Movies like When No One Would Listen

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When No One Would Listen (1992)
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When No One Would Listen (1992)
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: sad
Plot: domestic violence, domestic abuse, abusive relationship, sexual abuse, woman in danger, violence, spouse, abuse, bakery, handgun, pistol, bullet, gun, gunshot

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, disturbing and emotional films with plots about domestic violence, abusive relationship, violence, domestic abuse, abuse, family problems and life is a bitch mostly in Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like When No One Would Listen: My Son Johnny (1991), Men Don't Tell (1993), La capture (2007), Dangerous Intentions (1995), Unforgivable (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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My Son Johnny (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Anthony Cortino lives with his mother in a quiet suburb. His father is dead, and his violent criminal brother is a long way off, in the city, and if Anthony has his way, that's where he will stay. However, Johnny runs into trouble with the ...
Plot: bullying, childhood memory, forest, fratricide, trial, kitten, brother, violence, arrow, knife, saxophone
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Men Don't Tell (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.
Style: emotional, sad
Plot: domestic violence, abusive wife, abusive relationship, domestic abuse, abuse, men's rights, child abuse, victim, sexual abuse, mental health, husband wife relationship, woman hits a man ...
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La capture (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 92 min.
Plot: abusive relationship, domestic violence, violence, blood, father daughter relationship, dance, dysfunctional family, animal, abduction, old woman, gun
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Dangerous Intentions (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A man stalks his wife and child when they leave for an abused women's shelter.
Style: independent film
Plot: husband hits wife, abusive husband, stalker, wife, abusive relationship, obsession, anger, domestic abuse, violence, husband wife relationship, food, blood ...
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Unforgivable (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: John Ritter plays a family man who puts his wife through domestic violence and his children through emotional torture. After leaving his family and almost killing his new girlfriend in one of his rages, he is ordered to seek professional help ...
Plot: group therapy, domestic abuse, domestic violence, fear, marital abuse, anger management
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I Was Lorena Bobbitt (2020)
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: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, dramatic
Plot: abusive relationship, domestic violence, true crime, court case, tyrant, victim, female victim, immigrant, marriage, law, sexism, court ...
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Black and Blue (1999)
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, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: domestic violence, kidnapped, hostage, abuse, abusive relationship, obsession, battered wife, abusive husband, family relations, family problems, witnessing a crime, hopes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: florida, usa
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Emancipation (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The story revolves around Dominik Liebmann: a man who has lost everything: His wife, son, job, house - even his pride. Financially and emotionally bankrupt he enters Berlins first and only "Männerhaus": a shelter for battered men. He ...
Plot: father son relationship, abusive wife, domestic violence, husband wife relationship, male pubic hair, male nudity, skinny dipping, sex scene, child custody, woman hits a man, little boy, physical abuse ...
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The Promise (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Lisa's husband, Bill, abuses her. With her sister's encouragement, she takes their three kids and leaves her husband. Bill keeps interfering with Lisa's attempts at a new life. She gets an order of protection against him, but the ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: abusive relationship, murder, domestic disturbance, hopes, danger, starting over, life is a bitch, injustice, family problems, family relations, family in danger, woman in danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Father Is a Dog (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the wake of their mother's death. The three brothers live with their father, a withdrawn and abusive ...
Style: captivating, suspense, bleak
Plot: family problems, relationship problems, domestic violence, domineering father, violence, brother brother relationship, abusive relationship, father and son, father, child abuse, power relations, life is a bitch ...
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Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, emotional, touching, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sexual abuse, coming of age, rape, family relations, dysfunctional family, pedophile, parents and children, life is a bitch, domestic violence, child abuse, children, child rape ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 90s, 1950s, 50s
Place: south carolina, usa, southern usa
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Family Sins (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gordon has a loving wife and two sons, Bryan and Keith, but he favors his spoiled younger son Keith over Bryan, who is defiant and not good at sports. As Gordon begins to yell and hit Bryan, Bryan's behavior slips towards the psychotic side and ...
