Violent husband movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant violent husband movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful and crying films and TV shows about / with violent husband, husband wife relationship, domestic violence, jealousy, abusive husband, violence, female nudity, couples, murder and infidelity plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, France, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as violent husband: Just the Two of Us (2023), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Enough (2002), Take My Eyes (2003), Night Fire (1994), Danger in the House (2022), Under Your Bed (2019), A Married Woman (1982), Endless Love (2015), No Surrender (2011).
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List of violent husband movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When Blanche meets Grégoire, she thinks she has found the one. The ties that bind them grow quickly, and a passionate affair ensues. Together, they relocate. For Blanche, far from her family, from her twin sister, Rose, a new life begins. But ...
Plot:
violent husband, rape, forest, telephone call, mirror, flashback, same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen, hospital, sea, female protagonist, pregnant woman, unplanned pregnancy ...
Place:
normandy
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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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive husband, violence against women, self defense, abusive relationship, violent husband, strong female character, woman in danger, stalking, life is a bitch, training, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
domestic violence, violent husband, starting over, family in crisis, wife beater, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, siblings relations, therapy, understanding, family problems, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2003
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A wife with burning desire. A husband with dangerous motives. The quest for ecstasy can turn into a struggle for survival.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coercion, sexual manipulation, sexual behavior, stockholm syndrome, watching sex, violent husband, erotica, manipulation, voyeurism, harassment, outdoor sex, submissive woman ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
As his mother’s illness progresses, a wealthy young man hires a perfect caregiver. But their lives start to spiral into a deadly affair as the caregiver seemingly tries to make herself a permanent facet of the wealthy family.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, bleak, exciting ...
Plot:
wealthy family, caregiver, fiance fiancee relationship, violent husband, serious illness, illness, sick mother, terminal illness, rich man, rich, mother and son, obsession ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Naoto was ignored by other people. During his school days, Chihiro was the first person who called his name. Naoto dreams of seeing her again and tries to find her. Finally, after 11 years, he locates her, but she is a totally different person now. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, crying
Plot:
rape, husband rapes wife, peeping tom, obsession, violent husband, following someone, awkward situation, uninvited guest, possessed human, visitor, socially awkward, relationship problems ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters' degree. Mario, her husband, is a good man, but he's tied by convention. When she has a ...
Style:
psychological, intense, art house, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
repression, marriage, female protagonist, motherhood, gender roles, family drama, housewife, violence, conformity, intimate, identity, guilt ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Two separate worlds lie on two sides of the road in a seaside town. Both too close and way too far from each other. What happens when two young people from these worlds fall in love? Kemal is one of the three children of a moderate family that ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, blackmailer, life, tragic love, family life, love and romance, brutality, beefcake, life is a bitch, violent husband, life philosophy ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Amelia's blog empowering women not to tolerate violent relationships has brought her fame, fortune and now someone is out to kill her. Is it the new man in her life, her now paroled ex who inspired the blog, or a deranged fan? Just as she has ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, scary, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
blogger, obsessive love, fear, strong female character, dating, woman in danger, hiding, glory, couples, psychopath, self defense, jealousy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, clever, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, infidelity, betrayal, blackmail, twists and turns, jealousy, love affair, perfect crime, love triangle, adultery, greed, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Subversive, darkly comedic drama Big Little Lies tells the tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
Style:
disturbing, surprise ending, enigmatic, saga, sensual ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
domestic violence, mother daughter relationship, female friendship, feminist, husband wife relationship, murder mystery, infidelity, marriage, rape, housewife, gossip and rumors, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
monterey california, syria
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When we meet Thomas and his mother, Anne, for the first time, they are about to run away as so often before. Now, the escape brings Thomas and Anne to a cosy provincial town. They stop their car to fill up the tank and here Thomas meets Helene, who ...
Style:
psychological, touching, serious, sincere
Plot:
hiding, teenage boy, violent husband, friendship, fight, school, father, risk, haunted by the past, fall in love, first love, escape ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Leslie's husband Steve is a brute and she wants out, at least she thinks she does. Her lover Elizabeth agrees that Steve needs to go away, so they plot his murder. Meanwhile their friend Cliff can't seem to get used to the idea that his ...
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, crime drama, independent film, dark ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, on the run, love triangle, female protagonist, escape, betrayal, fugitive, moral ambiguity, manipulation, female friendship, domestic abuse ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
minnesota
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A race-car driver who's down on her luck is invited by her ex-husband's wife to stay at their plush villa. The two women form a bond, and it's not long before their mutual dislike for the husband culminates into a plan to kill him. As ...
Style:
neo noir, freeze frame, grindhouse, suspense, slasher ...
Plot:
stepfather stepdaughter relationship, gigolo, ex husband ex wife relationship, death of mother, man hits a woman, older woman younger man relationship, stealing a car, attempted murder, bare chested male, mother daughter relationship, swimming pool, greedy man ...
