Child abuse movies and TV shows – page 4

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King of Thieves (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Germany, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West.
Style: disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot: youth, circus, boy, child prostitution, human trafficking, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, kidnapping, kids in trouble, hopes, dishonesty, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, berlin germany, ukraine, europe, germany
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 6.2
 3K
Firstborn (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with ...
Style: tension, serious, realistic, psychological, biting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: child abuse, teenager, drug addiction, domestic abuse, domestic violence, little brother, killer, school, dysfunctional family, woman in danger, family in danger, single parent ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey
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 6.6
 7K
The Unsaid (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: suicide, child abuse, psychiatrist, starting over, death of son, family problems, social worker, haunted by the past, family in crisis, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, mentally unstable ...
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Midori: The Camellia Girl (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 14-year-old Midori is the constantly abused chore girl for a freakshow. Things begin to change for her after a dwarf magician joins the freak show, but not always for the better.
Style: compassionate, sadistic, intense, manga, dark ...
Plot: body horror, circus, orphan, midget, jealousy, loss of mother, punishment, desperation, human trafficking, freak, cruelty, illusion ...
Place: japan
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Jack Goes Home (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 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, bleak, rough ...
Plot: dark secret, getting home, child abuse, haunted house, dead father, childhood memory, mother son relationship, family secret, family problems, gay, deception, lie ...
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 6.8
 34K
The Brood (1979)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband's investigation.
Style: scary, disturbing, suspenseful, slasher, creepy ...
Plot: body horror, killer child, murder, creepy child, transformation, supernatural, child abuse, psychiatrist, mental illness, strangulation, monster, surrealism ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada
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 6.8
 31K
Freeway (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style: disturbing, dark comedy, suspenseful, bloody, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: serial killer, little red riding hood, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, drug addiction, psychopath, brutality, prison, dysfunctional family, hitchhiker, murder, police investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, san diego california
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 6.9
 5K
Michael (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Although to the outside world he seems like the a perfectly normal insurance broker, Michael secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy, Wolfgang locked in a room in his soundproof basement.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, bleak, sexy ...
Plot: pedophilia, pedophile, child abuse, boy, life is a bitch, child molestation, kidnapping, child rape, isolation, gay, basement, psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, austria, europe, central europe
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 8.2
 30K
The Missing (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 943 min.
TV show
Story: A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot: investigation, missing child, missing person, police detective, twists and turns, abduction, pedophile, police, child abuse, journalist, child abduction, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, year 2014, year 2006, year 2009 ...
Place: france
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 6.6
 3K
Last Ride (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law.
Style: road movie, serious, bleak, realistic, tense ...
Plot: boy, on the run, on the road, escapades, betrayal, parent child relationship, coming of age, wilderness, haunted by the past, redemption, misfit, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, south australia
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 7.2
 10K
Manic (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital, Lyle encounters a group of adolescents struggling with a ...
Style: psychological, independent film, disturbing, compassionate, depressing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: mental institution, mental illness, coming of age, depression, addiction, juvenile delinquency, psychiatry, psychology, therapy, dysfunctional family, youth, mental health ...
Time: year 2001
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The White Ribbon (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Canada
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Style: disturbing, black and white, art house, bleak, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: children, punishment, sexual abuse, priest, physical appearance, suicide, small town, death, child abuse, cruelty, family secret, village life ...
Time: year 1914, year 2009, 1910s, 90s, 1920s ...
Place: germany, europe, northern germany, italy
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Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Cult leader Warren Jeffs rises to power in the polygamist Mormon sect once headed by his late father, but some of his wives fight back to bring him to justice. Based on a true story.
Style: rough, thought provoking, factual, serious, emotional ...
Plot: sexualized violence, mormon, forced sex, isolated community, prison, true crime, sex scandal, polygamy, religion, religious fanatic, storytelling, religions or cults ...
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 7.9
 483K
Mystic River (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style: psychological, suspense, emotional, twist ending, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: vengeance, police investigation, murder, sexual abuse, murder mystery, investigation, death in the family, child abuse, loss of child, revenge, tragic event, grief ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
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Gardens of the Night (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After being abducted as children, and suffering years of abuse, a teenage boy and girl find themselves living on the street.
Style: bleak, serious, sincere, teen, depressing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: kidnapping, child prostitution, child molester, pimp, child molestation, rape, abuse, child abduction, pedophile, haunted by the past, pedophilia, child abuse ...
Place: california, usa, pennsylvania, san diego california
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Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son.
