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Netflix
86
8.0
/26770/
82
/1037/
81
/736/
4.2
/74035/
100
/5/
93
/76/

Silenced (2011)
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
poster
Kanopy
85
8.0
/69515/
77
/883/
79
/1141/
4.2
/83201/
98
/80/
93
/988/

La Strada (1954)
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
poster
85
8.3
/229468/
81
/2480/
80
/1282/
4.0
/93450/
93
/14/
96
/2312/
cc age 13+

Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
8.4
/1421183/
83
/32269/
81
/15834/
4.2
/1728001/
93
/184/
94
/27543/
83
/34/
cc age 17+

Memento (2000)
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.6
/43339/
73
/1032/
74
/873/
4.0
/95951/
96
/67/
85
/764/

Peeping Tom (1960)
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
poster
Netflix
82
7.6
/2980/
76
/127/
75
/35/
3.9
/9081/
100
/23/
87
/16/
cc age 15+

To Kill a Tiger (2023)
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
poster
80
7.4
/4084/
73
/80/
72
/101/
3.8
/2941/
80
/10/
84
/52/
83
/23/

Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
Maggie has had four children, by four different fathers, removed by social services because of a previous violent relationship. When she meets Jorge, a gentle Latin American refugee, she gradually sees her chance for happiness, but her history still haunts her.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
6.9
/21344/
67
/412/
63
/304/
3.6
/25608/
88
/50/
72
/236/
79
/35/

Affliction (1998)
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
poster
74
7.7
/98535/
75
/1929/
74
/1170/
3.7
/25666/
72
/65/
88
/1039/
59
/20/

The Experiment (2001)
20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
poster
Kanopy
71
7.0
/173797/
71
/4745/
68
/2716/
3.5
/137477/
67
/147/
77
/10770/
58
/30/

Hard Candy (2005)
Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.
poster
70
6.6
/1331/
67
/50/
67
/15/
3.6
/4182/
97
/98/
57
/6/
76
/18/

Shayda (2023)
Shayda, a young Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mona. Buoyed by the approach of Nowruz, she tries to forge a fresh start with new and unfettered freedoms. But when a judge grants Hossein visitation rights, he reenters their life, stoking Shayda’s fear that he’ll attempt to take Mona back to Iran.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
70
7.0
/118499/
71
/4168/
73
/2931/
3.6
/247975/
66
/41/
69
/2243/

Martyrs (2008)
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
poster
Kanopy
68
6.8
/57211/
69
/2081/
68
/1117/
3.5
/85121/
66
/76/
69
/1616/
59
/9/

Creepshow (1982)
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
6.4
/4098/
55
/69/
58
/45/
3.2
/2704/
69
/103/
61
/87/
70
/28/
cc age 17+

Personal Velocity (2002)
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.
poster
AMC
63
6.0
/92313/
67
/2865/
64
/1798/
3.0
/41423/
55
/38/
53
/2393/
62
/21/
cc age 15+

G.I. Jane (1997)
In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that would allow for the eventual integration of women into its combat services. The program begins with a single trial candidate, Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, who is chosen specifically for her femininity. O'Neil enters the grueling Navy SEAL training program under the command of Master Chief John James Urgayle, who unfairly pushes O'Neil until her determination wins his respect.
poster
Kanopy
56
5.9
/16300/
59
/225/
56
/223/
3.2
/10839/
47
/81/
47
/273/
57
/30/

Holy Smoke (1999)
While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.
poster
54
6.6
/35271/
69
/867/
65
/640/
3.1
/7516/
27
/63/
67
/714/
43
/23/

Instinct (1999)
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.
poster
Netflix
55
49
6.0
/7849/
60
/565/
63
/560/
2.7
/44369/
38
/11/

Skins (2017)
In a strange world where people share numerous deformities, the same problem we all face challenges each of them: to find someone who accepts you as you are. Sometimes, that means finding yourself first.
poster
Starz
49
5.7
/9174/
68
/982/
58
/385/
2.6
/3138/
22
/18/
51
/50/
40
/5/

6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....
poster
78
41
7.5
/328/
65
/9/
66
/5/
100
/5/
88
/45/

One Minute to Nine (2007)
One Minute to Nine (also known as "Every F---ing Day of My Life") chronicles Wendy Maldonado's last five days of freedom before she and her son were sentenced for the manslaughter of her husband, and the years of domestic abuse the family experienced prior to his death.
poster
The Roku Channel
59
38
5.0
/1549/
56
/55/
50
/28/
2.5
/1326/
88
/8/
60
/20/

