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When No One Would Listen (1992)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jessica has been married to her controlling husband Gary for years. She began dating him at the age of fifteen and has two kids, Maggie and Pete. After some career trouble Gary moves the family out to a New York suburb. Anyway, at first Gary seems like a sweet and loving husband, but after getting mad at some hippie neighbors he begins slapping Jessica and having fits of rage. The abuse only gets worse when she gets a job at a bakery and makes two really caring friends: her co-worker and neighbor Lee, and her boss Walter. Walter becomes more than just her boss; he notices bruises on Jessica's neck and advises her to leave Gary, but she can't; she's too afraid. Soon she starts dating Walter, and when Gary punches Pete repeatedly she realizes she has to be the voice for her two kids; she takes them to stay with Walter. Things only get worse as Gary makes a decision that could send her life crashing down.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, sad
Plot:
domestic violence, domestic abuse, psychological abuse, female protagonist, family drama, emotional manipulation, victimization, survival, escape, women's rights, survivor, resilience, stalking, moral dilemma, supportive friend, sexual abuse, sexualized violence, abusive husband, woman in danger, marital abuse, infidelity, adultery, violence, spouse, abuse ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
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Most similar movies to When No One Would Listen
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, realistic, intense and suspenseful films with plots about female protagonist, domestic violence, isolation, domestic abuse, violence, family drama and survival mostly in Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like When No One Would Listen: My Son Johnny (1991), Ammu (2022), The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (1993), The Right Mom (2021), The Secrets of Comfort House (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, intense, emotional, dark, tense ...
Plot:
bullying, sibling rivalry, family drama, domestic violence, abuse, mother son relationship, moral dilemma, trauma, coming of age, character study, family conflict, isolation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Ammu's thought marriage was a fairy tale – full of love and magic, ends when her cop-husband Ravi hit her for the very first time. What Ammu thought was a one-off incident soon turned into a never-ending cycle of abuse, trapping her and ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
india
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31%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An abused woman escapes from prison, is recaptured, and sent back then tries to get her sentence reduced. Based on a true story.
Style:
serious, dramatic, emotional, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
domestic abuse, female protagonist, survivor, prison life, wrongful imprisonment, psychological trauma, legal battle, biopic, courtroom, escape, survival, female empowerment ...
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30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
While writing an article about an abused boy, a woman fights for protect him after she uncovers shocking details.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A multiple murder investigation in a small hunting town focuses on one suspect, Wendy Sinclair, who operates a battered women's shelter where each of the victims' wives have sought shelter.
Style:
tense, crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, tension
Plot:
abusive husband, investigation, small town, domestic violence, female protagonist, murder investigation, stalking, moral ambiguity, cover up, revenge, paranoia, isolation ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Gośka meets Grzesiek online, she's sure he's her Mr. Right. Grzesiek is crazy about her, showers her with flowers, and proposes in Venice, but soon enough, the picture perfect romance starts to crumble, revealing a darker side.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, romantic drama
Plot:
online dating, toxic relationship, emotional abuse, domestic abuse, control, manipulation, fear, claustrophobia, obsession, trauma, character study, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Story:
This film is about domestic violence.
Style:
serious, intense, realistic, tragic
Plot:
domestic violence, women's rights, domestic drama, abusive husband, marital abuse, psychological abuse, toxic relationship, control, fear, female protagonist, trauma, marriage ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, dramatic, realistic, tragic
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Meet the once-battered woman who overcame years of abuse and a sensational televised trial to become an advocate for victims of domestic violence everywhere.
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, disturbing, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
domestic violence, true crime, abusive relationship, court case, marital abuse, resilience, women's rights, survivor, marriage, tyrant, victim, female victim ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a woman's husband beats and abuses her, she and her son join the witness protection program and move away secretly.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA, Romania
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A captive daughter endures around two decades of abuse at the hands of a sadistic father. One day, destiny presents her with an opportunity to break free.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
father, child abuse, female protagonist, trauma, psychological abuse, domestic abuse, locked in a basement, locked in, captive, despot, brother sister relationship, father and daughter ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
sad, emotional
Plot:
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22%
131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Rose hardly ever tells lies. She has a natural elegance and sincerity that few 20-year-old girls possess. However, neither her friends nor her boyfriend know about her difficult past. She’s managed to hide it well, even though she is still haunted ...
Style:
poignant, melancholic, tense, intense
Plot:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, Belgium, France, Qatar, Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
With her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad — but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.
Style:
intense, tense
Plot:
adultery, divorce, female protagonist, women's rights, family drama, motherhood, love triangle, moral dilemma, resilience, female empowerment, domestic abuse, working woman ...
Place:
tunisia, maghreb, north africa
Similarity:
22%
190
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a local teenage girl and tries to persuade her to to press charges against the young thugs who raped her.
Style:
dramatic, suspense, dark, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, realistic, captivating, tense
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, emotional, psychological
Plot:
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20%
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
obsession, domestic violence, stalking, violent husband, woman in danger, starting over, abusive husband, psychopath, marital abuse, abusive relationship, dangerous attraction, revenge ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
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Country: China
Duration: 47 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
domestic violence, unhappy marriage, fear, abuse, family drama, psychological abuse, troubled marriage, domestic abuse, life is a bitch, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
social, captivating, heartbreaking, crime drama, tense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The Saudi family is following strict instructions from their grandfather to remain confined in the desert during the early 1990s. A series of events shakes the family's foundation and they find them in a struggle between life and death.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
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Style:
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