Plot: abuse, child molester, vigilante justice, revenge seeker, courtroom, lawyer, revenge, church, murder, female vigilante, revenge motive, camp counselor ...
Is relevant ?
 5.3
 2K
On the Doll (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On The Doll is a story of the victims of child abuse, and the pain it visits upon their later lives. With interweaving stories following victims and victimizers, the film depicts the variety of experiences of abuse.
Style: rough, serious, bleak, suspenseful, anime ...
Plot: pedophile, victim, lifestyle, life is a bitch, sexual relations, revenge, youth, child abuse, childhood trauma, sex work, rape, prostitution ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 1K
The Bad Kids (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A story that follows three children from a coastal town who unintentionally film a murder scene. As the kids become involved with the suspect, it opens up a case that is far more complicated than it looks and entraps several families into an ...
Style: suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing
Plot: child abuse, childhood trauma, murder, death, investigation, friends, uncover truth, partner, youth, danger, friendship, blackmail ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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 6.9
 2K
Sybil (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.
Style: psychological, touching, heartbreaking, sad, disturbing
Plot: mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, psychology, child abuse, mental disorder, child rape, children, mental health, psychiatrist, patient, mentally unstable, domineering mother ...
Place: nova scotia
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 13K
Mouchette (1967)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Robert Bresson plumbs great reservoirs of feelings with one of the most searing portraits of human desperation ever put on film.
Style: art house, black and white, depressing, contemplative, emotional ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, suicide, adolescence, existentialism, solitude, betrayal, sexual abuse, minimalism, children, child abuse, youth, innocence lost ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
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Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style: light, funny, humorous, detective, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, police, education, mischievous children, small town, bullying, undercover, elementary school, school ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles
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 6.1
 6K
Sleepwalking (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off with a truck driver, and James is unable to meet his ...
Style: emotional, touching, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, foster home, road trip, haunted by the past, family problems, introspection, child abuse, friendship, mother daughter relationship, loss of job, single parent, coming of age ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa, california, utah
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Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An 11 year old girl accuses her father of incest.
Style: historical drama, independent film, crying
Plot: child abuse, boy, anal rape, father daughter incest, incest, father daughter relationship, repressed memory, accusation, trial, court, liar, father ...
Place: canada
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 6.9
 1K
Liquid Truth (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Rubens is a carefree, charismatic swimming instructor who finds himself accused of displaying inappropriate affection toward one of his students by the boy's mother. Other parents and colleagues are only too eager to condemn him.
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative
Plot: swimming, lgbt, conflict, scandal, father son relationship, teacher, society, family relations, teenage protagonist, child abuse, teenage boy, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 180K
A Time to Kill (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style: sincere, suspense, serious, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom drama, racism, court, justice, lawyer, courtroom, murder, trial, small town, rape, injustice, revenge ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart,in June 2002, by two people, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Style: suspense, thought provoking, psychological, rough, suspenseful
Plot: kidnapping, child abuse, true crime, missing child, child rape, religious cult, kidnapped, hostage, false identity, teenage girl, survival, escape ...
Place: utah, nova scotia, salt lake city utah
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 6.8
 2K
Antique (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jin-hyuk was brought up as the well-bred heir to a corporate fortune. He has got the looks, the money and the charm, but even so, true love is hard to find. Jin-hyuk opens up a cake shop and hires Sun-woo, a talented patissier who had a crush on ...
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, anime ...
Plot: gay, gay asian, lifestyle, self discovery, workplace situations, unrequited love, boxing, workplace, fall in love, love and romance, gender, store ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, east asia, asia
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A Little Princess (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's ...
Style: touching, feel good, fairy tale, heartbreaking, serious ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: boarding school, orphan, childhood, imagination, princess, little girl, fantasy life, servant, children, girls' boarding school, magic, coming of age ...
Time: 20th century, edwardian era, 90s, future, victorian era ...
Place: new york, india, england, africa, britain ...
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 95K
Run (2020)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
Style: scary, suspense, serious, psychological, bleak ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: overprotective parent, mother daughter relationship, bad mother, kidnapping, revenge, teenage girl, single mother, disability, lie, teenage life, woman in a wheelchair, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2020s
Place: seattle, washington state
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Return to Innocence (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Director Rocky Costanzo's searing legal drama centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist named Glen Erskine (Richard Meese) whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating. ...
Style: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: pedophilia, coming of age, courtroom, man boy relationship, redemption, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, parents and children, dysfunctional family, teenage life, custody, family problems ...
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