Child sexual abuse movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant child sexual abuse movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, disturbing, serious, psychological, controversial and bleak films and TV shows about / with child sexual abuse, psychological drama, child abuse, sexual abuse, pedophilia, pedophile, life is a bitch, teenage girl, family relations and rape plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
child sexual abuse movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as child sexual abuse: Little Tickles (2018), Playing with Love (1977), Trust (2010), Pretty Baby (1978), Hounddog (2007), Trade Of Innocents (2012), Just a Game (1983), Take Me to the River (2015), Lilet Never Happened (2012), 36 fillette (1988).

List of child sexual abuse movies

Little Tickles (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Odette is eight, she likes to dance and draw. Why would she be wary of a friend of her parents who offers to play "Tickling"? Once an adult, Odette frees her word, and plunges body and soul into her career as a dancer, in the whirlwind of ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, non-linear
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: pedophile, child rape, child sexual abuse, psychoanalysis, little girl, traumatic childhood, abused child, childhood sexual abuse, pedophilia, trial, dancing, courtroom ...
Time: 80s
Place: france
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Playing with Love (1977)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Laura and Fabrizio have been meeting every summer in the forest by her parent's summer home. Fabrizio is a solitary boy with only his dog for company; Laura a sweet but unconfident child. This summer new aspects enter into their story as both ...
Style: erotic, eros, minimal cast, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot: underage sex, teenage sex, teenage sexuality, female nudity, love triangle, submission, seduction, teenage girl, lolita, first sex, first love, rape ...
Time: 70s
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 6.9
 46K
Trust (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her ...
Style: teen, sexy, controversial, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: sexual abuse, bullying, teenager, father daughter relationship, child abuse, teenage life, youth, rape, innocence lost, child sexual abuse, rape and revenge, pedophile ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: california, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, cleveland ohio, chicago ...
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 6.5
 14K
Pretty Baby (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine) at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet (Brooke Shields). When Violet is brought on as ...
Style: controversial, sexy, erotic, disturbing, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: virginity, innocence lost, nymphet, child prostitution, prostitution, girl man relationship, loss of virginity, world war one, photographer, brothel, child sexual abuse, sexual content ...
Time: 1910s, ancient times, victorian era, year 1978, year 1917 ...
Place: new orleans, america, louisiana, usa
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 6.2
 7K
Hounddog (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Style: serious, touching, stylized, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: sexual abuse, child's point of view, child molestation, child molester, making love, pedophile, children, youth, music, child rape, poor white trash, child ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place: alabama, usa
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Trade Of Innocents (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia, we find a filthy cinder block room; a bed with soiled sheets; a little girl waits for the next man. Alex (Dermot Mulroney), a human trafficking investigator, plays the role of her ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: human trafficking, sex trafficking, sex slavery, sex maniac, forced prostitution, innocence lost, sex with a minor, life is a bitch, fighting the system, injustice, society, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand, asia, southeast asia, cambodia
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 5.8
 34
Just a Game (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In a strangely aloof and uninvolved story of incest, director Brigitte Sauriol takes a certain distance in her treatment of a couple with two daughters on a summer vacation in Quebec. Scenes with the father and older daughter soon reveal that an ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, intense, art house, melancholic ...
Plot: father daughter sex, sexual abuse, father daughter relationship, trauma, child sexual abuse, sexploitation, taboo subject, dysfunctional family, domestic drama, victimization, father, accusation ...
Time: 80s
Place: quebec
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Take Me to the River (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A naive California teen plans to remain above the fray at his Nebraskan family reunion, but a strange encounter places him at the center of a long-buried family secret.
Style: ambiguous ending, psychological, suspenseful, sincere, suspense ...
Plot: child abuse, river, family secret, farm, injustice, suspicion, children, threat, summer, child sexual abuse, lgbt, gay teenager ...
