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1. Sólo mía (2001)
100 min | Drama
A woman meets a charming man and falls in love, they get married and start a family. As they age and have children, the man's becomes violent and abusive.
Director: Javier Balaguer | Stars: Sergi López, Paz Vega, Elvira Mínguez, Alberto Jiménez
Votes: 659
Paz Vega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sel2sl7KAL0 http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
2. Not Without My Daughter (1991)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Thriller
An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape.
Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal, Roshan Seth
Votes: 14,632 | Gross: $14.79M
Sally Field http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
3. China Moon (1994)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle reluctantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
Director: John Bailey | Stars: Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Charles Dance, Patricia Healy
Votes: 7,715 | Gross: $3.04M
Madeleine Stowe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sel2sl7KAL0 http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
4. The Rainmaker (1997)
PG-13 | 135 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An underdog lawyer takes on a fraudulent insurance company.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight
Votes: 82,860 | Gross: $45.86M
Claire Danes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sel2sl7KAL0 http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
5. Take My Eyes (2003)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Peña, Rosa Maria Sardà
Votes: 7,476 | Gross: $0.03M
Laia Marull http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
6. 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: 83,544 | Gross: $82.42M
Ruth Jamison, played by Mary Louise-Parker, is victm of Domestic Violence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF5zDVHbdGo http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
7. The Caller (2011)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young divorcee is getting her life back together by moving into an apartment. But what will she do when a strange person repeatedly calls her, and threatens to change her new life around?
Director: Matthew Parkhill | Stars: Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver, Ed Quinn
Votes: 12,135
Rachelle Lefevre http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
8. Betroit (2012)
Drama
Betroit is a portrayal of three couples as their lives become intertwined with one another. An act of violence disturbs the lives of these intertwined couples in which they each realize how... See full summary »
Director: Adel Serhan | Stars: Darine Hamze, Christine Solomon, Tamer Alwerfalli, Hassan Farhat
Votes: 69
Darine Hamze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAN8F8zac0U http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
9. 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: 65,112 | Gross: $101.60M
Julia Roberts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJrrJR8CiRc http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
10. The Living (2014)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man hires an ex-con to kill his sister's abusive husband, but the desperate act sets into motion a shocking series of events in this intense indie drama.
Director: Jack Bryan | Stars: Fran Kranz, Jocelin Donahue, Kenny Wormald, Chris Mulkey
Votes: 2,166
Jocelin Donahue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJrrJR8CiRc http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
11. 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: 47,754 | Gross: $40.01M
Jennifer Lopez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhrPU0NfvhM http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
12. The Turning (2013)
R | 180 min | Drama
A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.
Directors: Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Jub Clerc, Robert Connolly, Shaun Gladwell, Rhys Graham, Justin Kurzel, Yaron Lifschitz, Anthony Lucas, Claire McCarthy, Ian Meadows, Ashlee Page, Stephen Page, Simon Stone, Warwick Thornton, Marieka Walsh, Mia Wasikowska, David Wenham | Stars: Colin Friels, James Fraser, Henri Phillips, Nikita Leigh-Pritchard
Votes: 1,524
Rae played by Rose Byrne in segment The Turning suffer domestic violence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIeSV2nj9_A http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
13. Jolene (2008)
R | 121 min | Drama
A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak.
Director: Dan Ireland | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend, Dermot Mulroney
Votes: 5,149
Jessica Chastain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIeSV2nj9_A http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
14. La capture (2007)
92 min | Drama
Director: Carole Laure | Stars: Catherine De Léan, Laurent Lucas, Pascale Bussières, Thomas Lalonde
Votes: 142
Pascale Bussières http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
15. The Assassin Next Door (2009)
R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A woman forced to work for the Russian Mafia as an assassin agrees to help her next-door neighbor kill her abusive husband.
Director: Danny Lerner | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Ninet Tayeb, Henry David, Vladimir Friedman
Votes: 3,002
Ninette Tayeb http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
16. Break Up (1998)
R | 100 min | Thriller
Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Bridget Fonda, Hart Bochner, Steven Weber
Votes: 2,141
Bridget Fonda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9cQMLUnHKE http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
17. Waitress (2007)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
Director: Adrienne Shelly | Stars: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto, Cheryl Hines
Votes: 48,820 | Gross: $19.07M
Keri Russell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9cQMLUnHKE http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
18. 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
Mary Stuart Masterson http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
19. 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: 116,159 | Gross: $71.35M
Julianne Hough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
20. 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
Aishwarya Rai http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
21. Somebody Is Waiting (1996)
R | 90 min | Drama
Charlotte Ellis is a devoted mother, caring for her five children alone, following the departure of her cruel, alcoholic husband Roger To make her situation worse, her son Leon is going off the rails.
