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List of domestic violence movies
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Career woman Somiya (Diana Hayden) meets her dream man in Karan (Shawar Ali). They soon wed, and for years all is blissful … till Somiya learns of her spouse's affair. Crushed, she confronts him -- but regrets it after Karan gets physical. ...
Style:
remake of american film
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, domestic violence, fistfight, revenge, on the run, psychopath, showdown, lust, flashback, betrayal, husband wife relationship ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Ha-eun, an ordinary housewife who has endured her husband's violence for 13 years, challenges her husband, who is a mixed martial arts champion, to a duel in the ring.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
martial arts, domestic violence, cage fighting, battered wife, husband wife relationship, violence, violent man, martial arts training, fight, battered woman, family problems, female fighter ...
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Genre: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
When Rei Okumori was in the 3rd grade of middle school, he killed his father to protect his mother Akiko. His father physically abused his mother. They buried his dead body in their yard and made it appear he went missing. Since that time, they kept ...
Style:
suspense, romantic, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
domestic violence, hidden corpse, law student, murder mystery, male female relationship, hidden truth, love and romance, relationships, secret, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic rivalry, attorney ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, melancholic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
love affair, adultery, infidelity, passion, housewife, child abuse, small town, unfaithful wife, dysfunctional family, perversion, temptation, sexual pleasure ...
Time:
y2k, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, california
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sculpture is a psychological horror gore-fest that tells the story of Ashley Steele, an aspiring artist who returns home after the death of her father only to find the haunting memories of her repressed childhood await her. She is commissioned to ...
Style:
independent film, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
murder, insanity, dysfunctional family, art, sculpture, dismemberment, domestic violence, memory, death, artist, female protagonist, female nudity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, erotic, bleak ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, marital rape, rough sex, vengeance, mysterious character, starting over, investigation, manipulation, family problems, life is a bitch, love and romance, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On Monday, September 10, 2012, Jacqueline Sauvage shot her husband the back three times. She then learned that their son had just committed suicide. And so the most publicized trial in recent years commenced.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
true crime, domestic violence, prison, justice, female prisoner, life is a bitch, family problems, social problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, troubled marriage, jailed ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
A 'wife of a famous broadcaster and freelance entertainer' has been doing well for 12 years. Due to a mistake, her life falls apart overnight However, she learns that there was another reason for her downfall, and so begins her revenge.
Style:
dramatic, witty, entertaining, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
revenge, corruption, domestic violence, attorney, teamwork, female protagonist, betrayal, female vigilante, avenge, advocate, conspiracy, vengeance ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, obsession, psychology, investigation, power relations, uncover truth, domestic violence, memory, psychiatrist, life turned upside down, amnesiac ...
Time:
90s, year 2014, year 2007, year 2000, 2010s ...
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Story:
This film is about domestic violence.
Style:
serious, intense, realistic, tragic
Plot:
domestic violence, women's rights, domestic drama, abusive husband, marital abuse, psychological abuse, toxic relationship, control, fear, female protagonist, trauma, marriage ...
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A crime drama dircted by Anthony Page.
Style:
intense, tragic ending, psychological thriller
Plot:
domestic violence, serial killer, character study, emotional abuse, family tragedy, jealousy, mental illness, identity crisis, crimes of passion, alienation, isolation, loneliness ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her husband's efforts to regain her love and the disapproval by the conservative little town, ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, erotic
Plot:
marital infidelity, forbidden love, domestic violence, divorce, lust, infidelity, husband wife relationship, erotica, male female relationship, dysfunctional marriage, cheating wife, love ...
Place:
seoul
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and school teacher, and Tom is sexually abused by his father. Together they bond in the woods, creating a ...
Style:
psychological, rough, sincere, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
woods, male nudity, friendship, teenage boy, rebellion, life is a bitch, social misfits, rebelliousness, youth, friends, escape from reality, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
Style:
emotional, serious, psychological, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
abusive mother, pregnancy, homeless, abuse, teenage mother, mother daughter relationship, survival, starting over, pregnant teenager, family problems, life is a bitch, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, detective, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, child abuse, stephen king, abusive husband, maid, domestic violence, investigation, sexual abuse, childhood trauma, mother, small town, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, persia, nova scotia, usa
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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, bleak, brutal, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
child abuse, true crime, torture, captivity, murder, threat, dysfunctional family, children, court, courtroom drama, domestic violence, trial ...
