Abusive stepfather movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant abusive stepfather movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, psychological, serious, disturbing, suspenseful and suspense films and TV shows about / with abusive stepfather, family relations, stepfather, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, teenager, coming of age, parents and children, life is a bitch, youth and violence plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Sweden and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as abusive stepfather: La bambola (1991), Daddy's Girl (2018), Touchless (2013), Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), This Boy's Life (1993), Up Against Amanda (2000), Fanny and Alexander (1982), Young Love (2001), Serenity (2019), Wounded Birds (2019).
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A man without scruples mistreats his lover and her daughter, a teenager. also in his mind a diabolical plan to force the girl into prostitution.
Style:
dark, bleak, intense, erotic, art house ...
Plot:
prostitution, brothel, sexual abuse, victimization, forced prostitution, abuse, loss of innocence, sexploitation, teenager, abusive stepfather, domestic violence, human trafficking ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young woman held captive by her stepfather becomes the focus of a female vigilante.
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, sadistic, scary ...
Plot:
abusive stepfather, rape and revenge, serial killer, torture chamber, captivity, father daughter incest, captive, lynching, police officer, murder investigation, murderer, murder ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Jolana (18) is an object of her stepf-father's desire. She is unable to cope, especially when her own mother turns a blind eye. Those events are heavily paid for when she finds herself working in a brothel. Her inability to cope raise a ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
incest, female objectification, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, sexploitation, high school student, self pity, female hysteria, abusive stepfather, father daughter sex, father daughter incest, prostitute, violence ...
Place:
czech republic
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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, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, coming of age, parents and children, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, pedophile, physical abuse, child molestation, sexual assault ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries ...
Style:
depressing, period piece, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, child abuse, small town, childhood, single parent, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, homosexual, biopic, stepfather stepson relationship, abusive stepfather ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1993, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
seattle, washington state, salt lake city utah, washington d.c., usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After childhood abuse by her step-father and eight years in a juvenile psychiatric lockup, Amanda Lear is released. Her shrink is also her lover, who surreptitiously pays her rent on a nice house for a year. She moves in, takes one look at her ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot:
female stalker, stalking, hidden camera, abusive stepfather, neighbor, obsession, dangerous attraction, mentally unstable, youth, danger, rivalry, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, West Germany
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
Style:
intellectual, philosophical, sincere, art house, visual ...
Plot:
christmas, childhood, ghost, coming of age, children, boy, child abuse, grief, brother sister relationship, brother brother relationship, extramarital affair, marriage as hell ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, year 1982, 20th century, victorian era ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Realizing that her unknown biological father is probably alive, Sofia leaves behind a degrading and humiliating life and embarks on a journey with her naive half-sister Olivia, both girls hoping to find the caring father figure they so desperately ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, captivating, touching
Plot:
estranged father, father daughter relationship, girl, sister sister relationship, post traumatic stress, hitchhiker, hitchhiking, teenage girl, sisters, female friendship, ptsd, friendship between girls ...
Place:
denmark, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Jukka, 13, is coached in photography by his openly gay art teacher. With his dead father's old camera, Jukka sees Johanna, a beautiful girl in her early twenties being physically abused by her stepfather. With the help of the local fire ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, psychological
Plot:
young love, age difference, unrequited love, first love, love, photographer, social problems, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage love, in love, fall in love ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen tracks him down with a desperate plea for help.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
fishing boat, father son relationship, ex wife, fisherman, abusive husband, tuna, wife plots to kill husband, skinny dipping, boat, domestic violence, nudism, island ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
florida
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A Story of a brother, sister and her love, protecting them from every evil. Every character have wounded feeling. How life give them suffering and the solution itself.
Style:
dramatic, disturbing, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
abusive stepfather, sister, family bonds, family drama, sibling relationship, death, brother and sister, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, death of mother, brothers ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Following the break-up of his marriage after revealing his homosexuality, GP Martin Wyatt loses custody of his son Oliver to his now ex-wife Hannah and her new partner Frank. It is not long, however, until Oliver appears at the house of Martin and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
homosexuality, gay, gay relationship, custody battle, child abuse, divorce, lgbt, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, hospital, lawyer, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Style:
sexy, exciting, action comedy, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot:
secret agent, spy, espionage, secret service, secret organization, undercover, mentor, british, tough guy, chase, murder, undercover agent ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, kentucky, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Steve Moore is sixteen and lives with his younger sister, mother Cheryl and her boyfriend John, in a modest house in Bakersfield, California. An abusive and often intoxicated man, John rules the household, and though his attacks on Steve result in ...
Style:
realistic, serious, independent film, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
troubled youth, juvenile delinquency, on the run, downfall, teenage life, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family relations, family problems, life is a bitch, youth, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Eliza lived in the interior of Rio de Janeiro with her family, but after getting involved in a mess with her stepfather, she fled to the capital and started to live on the streets of the city. Despite her careless appearance, she draws attention for ...
Style:
novela, feel good, uplifting, sweet, captivating ...
