Abuse Movies

When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red...

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her...

A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose...

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is...

César, an unhappy concierge, maintains a peculiar relationship with the very diverse inhabitants of the upper-class apartment building where...

“No Bruises” is a narrative short film that explores the cyclical nature of emotional abuse, played out in vignette-style glimpses into...

A dark domestic drama about the familial ties that bind and the ties that really bind.

A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter...

At 2:37, someone commits suicide in the school lavatory. The day is told up to that point from the viewpoint of six different students.

A disgraced children's puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him...

Repetition is an illusion. Everything is always new. Legendary street dancer DeRay and spoken-word poet and battle rapper Naima explore a powerful...

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....

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with...

A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane....

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

A woman subject to mental, physical, and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.

Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at...

An American tourist lands in a Slavic prison run by a twisted woman and the U.S. ambassador.