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List of abusive husband movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Style:
melancholic, thought provoking, sexual, dark comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, dysfunctional marriage, youth, adultery, suburbs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
usa, america, los angeles, iran
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young offender on the mend, 19-year-old Cole Hurley agrees to attend a university devoted to prisoner reform. But hope for a turnaround is endangered by his impulsive affair with the seductive Kay Weller, a professor desperate to escape her ...
Plot:
abusive husband, burglary, teacher student sex, halloween party, arrest, conscience, safe, skateboard, strip club, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, framed for murder, bribery ...
Place:
los angeles
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71K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, serious, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, missing woman, missing person, mysterious disappearance, found footage, teenage protagonist, teenage girl, cat, investigation, female protagonist, social media, fbi ...
Time:
year 2008, 2020s
Place:
colombia, los angeles, san antonio texas
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171K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Austria, Australia, USA, Spain, Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Tasked with extracting a family who is at the mercy of a Georgian gangster, Tyler Rake infiltrates one of the world's deadliest prisons in order to save them. But when the extraction gets hot, and the gangster dies in the heat of battle, his ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
mercenary, ex special forces, revenge, assassin, heroes, exploration, violent, female warrior, abusive husband, security, supernatural, rescue mission ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
georgia, austria, vienna, armenia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young couple become embroiled with the personal problems of another couple on a yacht moored off Sicily during a turbulent weekend of fun, games, sex games, betrayal, spouse abuse, and murder.
Style:
erotic, sexy, disgusting, sensual
Audience:
adult
Plot:
yacht, swinger couple, wife swapping, female pubic hair, sexy girl, seduction, lesbian, lesbian sex, sex scene, swinger, abusive husband, love triangle ...
Place:
sicily, mediterranean sea
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22K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
TV show
Story:
Taken spans five decades and four generations, centering on three families: the Keys, Crawfords, and Clarkes. World War II veteran Russell Keys is plagued by nightmares of his abduction by aliens during the war; the Roswell incident transforms Owen ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, sentimental, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, alien encounter, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, flying saucer, abduction, alien, supernatural, kidnapping, space and aliens, officer ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 80s, 50s, 90s ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome turns out to be more than she planned on as she begins to believe that her husband has come back ...
Plot:
voodoo, abusive husband, redheaded woman, deep south, home invasion, marital abuse, deliberate cruelty, driven mad, battered wife, abuse, murder, extramarital affair ...
Place:
new orleans
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A nomadic recluse living on the fringes of society reconsiders his bloodthirsty legacy when a teenage girl shows up claiming to be his daughter.
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
father daughter relationship, abusive husband, road trip, teenage vampire, teenage girl, single parent, identity crisis, orphan, holocaust survivor, female vampire, being followed, support group ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
nebraska, california, texas, kansas, oklahoma
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a romantic evening at their secluded lake house, a woman wakes up handcuffed to her dead husband. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers to escape her late spouse's twisted plan.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
trapped, trap, revenge plot, infidelity, hired killer, hitman, revenge, lawyer, dead husband, death of husband, female protagonist, dead body ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it’s just another day at the office when he’s assigned ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, surprise ending, f word
Plot:
tough guy, witness protection, martial arts, attempted murder, abusive husband, u.s. marshal, fbi, shootout, woman in jeopardy, rescue, hand to hand combat, ship ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, los angeles
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Abraham and his female friend Álex have a close relationship; they share both secrets and fears. When Abraham starts going out with Anchi, he begins to distance himself from Álex, who gradually dives into a living hell where she encounters strange ...
Style:
suspense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, abusive father, psychotherapy, imaginary friend, split personality, friendship, father son relationship, childhood friend, psychotherapist, mental illness, mysterious event, hearing voices ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
The main character is an extraordinary and mysterious person, at the same time, he (Rodion Meglin) is an outstanding inspector. Rodion is used to work alone in order to keep the secrecy of his unusual method. Young graduate Esenya Steklova is ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, danger, investigation, psychosis, murder, mental illness, haunted by the past, brutality, good versus evil, human nature, redemption, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.
Style:
humorous, touching, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, stripper, male objectification, danger, obsession, escapades, disorder, lifestyle, abusive husband, girl, alcoholics anonymous, teenage crush ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, talky, melancholic, sincere ...