Who's Watching Oliver (2018)
The story of a mentally unstable loner lost in a life forced upon him. By night Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets and bars on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior and possible way out of a life he is desperate to escape comes in the form of the beautiful Sophia with her sweet eccentricity and naivety to the danger she has put herself in.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
31
6.8
/1892/
73
/224/
66
/13/
3.3
/371/

The Guv'nor (2016)
A feature documentary about the life of Lenny McLean, as seen through the eyes of his only son, Jamie.
poster
The Roku Channel
29
3.6
/18641/
42
/278/
47
/305/
1.7
/7615/
6
/78/
28
/411/
18
/27/
cc age 18+

Swept Away (2002)
Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.
poster
Kanopy
78
27
7.9
/372/
60
/10/
64
/9/
4.0
/827/
91
/11/
94
/2/

Domestic Violence (2001)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE shows the Tampa, Florida police responding to domestic violence calls and the work of The Spring, the principal shelter in Tampa for women and children. Sequences with the police include police response, intervention, and attempted resolution of domestic violence calls. Sequences at the shelter include intake interviews, individual counseling sessions, anger management training, group therapy, staff meetings, conversations among clients and between clients and staff, and school activities, therapy, and counseling for children at the shelter.
poster
56
25
5.9
/1507/
48
/36/
50
/26/
3.4
/893/

Daughters of Eve (1985)
In the remote countryside of Ilongo, various women are sexually abused by local men. Two sisters meet Simon, the most attractive man in the village, and fight over him - one constantly haunted by Catholic dogma because of the abuse she suffered previously.
poster
63
18
6.7
/1593/
65
/12/
56
/13/
3.3
/446/
64
/9/

That Forsyte Woman (1949)
Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who ran away with the maid after his wife's death. Teenager June Forsyte has found love with an artist, Phillip Bosinny. The interactions between the Forsytes and the people and society around them is the truss for this love story set in the rigid and strict times of the Victorian age.
poster
MGM Plus
48
12
5.3
/1067/
46
/19/
43
/22/
3.1
/272/
40
/4/

Opposing Force (1986)
A group of elite soldiers, including one woman, sign up for the ultimate training mission. The group parachutes onto a remote island, where their objective is to reach the safety zone before the "opposing force" captures them. Everything does not go as expected, and the training mission turns into the real thing.
poster
The Roku Channel
60
11
6.2
/666/
70
/11/
70
/10/
41
/7/

Dangerous Intentions (1995)
A man stalks his wife and child when they leave for an abused women's shelter.
poster
MGM Plus
57
7
5.9
/348/
53
/8/
55
/10/
62
/2/

Hustling (1975)
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.
poster
Kanopy
?
7.3
/17/

Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America (2010)
Kim, a Duluth, MN mother of three, is at the center of this compelling exploration of gender violence. As Kim and her daughters flee to a domestic violence shelter, we follow the harrowing struggles in a single-parenting survivor's quest to find work, housing and peace of mind. This multi-level narrative also examines the causes of domestic violence and solutions that have evolved to stop it.
poster
?
10
/2/

Die Macht der Männer ist die Geduld der Frauen (1978)
For many years, market woman Addi has been helplessly exposed to the ever-increasing aggression of her husband Max. His physical and emotional abuse has become part of her everyday life, from which she cannot find a way out. Due to her economic dependence on Max and the passivity of those around her, every attempt to escape leads her back to her husband. When Addi accidentally learns of the existence of a women's shelter, this is her long-awaited escape from violence and she flees to the facility with her son. Strengthened by the solidarity among the women, she founds a shared flat with others in order to regain her long-suppressed freedom. Director Cristina Perincioli had the story developed and acted out by residents of Germany's first women's shelter in West Berlin.
poster
51
?
5.6
/218/
65
/2/
33
/4/

Altered States of Plaine (2012)
A young man on the run from a mysterious government agency is desperate to find the cure for a condition that causes him to wake up at random places around the world when he falls asleep.
poster
?
7.4
/35/
20
/1/

West 47th Street (2001)
Life on the streets of New York City for the poor and homeless is an unforgiving struggle. For those who also battle mental illness, it is marked by the additional pressures of fear, isolation and misunderstanding. "West 47th Street," a remarkable new film, takes its cameras into the heart of the struggle as it rejects the invisibility of the mentally ill who inhabit America's urban streets. Filmed over three years at Fountain House, a renowned 50-year-old rehabilitation center in New York, West 47th Street reveals the human face of mental illness — and the faith and courage with which its victims fight to recover control of their lives.
poster
?
6.5
/50/
83
/3/

