Abuse movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant abuse movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out disturbing, realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful and rough films and TV shows about / with abuse, suspense, sexual abuse, violence, rape, storytelling, child abuse, vengeance, brutality and beating plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as abuse: The Girl Next Door (2007), The Day Will Come (2016), Custody (2016), The Skin I Live In (2011), Chained (2012), Prison School (2015), The Tale (2018), Gardens of the Night (2008), Allure (2017), What lies within (2014).
Best films
List of abuse movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, bleak, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
torture, child abuse, rape, sexual abuse, cruelty, victim, helplessness, child molestation, suffering, sister, sadist, childhood ...
Time:
50s, year 1958
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york, america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Set in the blooming 1960s, the film centres around two young brothers who are instantly robbed of their lives when they are placed in a boy's home forgotten by time. Armed only with a vivid imagination and a fickle hope, the boys engage in the ...
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, social
Plot:
orphanage, abuse, brother brother relationship, brother, bully, violence, mockery, escape, rules, sexualized violence, medical experiment, humiliation ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a hard-working single mother, Sara Diaz, has her children taken from her after she is suspected of injuring her son, Ally Fisher, a recent law school graduate, is assigned to represent her case before Judge Martha Schulman, a veteran of the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, dark
Plot:
abuse, single mother, lawyer, custody, hearing, children, child abuse, class differences, courtroom drama, social issues, family secret, convict ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, sexy, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, obsession, twists and turns, rape, insanity, skin, revenge, sexual perversion, tragic love, isolation, gender bending, abuse ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
spain, ancient greece, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, captivity, slave, kidnapping, childhood trauma, misogynist, serial rapist, psychopath, escape attempt, confined, slavery, abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
There was a time when the Hachimitsu Private Academy was a revered and elite all-girls' boarding school on the outskirts of Tokyo but a recent policy revision is allowing boys into the student body. On his first day, Kiyoshi Fujino discovers ...
Style:
anime, humorous, ecchi, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
punishment, gross out humor, masochism, school, teamwork, female nudity, abuse, teenage protagonist, prison, prison escape, secret love, escapades ...
Place:
japan
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19K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, psychological, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
childhood sexual abuse, investigation, first sexual experience, mother daughter relationship, pedophile, sexual abuse, memory, forced sex, child rape, manipulation, loss of virginity, teenage girl ...
Time:
70s, year 1973
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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, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
kidnapping, child prostitution, rape, pedophilia, child molester, child abduction, pimp, child molestation, pedophile, police officer, confined, haunted by the past ...
Place:
california, usa, pennsylvania, san diego california
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Plagued by the abuse of her past and the turmoil of failed intimate encounters, Laura struggles to find a lover and a sense of normalcy. Her beacon of hope comes in sixteen year-old Eva, a talented pianist disillusioned by the life her mother ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, touching, psycho sexual ...
Plot:
lesbian love, lesbian interest, mother daughter relationship, lesbian, forbidden love, obsession, teenage girl, older woman younger woman relationship, female on male rape, female protagonist, painful sex, lesbian relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Viola and Nicola are going through a rough time. To overcome this crisis, they decide to spend a weekend in a remote cabin belonged to Nicola's parents. Just a couple of days together to heal their wounds, , but everything will take a turn for ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, rough, surprise ending
Plot:
abusive husband, split personality, abuse, psychopath, suspense, marital abuse, schizophrenia, depression, isolation, death of son, survival horror, twists and turns ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, France, Sweden, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men since she was a young teenager ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, disturbing, psychological, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, sexuality, lust, sex addict, explicit sex, sex scene, erection, erotica, nymphomaniac, deviant sex, strong sexual content, virginity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she can't remember in her fight ...
Style:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gang rape, cheerleader, high school, sport team, abuse, injustice, youth, evidence, interrogation, investigation, cover up, courage ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In the menacing inferno of the old American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
Style:
brutal, epic, disturbing, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
female protagonist, church, mute, sign language, obsession, suspense, brutality, father daughter incest, rape, preacher, plot twist, retribution ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
netherlands
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224K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Style:
humorous, rough, absurd, ironic, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
abusive mother, figure skating, ice skater, mother daughter relationship, competition, female protagonist, violence, sexism, domestic violence, abuse, battered woman, winter olympics ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1992 ...