Style: sad
Plot: brother, father son relationship, drowning, dead child, suicide attempt, carbon monoxide poisoning, dysfunctional family, rabbit, therapy, adolescence, underwear
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The Right Mom (2021)
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
Plot: child abuse, domestic violence, female protagonist, mentally unstable woman, beaten up, family problems, changing lives, parents and children, child in peril, violence, lifestyle change, psychological drama
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If Someone Had Known (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young wife and mother is abused by her husband and keeps the secret from her friends and family.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, emotional, detective
Plot: abusive husband, abusive relationship, abused woman, murder, abuse, obsession, dead man, police arrest, husband wife relationship, father dislikes daughter's boyfriend, domestic violence, teenage daughter ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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Paris Trout (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Paris Trout is a vile Southern bigot. He owns a store and is a loanshark. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, Harry Seagraves, eventually meets Paris' wife Hannah. A former schoolteacher, she made the mistake of her life when she married ...
Style: neo noir, biting, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot: children, lawyer, abusive relationship, relationships, law, marital rape, nudity, family relations, racism, small town, redneck, abusive husband ...
Time: 1940s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: georgia, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: True story of an abusive husband's obsession with his wife and daughter.
Plot: domestic violence, abusive relationship, obsession, husband hits wife, husband wife relationship, abusive husband, abduction, marriage, psychopath, employee, threat, flowers ...
Place: tennessee, nashville tennessee, oklahoma, colorado
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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.
Plot: abusive husband, abusive relationship, small town, murder, physical abuse, flashback, death of son, investigation, hunting, corrupt sheriff, multiple murder, death of sister ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert ...
Style: sentimental, uplifting, touching, inspirational, sad ...
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Style: thought provoking, captivating, psychological
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The movie follows the Bennett family after Amelia tells her school counselor that her father has sexually abused her.
Style: serious, realistic, thought provoking, sincere, sexual
Plot: childhood sexual abuse, sexual abuse, abuse, woman in danger, incest, sexual content, sex maniac, life is a bitch, innocence lost, youth, family problems, kids in trouble ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An alcoholic father must take control of his wayward children when their mother is killed.
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Plot: abusive relationship, psychology, domestic violence, family relations, addiction, parent child relationship, on the run, family problems, weakness, death in the family, dysfunctional family, siblings relations ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When an L.A. cop gets called to a crime scene on his anniversary, he is forced into a shootout that leaves both a criminal and his hostage dead. Soon after, with a troubled yet clear conscience, the officer and his family go on a camping weekend. ...
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Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After a young prostitute is murdered and left in a rubbish heap, her mother does everything to track down the killer.
Style: sad
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style: bleak, depressing, emotional, rough, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
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Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Georgia Benfield's, at her wit's end, loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long buried family ...
Plot: family crisis, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, bickering, parents, physical abuse, mother daughter relationship, old age, loss of husband, abuse, abusive relationship, husband leaves wife ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story: A troubled young man battles his inner demons as he seeks redemption and a second chance in his life.
Plot: connection, domestic violence, suicide, good versus evil, child abuse, drug addiction
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Mutual friends Barbara and Genevieve are both sleeping with District Attorney Sam Brady. When they become aware of their bizzare love triangle, they plot against him.
Style: independent film, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Inspired by True Events An abused wife and mother to a young boy escapes her violent husband and heads for California with her son. She soon learns that her husband has accused her of kidnapping and the law is in hot pursuit. Now a fugitive, she ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, tense, captivating
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.
Style: bleak, serious, sincere, teen, depressing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: kidnapping, child prostitution, child molester, pimp, child molestation, rape, abuse, child abduction, pedophile, haunted by the past, pedophilia, child abuse ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A teenage girl is held captive in the home of a wealthy family. She is befriended by the family's young gardener, himself an illegal from Mexico. Their friendship carries both of them through their hopeless, sequestered lives and ultimately ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, sincere
Plot: teenage girl, wealthy family, illegal alien, slave girl, domestic violence, couple relations, forbidden love, teenager, dysfunctional family, teenage love, male female relationship, slave ...
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