Place: nebraska
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Lilet Never Happened (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK, Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot: child prostitute, life is a bitch, kids in trouble, social decay, youth, danger, society, prostitution, social worker, police, children, call girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: manila philippines, the philippines, asia
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 6.0
 2K
36 fillette (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation with a concert pianist she meets, but she has a wild streak and she's testing her powers ...
Style: erotic, controversial, sexual, sensual, contemplative ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, virgin, lolita, older man younger woman relationship, sensuality, teasing, bare breasts, seduction, sex, teenage girl, hitchhiking, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 80s
Place: france, south of france, europe, paris france
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The Chosen Ones (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In the late 70s, young Petra Grust begins teaching at the progressive Odenwald School. She is flattered by the trust placed in her by its widely respected headmaster Simon Pistorius. But gradually certain incidents at the boarding school begin to ...
Style: dark, bleak, tense, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot: child abuse, boarding school, suicide attempt, childhood trauma, trauma, child sexual abuse, whistleblower, betrayal, haunting, moral dilemma, gay, guilt ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: germany
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 6.8
 25K
The Lover (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, Vietnam
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has control, and she wields it deftly over her besotted lover throughout a series of clandestine meetings ...
Style: sexy, erotic, sexual, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: forbidden love, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, sex, lolita, lovers, lust, interracial romance, love affair, sex with a minor, nymphet, asian man white woman relationship ...
Time: 1920s, ancient times, 20th century, year 1929, year 1992 ...
Place: vietnam, indochina, southeast asia, china, saigon ...
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 3.6
 33K
Cuties (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
Style: controversial, sad, independent film, crying, disgusting ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: 11 year old girl, coming of age, competition, menarche, friendship, hijab, dancer, dancing, child, dancehall girl, pedophilia, teenager ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france, paris france
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My Little Princess (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is an unpredictable photographer who lives off of the generosity of others. When Hannah forces her ...
Style: serious, sad, erotic, sensual, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: traumatic childhood, mother daughter conflict, pedophilia, innocence lost, art, eccentric family, mother daughter relationship, female nudity, macabre, making love, sex scene, adult film industry ...
Time: 70s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
 6.8
 20K
Redeeming Love (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.
Style: christian film, thrilling, captivating, romantic, psychological ...
Plot: traumatic childhood, prostitution, prostitute, brother in law brother in law relationship, skinny dipping, brothel, abused woman, social problems, love story, couple relations, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1850s, 2020s, 19th century
Place: california, san francisco, boston
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Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A busboy at a disco has sexual problems related to events in his childhood. He becomes obsessed with a disc jockey at the club.
Style: neo noir, psychosexual thriller, psychological thriller, psychotronic, detective ...
Plot: rape, woman in jeopardy, vice squad, sleazy, police detective, fetish, peeping tom, sex crime, depravity, bare chested male, sex maniac, police investigation ...
Time: 60s
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
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The Children of Times Square (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.(IMDB)
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak
Plot: runaway, pedophile, drug dealer, gang, youth, children, street life, juvenile delinquent, evil child, hobo, street kid, coming of age ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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Twilight Portrait (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Marina, an upper-crust social worker with a doting husband and an enviable downtown apartment, is suddenly transformed into a bizarre twilight version of herself when she is raped by three policemen.
Style: sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Plot: rape, couples, sexual cruelty, sex starved woman, love affair, sexual harassment, raped woman, loveless marriage, injustice, vengeance, society, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr
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Cries from the Heart (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A drama directed by Michael Switzer.
Style: realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot: child molester, autism, mentally challenged, teacher student relationship, testimony, courtroom, victim, teacher, mental illness, sexual cruelty, children, youth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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The Reckoning (2023)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: The life of Jimmy Savile, a man who, for decades, became one of the UK’s most influential celebrities, but in death has become one of the most reviled figures of modern history following revelations of extensive and horrific abuse.
Plot: rapist, sexual assault, child rape, sexual predator, sexual abuse, tv host, cover-up, journalist, scandal, closeted homosexual, radio dj, rape victim ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 70s, 2010s, 60s
Place: manchester
Is relevant?
