Top 10 Most Manipulative Movie Characters

Top 10 Most Manipulative Movie Characters

5. Frank: Matchstick Men


Played by:

The manipulated: Himself and the army he built for himsel.

How did he do it: Roy and Frank are successful con artists. Roy’s personal life is the exact opposite though. He has no one in his life. He soon discoveres that he has a teenage daughter who wants to meet him. At first, Angela’s appearance disrupts his life but blood proved to be thicker than water. He starts trusting and loving her.
Until he discovers, she’s not his daugther. His partner pulled the greatest con of all.



4. Aaron Stampler: Primal Fear


Played by: Edward Norton

The manipulated: Martin Vail played by Richard Gere

How did he do it: Hands up for Norton’s two-time appearance on the list. Aaron Stampler, a stuttering boy accused of murdering an archbishop. Martin Vail decides to take his case learning he has multiple personality disorder and can transforms to the violent, aggressive Roy.
Roy forces Aaron to show his other side in court to win him a mistrial. The court decideds on his favor only for him to discover there never was a Roy.



3. Suzie Toller: Wild Things


Played by: Neve Campbell

The manipulated: Everyone in the film


How did she do it: Sam Lombardo is a high school consular living in Blue Bay in South Florida, whose life is turned upside down. Kelly Van Ryan, the sexy and seductive daughter of billionaire Sandra Van Ryan, one of Blue Bay’s powerful and elite members of the community who has a crush of Sam accuses Sam of raping her. It gets even worse for Sam, when troubled bad girl Suzie Toller also steps forward and claims that Sam also raped her. With Sam’s career ruined, loosing his respect from his students and the community and believing both Kelly and Suzie have framed him. Sam hires freelance lawyer Ken Bowden to defend him in court. Investigating the case, police detective Ray Duquette becomes suspicious and he suspects a conspiracy behind it involving Sam, Kelly and Susie and finds nothing is what it seems.



2. Leonard Shelby: Memento


Played by: Guy Pearce

The manipulated: Everyone including himself

How did he do it: Leonard Shelby is determined to avenge his wife’s murder. However suffers a condition that renders him unable to form new memories. He tattoos information on his body that still don’t mean a thing the next day. The film moves backwards instead of forward forcing the audience to suffer the condition with him. As each piece of the puzzle gets revealed, he realizes that the person who killed his wife has been caught a long time ago and he only framed his friend Lenny just as so he will have something to “occupy his mind”.



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