Abusive husband movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant abusive husband movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, psychological, tense, suspense and realistic films and TV shows about / with abusive husband, domestic violence, murder, husband wife relationship, obsession, woman in danger, danger, family problems, domestic abuse and couples plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, Canada, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as abusive husband: Sleeping with the Devil (1997), Run for Your Life (2014), Mine Alone (2001), Out of the Blue (2022), Living Death (2006), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Enough (2002), If Someone Had Known (1995), Karla (2006), Hidden Away (2013).
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Professional nurse Rebecca Dubrovich is swept off her feet by charming millionaire Dick Strang, and the two begin a passionate romance. Only when it is too late does Rebecca discover that Strang has a very dark side...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, touching, sincere, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
marital abuse, abusive husband, paraplegic, domestic violence, despot, fear, saving a life, psychological abuse, abusive relationship, woman in peril, female victim, love ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A divorced woman finds sexual liberation through online dating.
Style:
romantic, captivating, sincere, sexy, hot
Plot:
abusive husband, older woman younger man sex, sex scene, sexual desire, sex club, single mother, failed marriage, seductive behavior, sexually frustrated woman, milf, ambition, horniness ...
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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: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A women meets a charming man and falls in love, they get married and start a family. As they age and have children, the man's becomes violent and abusive.
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, realistic, bleak
Plot:
abusive husband, marital rape, abusive relationship, best friend, pregnancy, family relations, fall in love, couples, family problems, love and romance, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After spending time in prison following an assault charge, Connor Bates now works in a library and spends his free time running, swimming, and trying to piece his world back together. When he meets Marilyn Chambers, the wife of a wealthy ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
abusive husband, evil wins, sex in a hot tub, sex scene, outdoor sex, wife plots to kill husband, death of protagonist, affair, femme fatale, bored housewife, older woman younger man relationship, evil woman ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Torture is the ultimate seduction when Victor, a powerful and dangerous millionaire, discovers that his beautiful wife Elizabeth (Kristy Swanson) is having a steamy affair with his best friend. And when the lovers' risky plan to get rid of him ...
Style:
slasher, psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
torture chamber, abusive husband, vengeance, revenge, poison, obsession, family problems, crime gone awry, betrayal, uncover truth, supernatural, gory ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Style:
suspense, psychological, sexy, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, domestic violence, stalking, violent husband, woman in danger, starting over, abusive husband, psychopath, marital abuse, abusive relationship, dangerous attraction, revenge ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 90s
Place:
africa, usa, iowa, san francisco, boston
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
domestic violence, abusive husband, violence against women, self defense, abusive relationship, violent husband, strong female character, woman in danger, stalking, life is a bitch, training, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, seattle, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young wife and mother is abused by her husband and keeps the secret from her friends and family.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, emotional, detective
Plot:
abusive husband, abusive relationship, murder, marital abuse, young mother, dead man, police arrest, husband wife relationship, teenage daughter, domestic violence, father dislikes daughter's boyfriend, physical abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on real events, Canada's most notorious serial killers, Paul Bernardo and wife Karla Homolka kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
Style:
sexy, psychological, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
abusive husband, rape, serial killer, domestic violence, sister sister relationship, rape victim, sex scene, murder, rough sex, erotic scene, making love, true crime ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
ontario canada, canada
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A woman and young daughter escape her abusive husband by faking their deaths. Eight years later she is happily living in the upscale Palm Springs with her now-17-year-old daughter. When her husband discovers they are still alive, he tracks them down ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, suspense
Plot:
abusive husband, mother daughter relationship, teenager, faked death, revenge, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, threat, confronting the past, mother and daughter, identity theft, kidnapping ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In Philadelphia, the psychologist Dr. Liz Manners is the host of the WLOR Talk Radio Show giving advices about relationships to her audience. When she suggests to her listener Sara Jane to leave her abusive and obsessive husband Kyle Lundstrom, Sara ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
obsession, abusive husband, psychopath, terrorism, revenge, stalking, woman in danger, destructive relationship, danger, domestic abuse, couples, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After learning that her abusive ex-husband is about to be released from prison, a woman flees with her teenage daughter back to her old hometown.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
abusive husband, stalker, mother daughter relationship, relationship problems, ex husband ex wife relationship, ex couple relations, family problems, stalking, threat, danger, domestic violence, protective mother ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man and a woman sharing a psychic link meet and fall in love, but the woman's influential and powerful husband stands in their way.
Style:
sex comedy, surprise ending, independent film, erotic, sexploitation film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
abusive husband, passionate sex, erotica, hanged woman, sex with secretary, erotic dream, night, eroticism, female best friends, woman in danger, murderer, private investigator ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
About a mother who takes her children and flees an abusive ex-husband with the help of Ray Liotta's character.
