Abuse Movies
by SisselPaula | created - 11 May 2017 | updated - 11 May 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Before Women Had Wings (1997 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 96 min | Drama
A black woman helps a white girl cope with her father's suicide and escape her alcoholic mother's abuse.
Director: Lloyd Kramer | Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Barkin, Tina Majorino, Julia Stiles
Votes: 631
2. Men Don't Tell (1993 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
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.
Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Peter Strauss, Judith Light, James Gammon, Noble Willingham
Votes: 401
3. Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Elizabeth Lawrence
Votes: 65,175 | Gross: $101.60M
4. Black and Blue (1999 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 96 min | Drama
After a woman's husband beats and abuses her, she and her son join the witness protection program and move away secretly.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Mary Stuart Masterson, Anthony LaPaglia, Will Rothhaar, Sam Robards
Votes: 571
5. Enough (I) (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After running away fails, a terrified woman empowers herself in order to battle her abusive husband.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Tessa Allen, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 47,772 | Gross: $40.01M
6. Safe Haven (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders, David Lyons
Votes: 116,396 | Gross: $71.35M
7. Abducted: A Father's Love (1996 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A man kidnaps his little girl to protect her from an abusive mother, then becomes the first man to enter a woman's underground movement.
Director: Chuck Bowman | Stars: Chris Noth, Loryn Locklin, Megan Gallagher, Daniel Roebuck
Votes: 205
8. Provoked (2006)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman, who was abused by her husband for 10 years. After killing her husband in self-defense, Ahluwalia is imprisoned as those close to her fight to set her free.
Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Michael Watson, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews
Votes: 2,233
9. No One Would Tell (1996 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A shy high school student's seemingly perfect relationship with a popular jock quickly turns abusive and dangerous.
Director: Noel Nosseck | Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Fred Savage, Gregory Alan Williams, Heather McComb
Votes: 2,987
10. If Someone Had Known (1995 TV Movie)
80 min | Biography, Drama
A young wife and mother is abused by her husband and keeps the secret from her friends and family.
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Kellie Martin, Kevin Dobson, Linda Kelsey, Ivan Sergei
Votes: 533
11. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 83,681 | Gross: $82.42M
12. Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the actual events of one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever to be documented, this haunting drama tells the tale of a young girl that was locked in a room for over 12 years.
Director: Harry Bromley Davenport | Stars: Melissa Errico, Michael Lerner, Joe Regalbuto, Sean Young
Votes: 2,251
13. Shameful Secrets (1993 TV Movie)
105 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A woman and her children live the idyllic suburban dream, but unbeknownst to their neighbors and friends, the husband and father has a violent temper and abuses them brutally.
Director: David Carson | Stars: Joanna Kerns, Tim Matheson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Katherine Cortez
Votes: 372
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