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51. Devil Fetus 2: The Rape After (1984)
88 min | Horror
The figure of an evil genius is stolen by a photographer. At night the genius comes to life and rapes his girlfriend while both of them are drunk.
Director: Moon-Tong Lau | Stars: Cheng-Yu Chang, Tsui Sul, Yau-Hau Chan, Wai Man Chun
Votes: 152
52. A Secret Journey (2019)
Short, Drama
After travelling to the UK for an abortion, three Irish women spend the night together in London.
Director: Plum Stupple-Harris | Stars: Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Carrie Crowley, Ciara Baxendale, Noeleen Comiskey
Votes: 20
53. Seeing Allred (2018)
TV-14 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography
Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred takes on the biggest names in American culture as coverage of sexual assault allegations in the media become more prevalent.
Directors: Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain | Stars: Gloria Allred, Lisa Bloom, Hillary Clinton, Bill Cosby
Votes: 1,468
54. Women's Misery - Women's Happiness (1930)
21 min | Documentary, Drama
"Misery and Fortune of Women", is a portrait about abortion and the realities of women from different backgrounds. Eisenstein captures stories revolving abortion (desired process or others ... See full summary »
Director: Eduard Tisse | Stars: Walburga Gmür, Johannes Steiner
Votes: 120
55. Aborto criminal (1973)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Barcelona police is following the actions of a pimp. A web of forced illegal abortions on prostitutes is discovered.
Director: Ignacio F. Iquino | Stars: Simón Andreu, Máximo Valverde, Patricia Reed, Jackie Lombard
Votes: 43
56. Vessel (II) (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A fearless sea captain sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.
Director: Diana Whitten | Stars: Rebecca Gomperts, Kinga Jelinski, Cecilia Costa, Gunilla Kleiverda
Votes: 244
57. Journal d'une femme en blanc (1965)
105 min | Drama
A young female gynecologist tries to break taboos in the sixties: women's right to own and control their own body.
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Marie-José Nat, Jean Valmont, Claude Gensac, Germaine Delbat
Votes: 77
58. Rakastunut rampa (1975)
67 min | Comedy, Drama
Krokelby in the 1920s. Sakris Kukkelman is a crippled, Nietzsche reading village idiot who believes himself to be a romantic hero.
Directors: Esko Favén, Tarja Laine | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Leena Uotila, Ritva Valkama, Heikki Nousiainen
Votes: 110
59. Just Don't Fuck (1971)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Made when abortion was still illegal in France, Just Don't Fuck irreverently alternates images from the first feminist demonstrations in favour of abortion and the images of an illegal ... See full summary »
Director: Carole Roussopoulos
Votes: 146
60. Menarca (2022)
11 min | Short, Drama
A young woman has to deal with the surprise visit of her family on the night she had planned to end her unwanted pregnancy.
Director: Alexandre Martins | Stars: Matheus Felix, Miguel Felix, Antonieta Merces, Amanda Moraes
61. History of a Secret (2003)
95 min | Documentary
A young woman tries to understand the real circumstances of the death of her mother.
Director: Mariana Otero | Stars: Jean-Jacques Vautier, Thérèse Vautier, Isabel Otero, Jeanne Vautier
Votes: 65
62. Kao (1957)
104 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Tatsuo Ôsone | Stars: Minoru Ôki, Mariko Okada, Chishû Ryû, Akira Yamanouchi
Votes: 30
63. From Danger to Dignity (1995)
57 min | Documentary
A look at the courageous legal and extralegal efforts of those who fought to break the silence, change the laws and end the shame which surrounded abortion when it was a crime in the United States.
Director: Dorothy Fadiman | Stars: Huw Anwyl, Peg Beissert, Curtis Boyd, Arlene Carmen
Votes: 15
64. Apartheid Did Not Die (1998 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Alan Lowery | Star: John Pilger
Votes: 44
65. When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories (1992)
28 min | Documentary, Short
The film consists of first person stories which reveal the physical, emotional and legal consequences of having or providing an abortion when it was a criminal act.
