Mistreatment movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant mistreatment movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, disturbing, serious, controversial, realistic and rough films and TV shows about / with mistreatment, violence, cruelty, sadism, blood, female nudity, death, murder, torture and abuse plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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mistreatment movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as mistreatment: The Afflicted (2011), Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001), For My Brother (2014), Hard Candy (2005), An American Crime (2007), Lullaby of the Earth (1976), Nathalie: Escape from Hell (1978), The Magdalene Sisters (2002), The Class (2007), The Bunny Game (2011).

List of mistreatment movies

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The Afflicted (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A story of incomprehensible abuse delivered by an explosively violent mother of four. Journey through the mind of a child that experiences a living hell, defined and defended by the twisted religious beliefs of her mother (imdb.com)
Style: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, scary ...
Plot: danger, parents and children, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, family problems, domestic disturbance, alcohol abuse, siblings relations, serial killer, religion, mental illness, torture ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: On November 4, 1970 on The CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite reported on a true, horrific story that was about to rock the country. A 13-year-old girl was discovered in the small Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia who was still in diapers, barely able to ...
Style: realistic, psychological, uplifting, touching, sincere ...
Plot: disability, human spirit, life is a bitch, self discovery, family problems, hopes, society, social misfits, doctors and patients, parents and children, mental illness, isolation ...
Time: 70s, year 1970
Place: los angeles, usa
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 6.6
 723
For My Brother (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The two brothers Aske (17 years old) and Bastian (12 years old) live with their father, Lasse. Their mother died seven years earlier. Every day they live in a world where fear, violence and alcohol are huge factors, but where the brothers' ...
Style: disturbing, rough, suspense, touching, independent film
Plot: brother brother relationship, child prostitution, pedophilia, child abuse, father son relationship, mistreatment, brothers, incest, sexual perversion, boy, homosexual rape, human trafficking ...
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 7.0
 168K
Hard Candy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style: disturbing, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: vengeance, torture, manipulation, age difference, pedophilia, sexual abuse, revenge, kidnapping, psychopath, pedophile, child abuse, justice ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, year 2016, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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An American Crime (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Style: disturbing, harsh, serious, bleak, brutal ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: child abuse, true crime, torture, dysfunctional family, murder, captivity, courtroom drama, family problems, domestic violence, court, trial, mistreatment ...
Time: 60s, year 2007, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
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Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies. Notwithstanding her healthy distrust of all ...
Style: erotic
Plot: mistreatment, stealing, cutting one's own hair, female fight, strangulation, theft, pilgrim, beach, rain, food, flashback, torture ...
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Nathalie: Escape from Hell (1978)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A beautiful American doctor imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp uses her skill to save the life of an SS officer, who falls in love with her. However, a sadistic female SS officer considers him her personal property, and has no compunction about ...
Style: sensual
Plot: lesbian sex, female prisoner, erotica, nazi exploitation, nazi, nazism, sexual sadism, swastika, women in prison, humiliation, brutality, dominatrix ...
Time: 1940s
Place: france
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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly ...
Style: bleak, disturbing, brutal, controversial, harsh ...
Audience: teens
Plot: nun, convent, life is a bitch, human spirit, corporal punishment, mistreatment, catholic church, evil nun, religion, sexual harassment, humiliation, catholic ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1964, year 2002
Place: ireland, europe, dublin ireland
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 7.9
 16K
The Class (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.
Style: serious, disturbing, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: school shooting, bullying, vengeance, humiliation, society, youth, friendship, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, high school, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: estonia, europe
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The Bunny Game (2011)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A prostitute looking for her next meal hitches a ride with a trucker that leaves her praying for her next breath.
Style: disturbing, extreme horror, sadistic, controversial, black and white ...
Plot: sadism, prostitute, perversity, torture, misogyny, sexual cruelty, captivity, sex, violence, deviant sex, sexual torture, torturer ...
Time: year 2016
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 5.0
 71K
A Serbian Film (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives, Milos must participate in one last mysterious film. From ...
Style: disturbing, brutal, controversial, rough, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: rape, sexual abuse, gory, violence, psychopath, incest, macabre, torture, sexual perversion, insanity, perversion, murder ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: serbia, europe
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Redo of Healer (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: In a world of monsters, adventurers and magic, some of the most gifted healers are subjugated to brute force. Keyaru gains the ability to rewind time and turns the tables on those who’ve exploited him in this dark fantasy tale of vengeance and ...
Style: anime, ecchi, dark fantasy, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: magic, erased memory, magical power, harem, rape, sexual perversion, magical, fantasy world, magician, wizards and magicians, perversion, sex ...
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 7.1
 35K
The Woodsman (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A paedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
Style: disturbing, independent film, psychological, emotional, harsh ...
Plot: pedophilia, friendship, parole officer, pedophile, sexual perversion, starting over, ex convict, psychology, factory worker, suspicion, anger, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: philadelphia
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 6.9
 67K
Overboard (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get ...
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, sentimental, funny ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: memory loss, rich woman poor man, amnesia, love and romance, single father, father son relationship, family life, parents and children, carpenter, pretend relationship, love, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: oregon
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The Seasoning House (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Seasoning House - where young girls are prostituted to the military. An orphaned deaf mute is enslaved to care for them. She moves between the walls and crawlspaces, planning her escape. Planning her ingenious and brutal revenge.