Director: Martin Donovan | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Nastassja Kinski, Johnny Whitworth, Brian Donovan
Votes: 456
Nastassja Kinski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8VTn0XgQk http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
22. I, Tonya (2017)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson
Votes: 242,690 | Gross: $30.01M
Margot Robbie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8VTn0XgQk http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
23. Clair Obscur (2016)
105 min | Drama
Two Turkish women, one oppressed by sexist traditions and one liberated by modern mores, have more in common than it would seem.
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu | Stars: Funda Eryigit, Ecem Uzun, Mehmet Kurtulus, Okan Yalabik
Votes: 2,904
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRA_KVUqEyU http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
24. Hell (1994)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Paul and Nelly have everything to be happy: a dream wedding and a hotel. Until Paul starts to doubt Nelly.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, François Cluzet, Nathalie Cardone, André Wilms
Votes: 6,433 | Gross: $0.19M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRA_KVUqEyU http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
25. Agni Sakshi (1996)
142 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Newly married Suraj and Shivangi are on honeymoon where they meet Vishwanath - who claims that Shivangi is his wife.
Director: Partho Ghosh | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala, Divya Dutta
Votes: 825
26. Angel Eyes (2001)
R | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A mysterious man is drawn to a feisty female police officer and an unusual relationship ensues, as not everything is as it seems.
Director: Luis Mandoki | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Jeremy Sisto, Terrence Howard
Votes: 25,703 | Gross: $24.04M
27. The Assassin Next Door (2009)
R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A woman forced to work for the Russian Mafia as an assassin agrees to help her next-door neighbor kill her abusive husband.
Director: Danny Lerner | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Ninet Tayeb, Henry David, Vladimir Friedman
Votes: 3,002
28. 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: 4,808
29. A Better Man (2017)
85 min | Documentary
Following a series of intimate conversations between a former couple who lived through two years of domestic abuse, A Better Man infuses new energy and possibility into the movement to end violence against women.
Directors: Lawrence Jackman, Attiya Khan | Star: Attiya Khan
Votes: 107
30. Bhoomi (2017)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A single father battles injustice after his daughter is raped and the perpetrators are found not guilty.
Director: Omung Kumar | Stars: Aditi Rao Hydari, Sunny Leone, Sanjay Dutt, Sharad Kelkar
Votes: 2,005
31. Bleeder (1999)
98 min | Crime, Drama
Two stories for the price of one: Lenny works in a video shop and tries to get aquainted with the waitress Lea. Leo beats his pregnant wife, Louise, which is a VERY bad idea, as her brother, Louis, is a violent racist.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Rikke Louise Andersson, Liv Corfixen
Votes: 9,172
32. Blood and Bones (2004)
140 min | Drama
In 1923, the Korean teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Sai | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Hirofumi Arai, Tomoko Tabata, Joe Odagiri
Votes: 2,132
33. Boy Wonder (2010)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A traumatized boy grows into a shy, determined teenager who patrols the mean streets of New York City, helping those in need and dishing out severe punishment to remorseless thugs.
Director: Michael Morrissey | Stars: Caleb Steinmeyer, Zulay Henao, Bill Sage, Daniel Stewart Sherman
Votes: 9,501
34. Brothers (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 156 min | Action, Drama, Sport
After living many years together, two brothers discover that they are not blood related so square off in a mixed martial arts tournament to determine whose blood is stronger.
Director: Karan Malhotra | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jackie Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez
Votes: 13,878 | Gross: $0.27M
35. Death Factory (2014)
Not Rated | 80 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Strangers on a bus find themselves fighting for their lives when one of them reads from a Gothic book and brings to life six dead serial killers who proceed to hunt them down one by one.
Director: Steven Paul Judd | Stars: Semi Anthony, Damien Puckler, Randall Bosley, Cameron Bowen
Votes: 697
36. Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
R | 104 min | Horror
A dysfunctional family moves into a new house, which proves to be satanic, resulting in the demonic possession of their teenage son.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Jack Magner
Votes: 12,856 | Gross: $12.53M
37. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Mystery
An upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 71,312 | Gross: $11.90M
38. Boyhood (I) (2014)
R | 165 min | Drama
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith
Votes: 367,128 | Gross: $25.38M
39. Break Up (1998)
R | 100 min | Thriller
Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Bridget Fonda, Hart Bochner, Steven Weber
Votes: 2,141
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