Emotional abuse movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant emotional abuse movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing and psychological thriller films and TV shows about / with emotional abuse, violence, family relations, female protagonist, teenager, bullying, domestic abuse, domestic violence, obsession and isolation plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as emotional abuse: No One Would Tell (2018), Whiplash (2014), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Alice, Darling (2022), A Horrible Woman (2017), Psychobitch (2019), Room for Rent (2019), Take Back the Night (2021), Guilt (2022), Bad Sisters (2022).
Best films
List of emotional abuse movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Laura Collins (Shannen Doherty), single mom to daughter Sarah (Matreya Scarrwener), has had a history of rocky relationships, so when Sarah begins dating the popular and charismatic Rob Tennison (Callan Potter), Laura is thrilled with what she sees. ...
Style:
bad ending, suspense, thought provoking, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
emotional abuse, abusive boyfriend, physical abuse, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, high school, murder, domestic violence, mother daughter relationship, toxic relationship, trial, best friend ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Style:
dramatic, realistic, psychological, motivational, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
music, jazz, obsession, emotional abuse, mentor, musician, teachers and students, drummer, follow your dream, desire for fame, musician's life, public humiliation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, north america, peru, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Style:
suspense, psychological, sexy, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, domestic violence, stalking, violent husband, woman in danger, starting over, abusive husband, psychopath, marital abuse, abusive relationship, dangerous attraction, revenge ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 90s
Place:
africa, usa, iowa, san francisco, boston
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
High school teacher Mary Stauffer and her eight-year old daughter, Beth are held captive for 53 days by an obsessed former student. Based on a true story.
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
emotional abuse, rape, teacher, missing person, mother daughter relationship, abduction, captivity, obsession, isolation, danger, kidnapping, handgun ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes an unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
abusive boyfriend, abusive relationship, female protagonist, psychological abuse, friendship, intervention, trapped, life is a bitch, relationships, power relations, male female relationship, vacation gone wrong ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jennifer Dulos, the wealthy, Connecticut mother-of-five who mysteriously vanished.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, realistic, tense, disturbing
Plot:
emotional abuse, construction company, uxoricide, death threat, male female relationship, marriage, police investigation, marital infidelity, aspiring writer, murder investigation, partner, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Rasmus meets Marie, he is certain that she is the love of his life. However, it doesn't take long before it turns out she is a possessive and manipulative being, that cunningly dissects Rasmus to pieces.
Style:
suspense, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
sex scene, cheating girlfriend, strong sexual content, male objectification, couple relations, dream girl, dysfunctional relationship, emotional abuse, love and romance, dishonesty, family relations, fall in love ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frida is different. Self chosen different. Marius, on the other hand is the most perfect boy in class, and likes to show off. When they have to work together at school, it's the start of a turbulent and challenging relationship. Generation ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
horniness, emotional abuse, passive aggressive girl, group of friends, school, mother daughter relationship, socially awkward, father son relationship, family relations, social outcast, awkward situation, love triangle ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, bleak, psychological, black comedy ...
Plot:
male rape, loneliness, rape, widow, age difference, sexual abuse, socially awkward, obsession, mental illness, sociopath, violence, money ...
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Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Finding herself the victim of a violent monster attack, Jane launches a vigilante campaign to hunt the beast that tried to kill her. Jane's efforts intensify, but her troubling history of drug use and mental illness bubbles to the surface ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
revenge, doubts and hesitations, drug, emotional abuse, mentally unstable, lynching, drug abuse, troubled past, dark past, female protagonist, mental illness, vigilante ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After being sexually assaulted by an acquainted and incapable of dealing with the situation, a woman leaves her whole life behind and hides herself away in an isolated cabin in the mountains.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, sexualized violence, rape victim, violence against women, shame, guilt, traumatic past, tragic past, violence, psychological trauma, rape, troubled past ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Belgium, UK, Ireland
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for each other. When their brother-in-law winds up dead, his life insurers launch an investigation to prove malicious intent—and set their sights on the sisters, all of whom had ample reason to ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, witty, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
sister sister relationship, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, lesbian, family relations, parents, sister, narcissism, investigation, death, husband, murder of husband ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
Style:
gothic, cute, art house, sexual, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, first love, loss of virginity, father daughter relationship, prom, female protagonist, teenager, closeted homosexual, high school, friendship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 2002, year 2003, near future ...
Place:
sacramento california, california, new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult, teen drama
Plot:
imaginary friend, childhood memory, mental illness, emotional manipulation, friendship, vengeance, personal growth, emotional abuse, absent father, self discovery, mother daughter relationship, adult humor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
minnesota, usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In wartime France, Pharmacist Elaine (Lisa Gastoni) begins a torrid affair with her shop assistant Armand (Franco Nero), but she soon becomes dominated by him. He demands more & more from her, humiliating her & putting her family at ...