 6.7
 3K
Princess (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The story of August who loses his beloved sister Christina, a former porn star known as The Princess. He adopts Christina's five-year-old daughter Mia. Weighed down by grief and guilt, August breaks down and with Mia in tow, he embarks on a ...
Style: adult animation, realistic, suspenseful, rough, disturbing ...
Plot: porn star, social issues, child abuse, family problems, clergy, life is a bitch, rivalry, vigilantism, addiction, death in the family, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Is relevant?
 8.0
 100K
The Celebration (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 101 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: black comedy, cerebral, dark comedy, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot: dogme 95, family secret, incest, child abuse, hotel, haunted by the past, pedophile, suicide, birthday party, drunkenness, birthday, party ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, denmark
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The Sheldon Kennedy Story (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Story: Alberta (Canada) rural farm-boy Sheldon Kennedy feels abused by dad when punished for poor performances compared to big brother Troy. being recruited for professional ice-hockey at age 14 seems an ideal way out, straight to a party animal's ...
Style: intense, emotional, inspirational, period drama
Plot: hockey, biopic, abuse, ice hockey, child sexual abuse, trauma, courage, survivor, sexual assault, recovery, hockey player, toxic masculinity ...
Place: canada
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 6.1
 4K
Evilenko (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1984, in Kiev, the communist teacher Andrej Romanovic Evilenko is dismissed from his position after a pedophilic act against a student. On 15 May 1984, the pedophile Evilenko begins to rape children, and then slashing the victims in pieces and ...
Style: slasher, heartbreaking, suspense, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot: serial killer, pedophile, child murder investigation, true crime, child rape, cannibalism, woman in danger, killer, murder, biopic, serial child killer, crime investigation ...
Time: year 1984, year 1992, 90s, 80s
Place: kiev ukraine, ukraine, russia, soviet union, crimea ...
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By The Grace of God (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Alexandre lives in Lyon with his wife and children. One day, he discovered by chance that the priest who abused him to scouts always officiates with children. He then starts a fight, quickly joined by François and Emmanuel, also victims of the ...
Style: gothic, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: pedophilia, pedophile priest, children, religion, child abuse, childhood trauma, childhood memory, cardinal the priest, church, catholic church, female nudity, husband wife relationship ...
Time: year 2014, year 2015, year 2016, year 2019, 2010s
Place: france, portugal
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Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot (2024)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place kids in the foster system and kickstart a movement in the process.
Style: period piece, inspirational, christian film
Plot: forgiveness, psychological trauma, pastor, foster parent, christian faith, unconditional love, dysfunctional family, domestic violence, gospel, child sexual abuse, disabled child, child abuse ...
Time: 90s
Place: texas
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My First Mister (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of ...
Style: gothic, feel good, touching, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, unlikely couple, friends, age difference, intergenerational friendship, teenage life, human nature, workplace, follow your dream, odd couple, youth, sex ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: albuquerque new mexico, new mexico
Is relevant?
 8.2
 9K
Chithha (2023)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Easwaran, a young government employee gets the shock of his life when his niece Sundari goes missing. When Easwaran gets to know that a child abuser has kidnapped her, after coming to terms with the ghastly reality of being him being wrongly accused ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot: child abduction, child abuse, missing child, missing person, rescue mission, uncle niece relationship, family drama, disappearance, life is a bitch, mysterious disappearance, family problems, problem ...
Place: india
Is relevant?
 7.0
 174K
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, independent film, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: vengeance, revenge, torture, manipulation, pedophile, vigilantism, age difference, female vigilante, pedophilia, justice, sexual abuse, home invasion ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2016, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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Jack Goes Home (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family, his friends, and his very identity.
Style: ambiguous ending, surreal, disturbing, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: haunted house, dark secret, child abuse, getting home, dead father, childhood memory, mother son relationship, family secret, gay, family problems, deception, secret ...
Is relevant?