Place:
mallorca, spain, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Paul, an irritable and stressed-out hotel manager, begins to gradually develop paranoid delusions about his wife's infidelity...
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
obsession, husband rapes wife, hotel, marriage, hearing voices, jealousy, adultery, madness, husband wife relationship, murder, insanity, parallel universe ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
france, europe, south of france
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
A tale of suspense and intrigue set in 19th century Tyneside, 'The Secret' is based on Catherine Cookson's only thriller novel. Freddie Musgrave's life is in turmoil when a letter implicates him in murder, things are further ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, entertaining, costume drama, historical drama ...
Plot:
bandit, dark past, smuggling, smuggler, confronting the past, social problems, haunted by the past, life, secret, past coming back to haunt, troubled past, male female relationship ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place:
britain, europe, united kingdom
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film is set in the fictional Utah community of Santa Ynez, which is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town's Sheriff (John Marley), it ...
Style:
suspense, tense, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
killer car, cemetery, car, carsploitation, desert, police, vengeance, violence spree, danger, chase, on the run, psychopath ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
georgia
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An innocent woman falls prey to the machinations of her abusive husband, his wealthy father, and a shady family friend.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful
Plot:
domestic violence, female nudity, child abuse, lsd, domestic abuse, time travel, nude girl, mother child relationship, abusive parent, sexualized violence, physical abuse, teen violence ...
Time:
year 1970, 60s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
This is a combination of stories dealing with the ecstatic adventures of high school student Sachiko.
Style:
raunchy comedy, dark comedy, crying
Plot:
teenage sexuality, lesbian, lesbian sex, school teacher, teenage girl, visitor, sexual predator, high school student, rainstorm, traumatic experience, abusive husband, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
asia, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
How Funny Can Sex Be? is an eight-episode anthology film about love, sex and marriage in contemporary, mid-'70s Italy.
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, erotic, anthology, crying ...
Plot:
sex in an elevator, erotica, cuckolded husband, sexual attraction, big natural breasts, older man younger woman sex, sketch, lgbt, woman in a bikini, bare breasts, seductress, male protagonist ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
venice, milan italy, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.
Style:
freeze frame, crying
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
trans woman, youth, first sex, father son relationship, painter, female nudity, male female relationship, striptease, billiards, river, stripper, love ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
asia, osaka japan, kyoto japan
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Housemaid Georgette (Girardot) loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, crying ...
Plot:
bank, mushroom, money, murder, tv host, cleaning lady, blackmail, lgbtq, bourgeoisie, cadaver, fraud, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, monte carlo
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, erotic, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
femme fatale, betrayal, women, murder, school, conspiracy, vengeance, boarding school, guilt, police investigation, planned murder, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pittsburgh
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
At a wake one night in 1945, a group of aged women recall the life of one of their number. Sixty years before, Thérèse was barely 20 years old when she eloped with her boyfriend, Firmin, a blacksmith, to Châtillon, a town in Provence. Here, she ...
Style:
captivating, serious, touching
Plot:
female bonding, young love, manipulation, femme fatale, financial problem, marriage, loss of loved one, funeral, godmother, abusive husband, relationship problems, violent husband ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
provence
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
Style:
thought provoking, factual, tense, touching, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
islam, culture clash, female protagonist, domestic violence, violent husband, confined, propaganda, family problems, life is a bitch, society, isolation, hopes ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
iran, middle east, michigan, persia, israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It all begins at a party in Santiago, Chile, when a seemingly innocent gesture -- the offer of a ride home -- ends in a passionate night of lovemaking and intense conversation for young singles Bruno and Daniela. Shacked up at a flea-bitten motel ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, talky, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, one night stand, sexual pleasure, voyeur, erotica, massage, female pubic hair, love and romance, sex with a stranger, infidelity, fall in love, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile
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407K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his ...
Style:
bloody, breathtaking, depressing, harsh, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
boxing, character study, redemption, rise and fall, boxer, violent, bad temper, brutality, mafia, jealousy, dysfunctional family, rage ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1980, 60s ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, chicago, italy, florida ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, psychological, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
husband wife relationship, mistaken identity, village life, civil war veteran, ku klux klan, post civil war, american civil war, civil war, courtroom drama, death sentence, war veteran, suspicion of murder ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 50s, turn of the century, year 1993 ...
Place:
tennessee, southern usa, usa, france, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A U.S. soccer star suffers a career-threatening injury in the run-up to the World Cup, and during his recovery, embarks on an epic romance with a Russian single mom.
Style:
emotional, romantic, captivating, sincere, disturbing
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lovers, love at first sight, football player, forbidden love, abusive husband, love and romance, jealousy, soccer, divorced woman, violent husband, single mother, rags to riches ...
Place:
st. petersburg russia, los angeles
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