Style:
erotic, romantic, realistic, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
rape turns to consensual sex, cheating wife, sex in office, public nudity, hotwife, world war two, voyeurism, sexual manipulation, forced lesbian, emotional abuse, extramarital affair, sex ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, year 1939, 1930s
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of elite soldiers, including one woman, sign up for the ultimate training mission. The group parachutes onto a remote island, where their objective is to reach the safety zone before the "opposing force" captures them. Everything ...
Style:
homoerotic, retro, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
rape, nudity, bare chested male, female soldier, psychological torture, emotional abuse, sadism, physical abuse, female nudity, survival, isolation, island ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The wild and energetic journey of 9-year-old girl Benni through all possible stations of German Child Proctective Services.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, sincere, realistic, sad ...
Plot:
problem child, teenager, outcast, social outcast, social problems, parents and children, trauma, emotional abuse, anger issues, violence, loneliness, flashback ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
germany, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with ...
Style:
tension, serious, psychological, realistic, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
child abuse, teenager, drug addiction, domestic abuse, domestic violence, brother brother relationship, abusive boyfriend, emotional abuse, secret relationship, little brother, mother child relationship, physical abuse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A journalist must make a decision to flee with her two children from her abusive ex-husband or kill him before he kills her.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, suspense, tense
Plot:
abusive husband, violence against women, domestic violence, battered wife, false identity, starting over, legal system, trial, hitman, emotional abuse, intrigue, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story of a mentally unstable loner lost in a life forced upon him. By night Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets and bars on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior and possible way out of a ...
Style:
bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
rape, violence, serial killer, murder, killing spree, emotional abuse, sadistic psychopath, sex maniac, mental illness, male rape victim, dead body, rape victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A teen comedy about a nerdy teenager who creates an iPhone app to be his girlfriend. When she miraculously comes to life, things go hilariously wrong, and she tries to kill him.
Style:
psychotronic, humorous, light, cyber, crying ...
Plot:
high school student, teenage protagonist, humiliation, classmate classmate relationship, student, rivalry, school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship, family relations, failed expectations, rivals ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Upon learning of his girlfriend's infidelity, Greg, the star player of his elite private school’s rugby team, suffers an emotional breakdown, leaving his friends and teammates to pick up the pieces and deal with the crisis in their own ways, ...
Style:
surprise ending, independent film, ambiguous ending
Plot:
rugby, school, private school, revenge, high school, preparatory school, racism, fight, loyalty, conspiracy, student, friendship ...
Place:
california, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Lady Cavaliers high school girls' basketball team is on the verge of extinction because of school budget cuts. The school's principal (Debbie Allen) is just about consign the Cavs to oblivion when the team and certain faculty members ...
Style:
rough, exciting, suspense, touching, surprise ending ...
Plot:
interracial friendship, basketball, racial slur, interracial relations, school, friendship, african american, gay slur, revenge, father daughter relationship, first love, teen angst ...
Place:
los angeles, california
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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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A middle-aged, narcissistic, angry, rich man is abusive to the young girl he has married, who is half his age, but then the tables turn when he is incapacitated by an accident.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, domestic abuse, abusive relationship, emotional abuse, social problems, social issues, life is a bitch, relationship problems, society, resilience, manipulation, empowerment ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A terminally ill, abused boy chronicles his life on an online message board.
Style:
bleak, intense, dark drama, psychological thriller
Plot:
terminal illness, child abuse, emotional abuse, mental illness, loss of innocence, desperation, loneliness, isolation, confession, reflection, bullying, found footage ...
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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 ...
Style:
serious, intense
Plot:
group therapy, domestic violence, marital abuse, anger management, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, trauma, character study, rehabilitation, violent outburst, social commentary, redemption ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A younger woman meets the man of her dreams with the perfect lifestyle and image. Once they get married, her perfect dream turns into a nightmare.
Style:
intense, romantic drama, twisted, psychological thriller, suspenseful
Plot:
emotional abuse, toxic relationship, dysfunctional marriage, manipulation, female protagonist, betrayal of trust, domestic abuse, trauma, betrayal, young woman, suspicion, breakdown ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Netherlands, Latvia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While working abroad, young au pair Mia unwittingly surrenders her reason, her heart and her dreams to a radical family community.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, bullying, emotional manipulation, indoctrination, emotional abuse, control, manipulation, brainwashing, life is a bitch, religious sect, coercion, household ...
Place:
czech republic, latvia, netherlands
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A male chauvinist guru guides his best prodigy through the art of controlling women, only for the student to find out he is not everything that he seems.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
misogyny, psychopath, bad guy, male chauvinism, misogynist, abuse, sexism, manipulation, toxic masculinity, control, domestic abuse, emotional abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
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