2018)

TV-14 | 109 min | Drama, Romance

Fooled by a notorious libertine, a widow plans her revenge.

Director: Emmanuel Mouret | Stars: Cécile de France, Edouard Baer, Alice Isaaz, Natalia Dontcheva

Votes: 3,939

14. Jesus Camp (2006)

PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary

A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.

Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Mike Papantonio, Lou Engle, Becky Fischer, Ted Haggard

Votes: 28,774 | Gross: $0.90M

15. The Housemaid (1960)

Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A composer and his wife are thrown into turmoil when a housemaid becomes more than they bargained for.

Director: Kim Ki-young | Stars: Jin Kyu Kim, Jeung-nyeo Ju, Eun-shim Lee, Aeng-ran Eom

Votes: 5,695

16. Eva (1962)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance

A raw Welsh novelist in Venice is humiliated by a money-loving Frenchwoman who erotically ensnares him.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker, Virna Lisi, James Villiers

Votes: 2,053

17. Martha (I) (1974 TV Movie)

116 min | Drama, Thriller

After the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman - Helmut. The cruel and torturous nature of their relationship leads Martha to believe Helmut might be trying to kill her.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Valentin, Peter Chatel

Votes: 3,008

18. Full Moon in Paris (1984)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Louise is a suburban young interior decorator divided between a boyfriend, a lover (who is married) and the wish of having some fulfillment and some balance in her life. A change to reach ... See full summary »

Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini, Virginie Thévenet

Votes: 5,390 | Gross: $0.01M

19. Love Crime (2010)

Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ruthless executive Christine brings on young Isabelle as her assistant taking delight in toying with her innocence. But when Christine starts passing on her protege's ideas as her own, things take a dark turn.

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille, Guillaume Marquet

Votes: 5,632 | Gross: $0.53M

20. Rasputin and the Empress (1932)

Passed | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History

A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.

Directors: Richard Boleslawski, Charles Brabin | Stars: John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 1,187

21. Guest in the House (1944)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

A young manipulative woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself.

Directors: John Brahm, John Cromwell, André De Toth, Lewis Milestone | Stars: Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon, Ruth Warrick

Votes: 1,012

22. Rasputin (1981)

104 min | Biography, Drama, History

Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.

Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Aleksey Petrenko, Anatoliy Romashin, Velta Line, Alisa Freyndlikh

Votes: 1,684

23. Seuls (2017)

Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Five kids wake up in a world where everybody has disappeared.

Director: David Moreau | Stars: Sofia Lesaffre, Stéphane Bak, Jean-Stan Du Pac, Paul Scarfoglio

Votes: 1,735

24. Deadlier Than the Male (1956)

113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André... See full summary »

Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Danièle Delorme, Robert Arnoux, Liliane Bert

Votes: 1,694

25. Rasputin (2011)

87 min | Biography, Drama, History

A group of Russian noblemen want to maintain the monarchy and plan to kill Rasputin.

Directors: Josée Dayan, Irakli Kvirikadze | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Vladimir Mashkov, Filipp Yankovskiy

Votes: 962

26. Lady Killer (1937)

94 min | Drama, Romance, War

Soldier Lucien meets elegant Madeleine one night in Cannes. Lovestruck, he follows her to Paris after he is discharged. Their love affair begins anew, but eventually runs cold and he returns to Orange in the south of France. She follows.

Director: Jean Grémillon | Stars: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Pierre Etchepare, Henri Poupon

Votes: 686

27. Nana (1926)

Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, Romance

When the vivacious and beautiful Nana bombs at the Théâtre des Variétés, she embarks on the life of a courtesan, using her allure and charisma to entice and pleasure men.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Catherine Hessling, Pierre Lestringuez, Jacqueline Forzane, Werner Krauss

Votes: 965

28. Corporate (I) (2017)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

Emilie is a bright young manager in HR for a huge agro-food company. Ambitious and dedicated, she is ready to put ruthless methods into practice to meet the requirements. But one day, one of the employees commits suicide in front of her.

Director: Nicolas Silhol | Stars: Céline Sallette, Lambert Wilson, Stéphane De Groodt, Violaine Fumeau

Votes: 1,175

29. Une étrange affaire (1981)

105 min | Drama

Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. He has little to do, but seems content with his marriage to Nina, his visits to his mother and grandmother, ... See full summary »

Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Votes: 589

30. Like Sugar on the Tip of My Lips (2010)

13 min | Short, Drama

Susi, as a blind young woman, has grown up with a naive dependence on her older sister Laura. As Laura helps Susi prepare for her first date, we get a glimpse at the distressing, obsession ... See full summary »

Director: Minji Kang | Stars: Alexandra Roxo, Erin Wilhelmi

Votes: 19

31. La fausse suivante (2000)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

A young woman disguises herself as a knight to expose a gold-digging man divided between her and a Countess.

Director: Benoît Jacquot | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Kiberlain, Pierre Arditi, Mathieu Amalric

Votes: 251

32. Beneath the Veneer of a Murder (2010)

Unrated | 8 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A brief, tense phone conversation between politically connected powerhouse Tom Buchanan and a desperate lower-class thug named Judd over Buchanan's bisexual wife Daisy, her working-class ... See full summary »

Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Christy Scott Cashman, Eric Scheiner, Mark Grant, Jennifer McCartney

Votes: 37

33. Embrace of the Scorpions

Short, Crime, Drama | Announced

The relationship between an obsessive widower and a self-destructive medical administrator reaches a crisis point when they discover dark secrets about each other during a one-night stand.

Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Marybeth Paul, Corey Wells

34. The Neighbor (I) (2022)

Short, Thriller

After moving into a new neighborhood, a couple begins to suspect their neighbor isn't what she seems.

35. Fatal Ambition (2020)

Short, Action, Crime

A politically ambitious district attorney pursuing The Mindblower is confronted by the serial killer himself in her condo. He demands that she publicly retract her false claim about a crime he never committed - or else he will murder her.

Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Marybeth Paul, Corey Wells, Paul Noonan, Angel Connell

Votes: 7

36. Femme Fatale (I) (2018)

Short, Thriller

A female serial killer sets her sights on a new couple that moves into her neighborhood.

Director: Zach Salazar | Stars: Kristin Cochell, Michael Tula, Erin Wasmund, Lauren Bonetti

37. Roar (1997)
Episode: Doyle's Solution (1997)

44 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Conor and Fergus meet Doyle, a charismatic man leading a band of orphans and runaway children. Molly, the oldest girl in the group, reminds Fergus of the daughter he abandoned long ago. The... See full summary »

Director: Tucker Gates | Stars: Heath Ledger, Lisa Zane, Sebastian Roché, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 36

38. Mr. Mercedes (2017–2019)
Episode: People in the Rain (2017)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hodges struggles with the past as it concerns his daughter, Allie. As Deb attempts to make a change for the better, Brady interferes. Robi continues pressuring Brady to impress their bosses. Hodges connects with Janey's cousin, Holly.

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Harry Treadaway, Kelly Lynch, Scott Lawrence

Votes: 917