Place:
oregon, detroit, portland oregon, minneapolis minnesota
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence—a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, rough, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, experiment, torture, suspense, aggression, human experiment, psychology, disorder, prison escape, isolation, degradation, abuse ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
germany, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
Style:
bleak, depressing, realistic, psychological, feminist film ...
Plot:
job, routine, employer employee relationship, corporate world, abuse, obnoxious boss, office, feminist, women, workplace problem, patience, boss and employee ...
Place:
greenwich village manhattan new york city, france, new york, connecticut, beverly hills ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in 1940's France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Style:
touching, inspirational, uplifting, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
boarding school, teacher, childhood, orphan, music, children, friendship, musician, teachers and students, boarding school life, boss, school ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
france, new york, europe, paris france, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of Joseph a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship ...
Style:
depressing, bleak, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
abuse, domestic violence, redemption, depression, rage, violence, marital rape, society, frustration, brutality, social problems, abusive husband ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
england, northern england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their brutal stepfather, ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
physical abuse, brother brother relationship, coming of age, children, childhood, child abuse, dysfunctional family, bullying, abuse, family relations, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place:
california, oklahoma, northern california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Style:
controversial, erotic, disturbing, psychological, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
torture, sex, rape, obsession, libertine, sexual perversion, sexual abuse, sexual torture, brutality, kidnapping, fascism, atrocity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
italy, europe, latin america
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99K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, art house, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
incest, dysfunctional family, siblings relations, isolated house, brother sister incest, child abuse, eccentric family, family problems, overprotective father, cat, confined, greek ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of two sisters who have been raised in isolation, subjected to the torment of their abusive, drug dealing father. When they finally decide to report him to the police, he kills the two officers and is put in jail. But things go from bad to ...
Style:
rough, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
incest rape, sexual abuse, depravity, forest, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, on the run, dysfunctional family, family problems, vengeance, siblings relations, abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, tense, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, jealousy, lifeguard, bullying, gay slur, drowning, swimming, gay love, gay club, gay interest, beach, left to die ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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Genre: Horror
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Style:
disturbing, scary, twist ending, brutal, splatter ...
Plot:
torture, cult, kidnapping, violence, child abuse, brutality, revenge, death, afterlife, torment, vengeance, torture chamber ...
Time:
year 1971
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rent’s a bitch. And that is why, six months after her best friend went missing, Amanda finally gives in to getting another roommate, Hailey. The two college students turn out to have something in common, however: abusive men. For Hailey, it’s ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, sexual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
roommate, lesbian sex, uncover truth, haunted by the past, woman in danger, dishonesty, abuse, graphic violence, lesbian, manipulation, friendship, gain trust ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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55K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Luxembourg, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Style:
psychological, harsh, exciting, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
suspense, cult, religious fanatic, kidnapping, religion, genocide, escape, torture chamber, torture, prison, survival, abuse ...
Time:
70s, year 1973
Place:
chile, germany, south america, new jersey, latin america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A businessman who is trying hard to be a good father to his daughter has a run-in with malevolent policeman.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, psychological, disturbing, unusual plot structure
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, murder, psychopath, revenge, abuse, psycho, police, victim, investigation, parent child relationship, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
female protagonist, superhero, investigation, strong female lead, private detective, strong female character, lawyer, violence, good versus evil, super powers, supernatural power, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A grandiose party to celebrate a sixtieth birthday unleashes a family drama with all the lies that conceal horrendous secrets. The eldest son, Christian, stages a showdown with the popular pater familias; his provocative, moving after-dinner speech ...
Style:
gloomy, art house, disturbing, thought provoking, surreal ...
Plot:
incest, suicide, family secret, child abuse, hotel, sexual abuse, haunted by the past, birthday, depression, party, birthday party, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
denmark, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Style:
brutal, disturbing, scary, controversial, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cannibalism, torture, amazon rainforest, jungle, rape, violence, death, cannibal, animal cruelty, african tribe, sadism, murder ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
south america, latin america, north america, usa, new york
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