Childhood abuse movies
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1. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
R | 98 min | Drama
A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?
Director: Anjelica Huston | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Lyle Lovett
Votes: 4,804
2. Ellen Foster (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Julie Harris, Jena Malone, Ted Levine, Glynnis O'Connor
Votes: 583
3. Child of Rage (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
A pastor and his wife adopt a brother and a sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They get her in treatment and try to find out the reason for this.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Mel Harris, Dwight Schultz, Ashley Peldon, Rosanna DeSoto
Votes: 845
4. In the Best Interest of the Child (1990 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Jennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns on Jennifer that Mandy might be sexually abused by her father. What will she do when the court isn't favourable in Mandy's hour of need?
Director: David Greene | Stars: Meg Tilly, Ed Begley Jr., Michael O'Keefe, Michele Greene
Votes: 124
5. Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter (1993 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A young Canadian girl accuses her father of child molestation. She's upset to discover that most of the people in her life believe that she's lying about it, and struggles with the public backlash.
Director: Jorge Montesi | Stars: Art Hindle, Rosemary Dunsmore, Susan Hogan, Michelle St. John
Votes: 468
6. The Act (2019)
TV-MA | 53 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Dee Dee Blanchard is overprotective of her daughter, Gypsy, who is trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her mother. Gypsy's quest for independence opens up a Pandora's box of secrets, which ultimately leads to murder.
Stars: Patricia Arquette, Joey King, AnnaSophia Robb, Chloë Sevigny
Votes: 37,707
7. A Child's Cry for Help (1994 TV Movie)
110 min | Drama
A recently-widowed doctor moves with her daughter to start at a new hospital. A loving mother brings her son in for treatment. The doctor suspects that something is wrong and theorizes that... See full summary »
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Veronica Hamel, Pam Dawber, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Lisa Jakub
Votes: 271
8. David (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of David Rothenberg whose disturbed father set him on fire.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Bernadette Peters, John Glover, Dan Lauria, George Grizzard
Votes: 543
9. Munchausen (2013)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A vibrant Pixar-inspired montage (think the marriage sequence in Up) in which a mother, unable to confront the heartbreak of her son leaving for college, delays his departure by making him ... See full summary »
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Liam Aiken, Rachel Brosnahan, Richard Riehle
Votes: 2,198
10. Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
A young woman, kidnapped when she was a child, returns home to the family she barely remembers and struggles to feel at home.
Director: Nikole Beckwith | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Cynthia Nixon, Jason Isaacs, David Warshofsky
Votes: 2,571
11. Unspeakable Acts (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama
The story of child psychologists Dr. Laurie and Joseph Braga and their involvement in one of the worst child sex abuse scandals in the U.S.
Director: Linda Otto | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Brad Davis, Sam Behrens, Gary Frank
Votes: 542
12. Her Desperate Choice (1996 TV Movie)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama
Jody is convinced, but unable to prove, that her ex-husband has been molesting their daughter Samantha. When the courts order joint custody for Samantha, Jody takes her and heads ... See full summary »
Director: Michael M. Scott | Stars: Faith Ford, Kyle Secor, Hanna Hall, Nigel Bennett
Votes: 239
13. Don't Touch My Daughter (1991 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
A young girl is kidnapped and molested by a classmate's father. The man she identifies is arrested and jailed, but is later released on bail. He calls the girl's mother and threatens to ... See full summary »
Director: John Pasquin | Stars: Victoria Principal, Paul Sorvino, Jonathan Banks, Danielle Harris
Votes: 214
14. ...And Then She Was Gone (1991 TV Movie)
M | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
Jack Bauer, a workaholic businessman, accidentally gets involved in a case of child kidnapping when he returns a doll found in the subway.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Robert Urich, Megan Gallagher, Brett Cullen, Vondie Curtis-Hall
Votes: 361
15. Aloft (2014)
R | 112 min | Drama
A struggling mother encounters the son she abandoned 20 years earlier.
