Brainwashing
"brainwashing" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Argylle
Synopsis:
When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by her cat Alfie and Aiden, a cat-allergic spy, Elly races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Conway's fictional world and her real one begins to blur.
Starring:
John Cena,
Bryce Dallas Howard,
Samuel L. Jackson
Plot:
spy,
espionage,
cat,
writer,
villainess,
character name in title,
fight,
gun,
spy action,
spy thriller
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#2
Redo of Healer
Synopsis:
In a world of monsters, adventurers and magic, some of the most gifted healers are subjugated to brute force. Keyaru gains the ability to rewind time and turns the tables on those who’ve exploited him in this dark fantasy tale of vengeance and fury.
Starring:
Natsumi Takamori,
Shizuka Ishigami,
Tetsu Inada
Plot:
rape,
based on novel or book,
magic,
orgy,
gore,
anime,
ecchi,
fanservice,
nipples,
isekai
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#3
Zoolander
Synopsis:
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the opportunity to turn Derek into a killing machine. It's a well-designed conspiracy and only with the help of Hansel and a few well-chosen accessories like Matilda can Derek make the world safe for male …
Starring:
Ben Stiller,
Jon Voight,
Owen Wilson
#4
Videodrome
Synopsis:
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that th…
Starring:
Julie Khaner,
James Woods,
Jack Creley
Plot:
snuff film,
hallucination,
surrealism,
suicide,
satire,
cyberpunk,
cult,
body horror,
canuxploitation,
illegality
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#5
Total Recall
Synopsis:
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company who manufacture memories. Something goes wrong during his memory implant turning Doug's life upside down and even to question what is reality and what isn't.
Starring:
Michael Ironside,
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Sharon Stone
#6
They Live
Synopsis:
Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking dis…
Starring:
Keith David,
Roddy Piper,
Meg Foster
#7
The Parallax View
Synopsis:
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Starring:
William Daniels,
Warren Beatty,
Paula Prentiss
#8
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Synopsis:
When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Starring:
Leslie Nielsen,
Ricardo Montalban,
George Kennedy
#9
The Manchurian Candidate
Synopsis:
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
Starring:
Angela Lansbury,
Frank Sinatra,
James Gregory
#10
The Manchurian Candidate
Synopsis:
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what reall…
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Kimberly Elise,
Jon Voight
#11
The Ipcress File
Synopsis:
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.
Starring:
Michael Caine,
Gordon Jackson,
Nigel Green
#12
Super Size Me
Synopsis:
Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.
Starring:
Morgan Spurlock,
Daryl Isaacs,
Lisa Ganjhu
Plot:
overeating,
fast food,
experiment,
mcdonald's restaurant,
nutrition,
junk food,
fat,
unhealthy,
obesity,
food addiction
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#13
Street Fighter
Synopsis:
Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.
Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Wes Studi,
Damian Chapa
#14
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Synopsis:
It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back. Aided by his exiled band of genetic supermen, Khan - brilliant renegade of 20th century Earth - has raided Space Station Regula One, stolen a top secret devic…
Starring:
Nichelle Nichols,
Ricardo Montalban,
Leonard Nimoy
#15
Sleeper
Synopsis:
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
Starring:
Diane Keaton,
John McLiam,
Brian Avery
#16
Shallow Hal
Synopsis:
A shallow man falls in love with a 300 pound woman because of her "inner beauty".
Starring:
Jason Alexander,
Bruce McGill,
Jack Black
#17
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Synopsis:
After romancing Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo and acquiring valuable information from her crime boss father Marc-Ange Draco, James Bond tracks his arch-nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld to his base in the Swiss Alps, uncovering a secret plot to hold the world to ransom.
Starring:
Bernard Lee,
Lois Maxwell,
Diana Rigg
#18
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Synopsis:
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Starring:
John Hurt,
Cyril Cusack,
Richard Burton
#19
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Synopsis:
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Starring:
Harrison Ford,
Philip Stone,
Ric Young
#20
Equilibrium
Synopsis:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Starring:
Dominic Purcell,
Christian Bale,
Angus Macfadyen
Plot:
dystopia,
suppression of emotion,
gun fu,
law,
brainwashing,
one against many,
one man army,
anti state,
post apocalypse,
neo noir
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