Abortion rights movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant abortion rights movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, independent film, sincere, serious, crying and sad films and TV shows about / with abortion rights, abortion, pregnancy, women, feminism, female protagonist, unwanted pregnancy, mother daughter relationship, society and women's rights plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as abortion rights: Ask for Jane (2018), Three Families (2021), Citizen Ruth (1996), A Private Matter (1992), If These Walls Could Talk (1996), Vera Drake (2004), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Obvious Child (2014), Call Jane (2022), Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020).

List of abortion rights movies

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 5.9
 252
Ask for Jane (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of college students develop an underground network that helps women get abortions in the pre-Roe vs. Wade Chicago.
Style: thrilling, tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: abortion, illegal abortion, abortion rights, pregnancy, male female relationship, female protagonist, social issues, social problems, women, feminist, feminism, unwanted pregnancy ...
Place: chicago
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 7.6
 717
Three Families (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
TV show
Story: Dramatisation of three real-life stories of how three families were each affected by Northern Ireland's restrictive abortion law before it was lifted in 2019.
Plot: abortion rights, women, female protagonist, abortion, women's rights, misogyny, privacy invasion, birth, female politician, mother daughter relationship, abortion clinic, pregnancy ...
Place: northern ireland, belfast, ireland
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 7.0
 9K
Citizen Ruth (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: "Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ...
Style: witty, melancholic, stylized, political, talky ...
Plot: abortion, drug abuse, culture clash, unwanted pregnancy, addiction, pregnancy, politics, female protagonist, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, youth, women ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: nebraska, vietnam
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A Private Matter (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion.
Style: controversial, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: abortion, courtroom drama, abortion rights, family relations, pregnancy, scandal, husband wife relationship, injustice, society, couple relations, human spirit, doctors and patients ...
Time: 60s, year 1962
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona
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If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: If These Walls Could Talk follows the plights of three different women and their experiences with abortion. Each of the three stories takes place in the same house in three different years: 1952, 1974, and 1996.
Style: sincere, emotional, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: abortion, moral dilemma, pregnancy, family relations, unwanted pregnancy, women's rights, couples, society, life is a bitch, lesbian, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, 1950s, 50s ...
Place: chicago, illinois
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 7.6
 27K
Vera Drake (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Style: sincere, depressing, bleak, compassionate, contemplative ...
Plot: abortion, working class, unwanted pregnancy, pregnancy, neighbor, injustice, miscarriage, life is a bitch, double life, character study, abortionist, family life ...
Time: 50s, year 2004, 90s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, europe, dunkirk, burma ...
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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with ...
Style: depressing, disturbing, bleak, melancholic, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: abortion, sexual abuse, friendship, unwanted pregnancy, communism, rape, realism, communist, doctor, coming of age, young woman, character study ...
Time: 80s, year 2007, 2000s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: romania, transylvania, eastern europe, europe
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 6.7
 26K
Obvious Child (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.
Style: humorous, atmospheric, independent film, witty, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: abortion, pregnancy, kick-butt women, loneliness, feminist, self discovery, relationships, existentialism, unwanted pregnancy, one night stand, nothing goes right, introspection ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, new york, brooklyn new york city
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 6.5
 6K
Call Jane (2022)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
Style: historical drama, independent film
Plot: abortion, illegal abortion, pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, propaganda, housewife, woman, abortion rights, feminist, doctor, female protagonist, baking cookies ...
Time: 60s
Place: chicago
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
Style: sad, social, meditative, serious, rough ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: pregnancy, abortion, female protagonist, teenage pregnancy, teenage girl, sexual abuse, unwanted pregnancy, adolescence, teenager, feminist, abortion clinic, 17 year old ...
Time: year 2019, 2020s, 2010s
Place: pennsylvania, new york
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Saint Frances (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: At the start of the summer, Bridget has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in affluent Evanston, Illinois — nannying a six-year old.
Style: disturbing, touching, sincere, light, humorous ...
Plot: nanny, abortion, pregnancy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, survival, teacher, guilt, female protagonist, feminism, brother sister relationship, lesbian ...
Place: illinois
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 6.5
 10K
Unpregnant (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.
Style: road movie, sweet, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage pregnancy, abortion, coming of age, teenager, road trip, teenage girl, pregnant girl, women, friendship, pregnancy, schoolgirl, moral dilemma ...
Time: 2020s
Place: missouri
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 7.4
 11K
Happening (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's eponymous novel, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
Style: sad, independent film, crying
Plot: abortion, unwanted pregnancy, illegal abortion, pregnancy, post war, feminism, women, abortion rights, chaos, sexual repression, woman, summer ...
Time: 60s, year 1963
Place: france
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No Pockets in a Shroud (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Michel Dolannes resigns from a major newspaper as a journalist to launch a new journal 'Le Cosmopolite' which reveals all kinds of shady deals.One day, he is killed but who is the killer?
Plot: adultery, communist, freedom of the press, murder disguised as accident, pedophile, political corruption, corruption, abortion rights, goalkeeper, fired from the job, rejecting a marriage proposal, witness ...
Time: 70s
Place: paris france
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 3.7
 2K
Roe v. Wade (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.
Style: psychological, suspense, thought provoking, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: abortion, conspiracy, court, lawsuit, women's rights, court case, courtroom drama, social problems, family problems, civil rights, social relations, human rights ...
Time: 70s
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 5.4
 171
Little Mother (1973)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Marina Pinares, the wife of the president of a South American country, insists on being his vice-presidential running mate in the next election. She's no stranger to assassination to get what she wants, so some suspect she'll kill her own ...
Style: grindhouse, erotic
Plot: abortion rights, ex prostitute, drunkenness, drunken girl, unfaithfulness, nudity, female pubic hair, virgin, feces, cardinal the priest, orgy, military officer ...
Place: south america, former yugoslavia, eastern europe, argentina
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 3.1
 845
Rabbit Test (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Style: mystic, spoof, independent film
Plot: pregnant man, christmas, teacher student romance, immigrant, abortion rights, bus, switching roles, girl, baby, women's rights, irreverence, nurse ...
Time: year 1978
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Blame It on Fidel! (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: politics, coming of age, radical, family life, political unrest, family problems, immigrant, hopes, journalism, state affairs, dysfunctional family, parents and children ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, cuba, paris france, europe, chile ...
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Rain Without Thunder (1992)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Allison Golding (Ali Thomas), serving a life sentence for having an abortion. As politicians, ...
Style: psychotronic, apocalyptic, independent film, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot: dystopia, distopia, propaganda, dystopian future, injustice, pregnancy, catholic priest, fascism, social decay, legal action, against the rules, legal ...
Time: year 1992, future, 2040s, near future
Place: usa, stockholm sweden, new york state
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A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Marco Mazzetti (Marcello Mastroianni), a driving instructor, lives with his wife Irène (Catherine Deneuve) and their young. After a series of dizzy spells, he goes to the doctor and discovers that he is four-month pregnant. Marco then becomes ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, mind bending, biting, semi serious ...
Plot: pregnant man, pregnancy, disorder, family relations, couples, switching roles, self discovery, gender, babies and infants, parents and children, midlife crisis, urban ...
Time: 70s
Place: paris france
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 6.9
 25K
The Contender (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Political thriller about Laine Hanson's nomination and confirmation as Vice President. An allegation that she was involved in a sexual orgy at the age of 19 is leaked to the press. As pressure mounts on Laine, she's torn between fighting ...
Style: political, clever, thought provoking, serious, sincere ...
Plot: politics, election, president, campaign, idealism, conspiracy, vice president, political intrigue, government, sex scandal, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa, ohio, virginia
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