Style:
serious, tense, emotional, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
abusive husband, mother daughter relationship, on the run, hopes, starting over, danger, fugitives, family problems, woman in danger, child custody, divorce, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south dakota, usa, iowa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Style:
romantic, touching, teen, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
small town, love story, obsession, starting over, love, small town life, love and romance, single father, power of love, domestic violence, fall in love, abusive husband ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, boston, south carolina, new jersey ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
On the outside, Sarah Miles appears to have it all: her husband is charming and successful and their daughter Megan is bright and engaging. Having put her once successful career as a published poet on hold to raise Megan, Sarah now shares her ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
abusive husband, winter, husband, husband wife relationship, manipulation, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, control, emotional abuse, domestic abuse, toxic relationship, relationships ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tracy Thurman was married to a man who abused her. But he continues to harass her after she gets a restraining order, and the police do little to help. When he brutally beats her and slashes her throat in front of police, she sues the city and the ...
Style:
non fiction, serious, realistic, thought provoking, rough ...
Plot:
abusive husband, domestic violence, woman in danger, marital abuse, abusive relationship, feminism, strong female presence, society, legal action, fighting the system, life is a bitch, domestic disturbance ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Turkish diaspora in Germany proves the catalyst for this noir-flavored drama concerning the unlikely friendship between a veteran of the Afghan-Soviet war and a middle-aged Turk in need of a helping hand.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, touching, suspense ...
Plot:
abusive husband, forbidden love, immigrant, couples, dangerous attraction, crimes of passion, estrangement, couple relations, love and romance, dishonesty, life is a bitch, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A newlywed couple move into their dream home only to find that their next door neighbor isn't as good-natured as they had initially thought.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
abusive husband, amateur detective, serial killer, investigation, family problems, family in danger, couple relations, mind game, couples, woman in danger, nervous breakdown, home invasion ...
Place:
usa, chicago
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
What starts out as a romantic honeymoon on a deserted island turns into a horrible nightmare as Julianne discovers that her new husband is psychotic...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, woman in danger, kidnapping, couple relations, isolation, island, danger, newlyweds, love and romance, honeymoon, lake, wilderness ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young couple buy their dream home in New Orleans, only to be tormented by an obsessive mother who believes the house should be hers.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, crime drama, noir ...
Plot:
nightmare, abusive husband, pregnant woman, pregnancy, halloween, psychological manipulation, female antagonist, escalation, jealousy, home invasion, confrontation, cat and mouse ...
Place:
new orleans
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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: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A free-spirited woman leads a businessman down a path of reckless abandon.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
hot and sexy, abusive husband, nylons, open marriage, sex game, adultery, femme fatale, introspection, manipulation, power relations, family problems, couples ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Angus Lynch, a psycho, escapes from prison and hooks up with his stripper sister named Kascha. Some death ensues eventually leading Angus to cross paths with a police captain named David who has a daughter named Jackie and whose wife was murdered ...
Style:
slasher, independent film, surprise ending
Plot:
abusive husband, female nudity, serial killer, sex crime, murder, revenge, pistol, child abuse, blood, flashback, father daughter relationship, con artists ...
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A psychotherapist who specializes in treating people in abusive relationships inadvertently causes a patient to kill her abusive husband.
Style:
twist ending, psychological thriller, surprise ending
Plot:
abusive husband, psychotherapist, sadomasochism, murder of husband, sex, fear, interracial romance, blood, caucasian, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
miami
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story of Catherine, who, after her violent husband puts her life in serious danger one night, decides to run away with her son and start a new life under a fresh identity.
Plot:
abusive husband, resilience, domestic abuse, female empowerment, violence against women, new identity, starting over, survival, self discovery, mother son relationship, witness protection, female friendship ...
Place:
quebec
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
Style:
suspense, sexy, suspenseful, erotic, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, adultery, infidelity, twists and turns, dangerous attraction, seduction, fatal attraction, sex scene, abusive husband, murder, cheating wife, female nudity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A suburban housewife is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs.
Style:
christmas horror, suspense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
woman in danger, abusive husband, vigilante, graphic violence, seduction, gang, female fighter, escapades, on the run, survival, violent content, chases and races ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 135 min.
TV show
Story:
Cennet, who has been abused by her husband for years, calls Zeynep, the lawyer whose sign she sees from the window of her hospital room. He gives a letter to be opened after he dies. Zeynep's testament is this letter; It's actually a ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
abusive husband, criminal, family relations, kids and family, violent husband, family problems, marriage, attorney, children, advocate, abusive relationship, husband ...
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