Director: Claudia Llosa | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy, Mélanie Laurent, Oona Chaplin
Votes: 4,050 | Gross: $0.05M
16. Fatal Memories (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Fact based story about a woman who after 20 years starts having memories of her own molestation by her father and the murder of one of her childhood playmates by him.
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Shelley Long, Helen Shaver, David McIlwraith, Sara Botsford
Votes: 177
17. Final Appeal (1993 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A lawyer must defend his sister in the court of law who's accused of murdering her seemingly perfect, but in fact very abusive husband. However, she claims she didn't do it and this makes a tough case even harder and more important.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Brian Dennehy, JoBeth Williams, Tom Mason, Ashley Crow
Votes: 181
18. Seduction in a Small Town (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 105 min | Drama
Small-town mom Sarah Jenks is falsely accused of abusing her children.
Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Dennis Weaver, G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara
Votes: 244
19. The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
R | 97 min | Drama
Seven-year-old Jeremiah is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother, Sarah.
Director: Asia Argento | Stars: Asia Argento, Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Jimmy Bennett
Votes: 7,137 | Gross: $0.03M
20. Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama
The story of the notorious American mass murderer who killed his entire immediate family to hide his personal failures and hid for decades before he was finally arrested.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Robert Blake, Beverly D'Angelo, David Caruso, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 256
21. Michael (II) (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
Five months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
Director: Markus Schleinzer | Stars: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 5,113 | Gross: $0.02M
22.
Wicked Attraction (2008–2013)
Episode:
The Jaycee Dugard Story
(2011)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime
The case of Jaycee Lee Dugard who was abducted at age eleven from South Lake Tahoe, California. She is kept as a slave for eighteen years by Phillip Craig Garrido and his wife Nancy.
Director: Jean Guy Bureau | Stars: Pete Demeo, Kris Mohandie, Robert Scott, Katherine Callaway Hall
Votes: 15
23. The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the true story of the June 2002 kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart by two people in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Dylan Baker, Lindsay Frost, Amber Marshall, Tom Everett
Votes: 944
24. Cleveland Abduction (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A single mother, who becomes the first victim of kidnapper Ariel Castro, finds herself trapped in his home for 11 years, where she eventually becomes a friend and sister to two other women who are taken captive by Castro.
Director: Alex Kalymnios | Stars: Taryn Manning, Raymond Cruz, Katie Sarife, Samantha Droke
Votes: 8,752
25. Benny's Video (1992)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe, Ingrid Stassner
Votes: 18,599
26. Girl in the Box (2016)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama
In 1977, a girl is kidnapped and kept in a coffin-sized box. When her captors let her out, it's only to abuse her horribly. Will she ever escape?
Director: Stephen Kemp | Stars: Addison Timlin, Zane Holtz, Zelda Williams, Brittany Allen
Votes: 2,582
27. Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah (1996 TV Movie)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The true story of the disappearance of Sarah Porter. With no help from the police, Sarah's parents are forced to act on their own to find her. They must battle the bureaucracy of the police... See full summary »
Director: Fred Gerber | Stars: Patty Duke, Richard Crenna, Katy Boyer, Missy Crider
Votes: 149
28. For My Daughter's Honor (1996 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama
In Tate, Oklahoma a popular coach, Pete Nash, is accused of having a sexual relation with 14 years old Amy, one of his school's pupils.
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Gary Cole, Nicholle Tom, Mac Davis, Mary Kay Place
Votes: 1,055
29. Firstborn (1984)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
A teenager must protect his family when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their home.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Corey Haim
Votes: 2,924 | Gross: $6.25M
30. Kids Don't Tell (1985 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those around him, particularly his wife.
Director: Sam O'Steen | Stars: Michael Ontkean, JoBeth Williams, Leo Rossi, John Sanderford
Votes: 122
31. Fatal Vision (1984)
TV-14 | 181 min | Crime, Drama, History
A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters.
Stars: Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Barry Newman, Gary Cole
Votes: 1,135
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