Behind the Rage: America's Domestic Violence (2022)
In America, most female homicide victims are killed by their current or former partner and one in 4 women experience domestic violence or abuse. In this special documentary for ITV's acclaimed Exposure strand, the Bafta and Emmy-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan asks a simple question : is it possible to reduce these endemic levels of male violence? In search of an answer, she hears heartfelt testimonies from survivors and victims’ families, and gets vital insights from social workers and psychologists who work with violent men. And she speaks to those whose voices are rarely heard in conversations about domestic violence yet hold the key to stopping it: the perpetrators themselves.
poster
75
?
7.7
/173/
65
/5/
88
/9/

Japan's Secret Shame (2018)
The story of Shiori Ito, the woman who shocked Japan with a public allegation of rape in a country where sex crimes are rarely discussed.
poster
?
7.1
/17/
70
/1/
100
/1/

Searching for the Animal (2017)
Harassment, kidnapping, isolation, submission, hunger, humiliation, infidelity, psychological manipulation and incest are some of the themes that are the focus of this documentary based on true stories and the work of natural actors who suffered abuse and are marked by abandonment. Made during the filming of "La mujer del animal" by Victor Gaviria.
poster
73
?
7.8
/220/
76
/10/
69
/9/
3.7
/254/

Dying to Divorce (2021)
As rates of femicide and domestic abuse soar in Turkey and democratic rights for women are increasingly eroded, a lawyer and her clients bravely risk everything for their freedom by standing up to the government and putting violent men behind bars.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
?
6.9
/128/
65
/4/
60
/1/
88
/2/

The Perfect Victim (2012)
For over thirty years, three women have languished in Missouri State prison under unjust sentences for killing their abusive husbands. Denied the opportunity to enter the abuse into evidence, each of the women represents a system broken by outdated and media-sensationalized stereotypes. When a greater understanding of the "battered" syndrome change legal practices in 2000, Missouri's Governor crafts a new law demanding the parole board reevaluate each woman's case.
poster
Kanopy
67
?
7.4
/142/
70
/1/
52
/6/
3.7
/309/

Domestic Violence 2 (2002)
The opening scene in this film is of an arrest in Hillsborough County Florida where a woman has scratched her husband while he was trying to restrain her from getting back in her car and leaving after an argument. The officers explain that she has committed a battery and thereby earned herself an inescapable arrest and overnight stay in jail because by law they have no discretion. This sets the stage for two hours of court proceedings before three different judges, each trying to apply the Florida domestic violence laws.
poster
88
?
8.4
/38/
95
/4/
100
/2/
3.8
/301/

The Feminist on Cellblock Y (2018)
A convicted felon builds a feminist movement from behind bars at an all-male prison in Soledad, California.
poster
The Roku Channel
60
?
5.8
/468/
66
/6/
58
/5/

Shameful Secrets (1993)
A woman and her children seemingly live the idyllic suburban dream, but unbeknownst to their neighbors and friends, the kids are being brutally abused by their father who is unable to control his temper.
poster
Kanopy
70
?
7.1
/169/
67
/7/
71
/8/
3.6
/287/

Missing Young Woman (2001)
This gripping documentary investigates the disappearance of young women from assembly plants that line the Mexican-American border.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
?
5.0
/526/
66
/8/
39
/9/
41
/4/

A Lover's Revenge (2005)
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 runs away home chased by Kyle and is hit by a car, immediately dying. The psychopath Kyle decides to use his money to destroy Dr. Manners' life, and assuming the fake identity of the investor James, he meets her husband Rob and poisons her marriage
poster
52
?
6.4
/175/
43
/3/
51
/12/

Times Gone By (1952)
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
poster
45
?
6.5
/271/
30
/2/
41
/6/

Marian, Again (2005)
School teacher Chris Bevan is a dutiful husband to his dull wife, Josie, and ingrate daughters. His best friend knows Chris' heart always belonged to Marian, his vibrant, flippant fiancée, who mysteriously disappeared years ago. Suddenly he sees her in a shop and can't help following her. He gives up as she has a new identity, as wife of plumber Bernie Sullivan. Bernie's real passion is Houdini-era 'real' magic, while in fact she's his terrified captive, forced to replace his late assistant. Furthermore one of Bevan's daughters has a phone-relationship he forbids, deeming it dangerous on principle, ignoring this is real and ties in to Marian's plight.
poster
65
?
6.2
/228/
62
/4/
74
/5/

Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990)
A woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder is found during therapy to have suffered child abuse in this fact-based story.
poster
?
6.2
/71/
62
/4/
60
/2/

The Guiding Light (1953)
13-year old Bruce Lee plays San, a child up for adoption. Finally accepted by his surrogate parents, he is faced with a dilemma when his real parents show up and want him back.
poster
Kanopy
72
?
7.8
/327/
73
/26/
72
/6/
3.5
/261/
70
/2/

Slavery by Another Name (2012)
A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.


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