Plot:
couples, writers, brutality, haunted by the past, redemption, voyeur, lost love, character study, justice, self destructing, tennis, hidden identity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
oxford university, new england, massachusetts, new jersey, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Courageous Love follows Alex Shelby as he encounters romance and intrigue while trying to save the family business that he recently inherited. While working undercover at the New York City branch office he falls in love with an employee named ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, light, christian film, entertaining
Plot:
love and romance, relationship vs career, love story, romantic relationship, love affair, business, in love, family business, relationships, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
Style:
futuristic, scary, cyber, bad ending, suspense ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyberspace, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, man versus machine, eye, vengeance, internet, computer, computer hacker, intelligence, animal experimentation ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
arizona, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In an old apartment building on the wrong side of the tracks, two women, unknown to each other, live across the hall on the second floor. Galia is an assassin involved against her will with the local sex-traffic mafia. All she wants is to reunite ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hitman, female assassin, russian mafia, assassin, female fighter, chase, woman in danger, on the run, rivalry, danger, friendship, disobey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ukraine, israel, middle east, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. He is involved ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, heartbreaking, depressing, suspense ...
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, family in crisis, age difference, dysfunctional family, grief, family drama, revenge, roman empire, small town, marriage, jealousy, family relations ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
maine, detroit, new england, canada
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A businessman on a trip to Tokyo ends up in the middle of a centuries old feud between a criminal Ninja cult and a Samurai when he witnesses a assassination performed by the Ninja-cult leader.
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, violence, sword duel, samurai, assassin, sword fight, murder, brutality, vigilante, vengeance, master warrior, hitman ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Fact-based true crime story about the murder of publishing heiress Anne Scripps Douglas who, in 1989, married a young hunk who eventually killed her.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
abusive husband, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, woman killed, age-gap relationship, young love, age difference, love and romance, investigation, betrayal, life is a bitch, family problems, couples ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A horror film based on a real-life mass murder that took place in 1966. Richard Franklin Speck was a mass murderer who systematically tortured, raped and murdered eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in 1966.
Style:
slasher, tense, rough, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, sexual abuse, murder, psychopath, violence spree, confined, hostage, journalism, maniac, brutality, misogynist, psychiatrist ...
Time:
60s, 90s, 80s, 70s
Place:
chicago, usa, dallas texas, texas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman tries to escape what seems to be a curse that is killing members of her family one by one.
Style:
suspense, rough, scary, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
afterlife, supernatural, wedding, curse, manipulation, haunted house, murder, investigation, survival, dishonesty, social misfits, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seoul, korea, asia, south korea
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After a boy kills his father he must turn to his frinds to cover his tracks with tests their loyality and friendship.
Style:
crime drama, tense, realistic, serious, crying
Plot:
american football, high school football, abusive husband, evil child, student athlete, friendship, high school, murder, best friend, kids in trouble, friends, social relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Ammu's thought marriage was a fairy tale – full of love and magic, ends when her cop-husband Ravi hit her for the very first time. What Ammu thought was a one-off incident soon turned into a never-ending cycle of abuse, trapping her and ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
domestic violence, female protagonist, marital abuse, abusive husband, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, violence, family relations, police officer, unhappy marriage, life is a bitch, male female relationship ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Colombia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Viviana (Andrea Lopez) and Alicia (Martha Isabel Bolaños) have never met, but they're about to get intimately acquainted. One day, while tipping drinks back in a bar, the two women strike up a conversation that quickly turns personal, Viviana ...
Style:
sexy, serious, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
abusive husband, dysfunctional marriage, misogynist, vengeance, life is a bitch, unlikely criminals, lesbian, female nudity, unhappy marriage, strong female presence, gender, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america
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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: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
african american, sexual abuse, incest, lgbtq, domestic violence, life is a bitch, rape, racial discrimination, feminism, incest rape, wife abuse, abusive relationship ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 1930s, year 1985, 1920s ...
Place:
africa, southern usa, usa, tennessee, georgia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.
Style:
sad, emotional
Plot:
abusive wife, abuse, abusive relationship, domestic violence, domestic abuse, abusive husband, men's rights, marital abuse, husband wife relationship, victim, abusive parent, sexualized violence ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by his constant attention, but then he becomes possessive and ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, captivating
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, abuse, abusive relationship, fatal attraction, murder, high school life, high school, love, abusive husband, true crime, domestic abuse, wrestler ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Young talented Elizabeth leaves a successful career in ballet for love. The man who has stolen her heart, however, has a dark side, and in a single moment Elizabeth loses everything dear to her in life.
Style:
compassionate, rough, thought provoking, suspense, realistic
Plot:
husband wife relationship, emotionally unstable, sexism, sexist, unhappy marriage, husband wife conflict, martyr syndrome, violence, midlife crisis, domestic violence, delusion, dancer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
czech republic
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