Time:
year 2007, 60s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ...
Style:
depressing, anamorphic, interesting, f word
Plot:
building a house, mother daughter relationship, little girl, child custody, arson, flashback, friendship, man hits a woman, new house, hardship, feminism, woman ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
An ordinary housewife's life goes in an unexpected direction after noticing a strange smell in her backyard.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
domestic violence, garden, domestic drama, relationship problems, life is a bitch, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, couples, couple relations, family relations, male female relationship, social problems ...
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Why did an abused solitary boy become a murderer? A sad but powerful gut-wrenching drama portraying the destiny of humans seeking love, starting up-and-coming actor Yuma Nakayama.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
child abuse, jail, dysfunctional family, murderer, tragic past, death, tragedy, domestic violence, foster home, masochism, childhood trauma, murder ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
After suffering years of mental abuse from her husband, Jules thinks she's finally free when a physical struggle ends in a fire that takes his life. However, she's soon pushed to the edge as she starts to believe she's seeing him at ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
abusive husband, female protagonist, abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, house fire, domestic abuse, male female relationship, family relations, social problems, relationships, pursuit ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The struggles of an artist. Jang Seung-up (1843-1897), also called Owon, focusing on the years 1882 to 1897, when Korea was in political upheaval, caught between China and Japan, the conservative dynasty dying, and peasant revolt at hand. Jang, born ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sentimental, melancholic ...
Plot:
painter, politics, artist, biopic, art, nobility, painting, hopes, actor's life, ambition, human spirit, rise to the top ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1870s, 1880s, 1860s ...
Place:
japan, asia, seoul, south korea, china ...
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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: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Michael and Madison Roland had planned to spend the rest of their lives together, until one day Michael's controlling ways turned their perfect marriage. With the help of her best friend, Madison decides to get away. After adopting a new ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, psycho sexual ...
Plot:
marital abuse, marriage, misogynist, abusive husband, abusive relationship, unplanned pregnancy, hospital, black, waitress, neighbor, danger, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Focusing on a group of women working in a munitions plant during World War II, this ensemble drama depicts the dangers and new experiences they face.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, stylized, period piece ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, wartime life, working woman, factory, sexism, workplace, gender, society, accident, strong female presence, lesbian love, strong female lead ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A journalist must make a decision to flee with her two children from her abusive ex-husband or kill him before he kills her.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, suspense, tense
Plot:
abusive husband, violence against women, domestic violence, battered wife, false identity, starting over, legal system, trial, hitman, emotional abuse, intrigue, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Bangladesh, USA, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Hassan and Mario are neighbors. They have raised their daughters, Dina and Isabella together, supporting each other through tough times. When Hassan, faces the challenges of modern life, both inside and outside the home, his reactions propel a ...
Style:
tense, multicultural
Plot:
family drama, domestic violence, coming of age, father daughter relationship, moral dilemma, protective father, family honor, tragedy, teen romance, forbidden love, identity crisis, gay slur ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are ...
Style:
clever, tense, detective, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
law and order, police detective, sexual abuse, nypd, police, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, criminal, courtroom, sex crime, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 2010s, 20th century, 2020s ...
Place:
new york, usa, las vegas, new york state
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, musician, domestic violence, african american, black woman, biopic, singer, violence against women, abusive husband, rape victim, african american woman, female protagonist ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, year 1993 ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, california, africa, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Anna’s story takes place on Åland Island in 1666, during the beginning of the most widespread and systematic witch-hunts in Scandinavian history. In all, 16 women were convicted of being in league with the devil, and seven of them were executed. ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, enigmatic, captivating, historical drama
Plot:
witch hunt, adultery, jealousy, black magic, witch, rural setting, priest, power, young woman, judge, rape, domestic violence ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Suddenly he thinks her alone, his wife. This person whom he doesn't know how to love and who is now falling prey to a gnawing disease. This woman whom he knows so little about and whom he would like to be with him. Right now, Just like before.
Style:
rough, captivating
Plot:
tragic love, violence, domestic violence, village life, jealousy, power relations, family problems, battered wife, jealous man, family tragedy, jealous husband, marital strife ...
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