Plot:
bet, opposites attract, rise to the top, low self esteem, stereotypes, fall in love, jealousy, society, model, love and romance, character change, aspiring singer ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
While waiting for the train to pass (Bennet), an out-of-town businessman notices a destitute girl (Vanessa), freezing in the cold. Suspecting that she will throw herself under the train, he takes the girl with him to a nearby restaurant for a warm ...
Style:
heartbreaking, bleak, emotional, dark, independent film
Plot:
trauma, survival, exploitation, victimization, prostitution, abuse, loss of innocence, sexual abuse, desperation, suicide, child abuse, poverty ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
John-John is young and black, growing up with his mother and stepfather in a boring suburb south of Stockholm. On one of the last days of the summer vacation, they rescue 10-year old Patricia from drowning at a public bath in Vinterviken in Lake ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, sentimental, touching
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens
Plot:
forbidden love, abusive stepfather, racism, school, painting, teenager, swimming pool, burglary, young love, insurance fraud, love, stepfather ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious ...
Style:
scary, slasher, rough, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, stepfather, manic, couples, murder, twists and turns, family in danger, youth, sex scene, psychopath, home invasion, serial murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon, salt lake city utah, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, bloody, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, dysfunctional family, disfigurement, road trip, murder, little red riding hood, brutality, police investigation, juvenile delinquent, strangulation, prostitution, perversion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san diego california
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, clever, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
rape, obsession, sexualized violence, murder, suburbs, dysfunctional family, high school, guilt, crime and punishment, friendship, protective male, youth ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An Anglo-Indian woman works in a seedy Mumbai massage parlor while trying to find her long-lost father.
Style:
serious, bleak, tense, realistic, dark ...
Plot:
father daughter reunion, massage, father daughter relationship, search for father, police corruption, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, danger, family relations, parents and children, society, estrangement, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
india, mumbai india, asia
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young lady, who recently lost her mother, faces the challenges of high school and her very strict step-father. Through personal growth, and an amazing dedication to dance, she learns to find the peace and happiness of family.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
dancing, dancer, teenage life, social problems, dancer's life, parents and children, family relations, coping, female protagonist, dancehall girl, lifestyle, abusive stepfather ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.
Style:
sexy, emotional, cult classic, sexual, erotic ...
Plot:
captive, sex scene, destiny, trauma, nymphomaniac, promiscuous woman, sex addict, outdoor sex, sexual harassment, nervous breakdown, sexualized violence, unfaithful girlfriend ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
tennessee, southern usa, mississippi, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The police suspect a young teenager who was horrifically abused by her family and raped by her father of finally snapping and slaughtering them all.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, slasher, psychotronic, horror comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape and revenge, daughter murders father, incest, incest rape, deviant sex, infidelity, cheating wife, adultery, sex game, forced incest, domestic violence, father daughter incest ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
The intense and emotional story of a teenage girl who has written a vivid school essay detailing her stepfather’s violent behavior. The parents deny the accusations, but who is lying – and who is telling the truth?
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
child, child abuse, abusive parent, social worker, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, investigation, family relations, parents and children, violent, social problems, mockery ...
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dito Tsintsadze's drama focuses on a loner whose life changes dramatically, when he gets to know a beautiful, but strange girl. Lukas, a young man doing "meals on wheels" instead of military service, doesn't have many friends and ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
stepfather stepdaughter relationship, unrequited love, lifestyle, obsession, life is a bitch, forbidden love, murder, loneliness, love triangle, tragic love, relationships, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A gritty coming of age thriller about a young girl sent to juvenile prison for the murder of her abusive step father. The film follows Anna Nix's journey into the dark world of an all girls jail where she discovers complex relationships, drugs, ...
Style:
emotional, erotic, rough, suspense, art house ...
Plot:
women's prison, women in prison, prison, female female relationship, juvenile detention, prison sex, voyeur, prison life, survival, teenage life, confined, naked woman ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
What if you knew you were going to die tomorrow? How would you spend your last day? Well Amber and Jade do know because they plan to kill themselves and record their last 24 hours. Haunted by the untimely death of her mother Maria and the searing ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
suicide, teenage girl, life is a bitch, choice, depression, teen angst, teen suicide, abusive parent, child abuse, mother issues, hiv positive, videotaping ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Break in the Sun is a British television serial made by the BBC in 1981.
The series, written by Bernard Ashley, was considerably more gritty and controversial than standard BBC children's serial fare up until that time, dealing with a young ...
Style:
tense, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
runaway, domestic abuse, escape, journey, coming of age, resilience, social issues, survival, getting home, friendship, intimate, coastal town ...
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An urban fairy tale-romantic comedy, in which Nola, an aspiring songwriter, leaves an abusive Kansas home and journeys to New York to find her biological father. Once there, she finds more than she expected.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, lifestyle, fish out of water, disorder, mysterious character, love and romance, parents and children, prostitute, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father daughter reunion, teen romance, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, kansas, usa
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