Style: rough, serious, realistic, bleak, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: kidnapping, revenge, strong violent content, rapist, confinement indoors, sexual abuse, rape and revenge, male nudity, dehumanization, danger, vengeance, escape attempt ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2010s
Place: balkan, europe
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Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A unique 16th century woman, Danielle possesses a love of books, and can easily quote from Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. An intriguing mix of tomboyish athleticism and physical beauty, she has more than enough charm to capture the heart of a prince ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, period piece, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens, date night ...
Plot: cinderella story, love and romance, female protagonist, cinderella, prince, royalty, love, class differences, arranged marriage, legends and myths, step siblings, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 16th century, 90s, 50s, year 1998, ancient times
Place: france, europe
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Mike Nichols’ film from Edward Albee's play brought new themes to the film industry. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have never been more brilliant together as they portray an experienced married couple who love each other yet verbally ...
Style: black and white, psychological, clever, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: humiliation, alcoholic, conversation, battle of the sexes, alcoholism, guest, night, adultery, love hate relationship, crumbling marriage, marriage crisis, marriage ...
Time: 20th century, year 1966, 60s
Place: new england, usa
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The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever ...
Style: disturbing, sadistic, slasher, rough, scary ...
Plot: found footage, serial killer, psychopath, macabre, investigation, torture, murder, psycho killer, maniac, sadism, suffering, violence ...
Time: year 2001
Place: usa, pennsylvania, new york state, new york
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 6.1
 38K
Bug (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A lonely waitress with a tragic past, Agnes rooms in a run-down motel, living in fear of her abusive, recently paroled ex-husband. But when Agnes begins a tentative romance with Peter, an eccentric, nervous drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, mind bending, suspense ...
Plot: paranoia, insanity, conspiracy theory, mental illness, psychosis, couples, nudity, obsession, schizophrenia, addiction, losing-it hero, delusion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oklahoma, usa
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 6.9
 3K
Petulia (1968)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An unhappily married socialite finds solace in the company of a recently divorced doctor.
Style: sentimental, cult classic, serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot: midlife crisis, obsessive love, socialite, divorce, infidelity, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, nurse, affair, girl, manic pixie dream girl, relationships ...
Time: 60s, year 1968
Place: california, san francisco, usa, america, tijuana mexico ...
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 6.1
 13K
The Cottage (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks loose.
Style: scary, slasher, horror comedy, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: countryside, kidnapping, dark humor, gangster, danger, murder, chase, nothing goes right, confined, monster, kidnapped, redneck ...
Time: year 2008
Place: europe, england, britain
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Mysterious Skin (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Style: disturbing, depressing, psychological, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: child abuse, coming of age, gay, sexual abuse, homosexuality, homosexual, pedophilia, male rape, child molestation, youth, homosexual rape, haunted by the past ...
Time: 90s, year 2004, 2000s, near future, y2k ...
Place: kansas, new york, usa
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Birthmother's Betrayal (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman becomes suspicious when her adopted daughter's birth mother reenters her life and starts to display increasingly erratic behavior.
Style: captivating, suspense
Plot: birth mother, bad influence, suspicious wife, suspicion, mother daughter relationship, adopted daughter, family in danger, foster child, mistreatment, life, adoptive mother, family relations ...
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 8.4
 1.5M
Joker (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story: During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, atmospheric, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: mental illness, mental disorder, villain, psycho, psychopath, loneliness, psychological trauma, character change, insanity, social problems, comedian, social decay ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1981, 20th century
Place: new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia
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 4.0
 7K
Martyrs (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A woman and her childhood friend seek out revenge on those who victimized and abused them.
Style: brutal, bloody, disturbing, suspense, slasher ...
Plot: revenge, held captive, torment, electric torture, sadism, torture, home invasion, violent, physical torture, burned at the stake, martyrdom, murder ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
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 7.0
 105K
Martyrs (2008)
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, bloody, scary, brutal, splatter ...
Plot: torture, child abuse, violence, gory, kidnapping, brutality, revenge, afterlife, torment, fear, torture chamber, home invasion ...
Time: year 2008, year 2000, 2000s, year 1971, 21st century
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Captive Women 4 (1977)
Genre: Horror, Thriller, War
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: To improve the morale of the German officers, a train with beautiful girls is arranged to entertain them when on leave.
Style: suspense, sensual, sexploitation film
Plot: nazi, world war two, sexual perversion, forced prostitution, oral sex, sex, fondling, sexploitation, lust, lesbian sex, brothel, prostitution ...
Time: 1940s
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The House That Screamed (1969)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Lilli Palmer owns and runs a school for wayward girls in France. Her absolute discipline has fostered a social order among the girls with rampant sex, lesbianism and torture the norm. Palmer also has an adolescent son (Moulder Brown) she tries to ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, serious, scary, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: danger, bullying, boarding school, humiliation, missing person, youth, obsession, society, woman in danger, lesbian, secret, serial killer ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: france, south of france, europe
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Bamboo Women's Prison (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.
Style: exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: prison, cruelty, women's prison, women in prison, violence, lesbian rape, brutality, female prisoner, spy, friendship, betrayal, humiliation ...
Time: 1940s
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Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the thirteenth century, the region around the city of Berzano was ruled by a legion of Templar Knights, who sought eternal life through the ingestion of human blood. They terrorized the region by harvesting the land and committing human ...
Style: scary, slasher, atmospheric, gothic, satanic ...
Plot: zombie, undead, rape, medieval, occult, supernatural, morgue, ritual, folk horror, evil, infected, vampire ...
Time: medieval times, 20th century, 70s, 13th century
Place: europe, spain, portugal
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