Director: Dorothy Fadiman | Stars: Dorothy Fadiman, Angela Parker
Votes: 72
66. Le procès de Bobigny (2006 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama
Director: François Luciani | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Anouk Grinberg, Juliette Lamboley, Nathalie Besançon
Votes: 64
67. The Abortion Diaries (2005)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Director Penny Lane has a dinner party to talk to different women about their abortion experiences.
Director: Penny Lane
Votes: 16
68. Jane: An Abortion Service (1995)
60 min | Documentary, History
Directors: Kate Kirtz, Nell Lundy
Votes: 24
69. Se tavallinen tarina (1972 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
Eeli has come from the countryside to Tampere to work in a cotton factory. Her life goes downhill, she becomes pregnant, is abandoned by her boyfriend, has an abortion, and eventually ends up in a mental hospital.
Director: Veikko Kerttula | Stars: Riitta Räty, Ahti Kuoppala, Helinä Viitanen, Matti Viironen
Votes: 6
70. Leona's Sister Gerri (1995 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
Director: Jane Gillooly | Stars: Leona Gordon, Geraldine 'Gerri' Santoro
Votes: 39
71. Life Matters (2000)
49 min | Documentary
In an era when women could not get legal abortions there were only a handful of courageous doctors who risked imprisonment, loss of license, and their future in order to provide safe ... See full summary »
Director: Kyle Boyd
72. Rupture (IV) (2017)
Drama
Director: Yvonne Miegwen | Stars: Carole Mimose Minami, Edith Njampa, Charles Veillance, Flore Yodjeu
73. War Story (1995)
Documentary, Short
Stars: Flip Benham, Ingrid Newkirk, Cheryl Sullenger, Randall Terry
74. The Fragile Promise of Choice: Abortion in the United States Today (1996)
57 min | Documentary
Director: Dorothy Fadiman | Stars: James Armstrong, Rachel Atkins, David Booker, Susan Cahill
Votes: 15
75. Le choix de mourir (2016)
Drama
Director: Maggic Youngou | Stars: Floria Nyangui Mapessi, Brice Alain Mbadinga, Sya Frédérique Mboumba, Jean Rhandy Nze
76.
Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1992–1996)
Episode:
Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story
(1992)
TV-14 | 30 min | Short, Drama, Family
A pregnant high school student undergoes an illegal abortion, with tragic results.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Dina Spybey-Waters, Chelsea Altman, Debra Monk, Craig Wasson
Votes: 22
77.
America Undercover (1983– )
Episode:
Abortion: Desperate Choices
(1992)
TV-MA | 67 min | Documentary
This documentary walks viewers through the history of abortion in America from the beginning up to the date of filming, 1992. This unbiased piece shows all sides of the issue including ... See full summary »
Directors: Deborah Dickson, Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles
Votes: 41
78.
The Defenders (1961–1965)
Episode:
The Benefactor
(1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The Prestons defend a doctor arrested by the police for performing illegal abortions.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Robert F. Simon, Judson Laire
Votes: 38
79.
I'll Fly Away (1991–1993)
Episode:
Desperate Measures
(1992)
Drama
Slocum and Parkie make some decisions about their unborn child and under pressure from civil rights leaders Forrest takes Colonel Landers two killers to civil court.
Director: Allan Arkush | Stars: Sam Waterston, Regina Taylor, Jeremy London, Ashlee Levitch
80.
Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode:
A Matter of Love and Death
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman is found dead from internal bleeding after an abortion. Using previous cases and clues provided by Ironside, Eve goes undercover to track down an abortionist who has had several other patients die.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Barbara Anderson, Don Mitchell
Votes: 60
81.
P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode:
Mamans
(2006)
Crime, Thriller
Agathe and Vincent see a lot of people around a woman who is on the ground and is bleeding.Suddenly the husband of the wife arrives and tells her name,Marie Gardinier.From the hospital they... See full summary »
Director: Christophe Barbier | Stars: Bruno Wolkowitch, Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido
82.
Babylon Berlin (2017–2025)
Episode:
Episode #3.8
(2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Litten faces a setback in appealing Greta's conviction. Wendt talks economics with Gen. Seegers's daughter. An unconscious Weintraub is forced to talk.
Directors: Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries | Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Lars Eidinger
Votes: 614
83.
Babylon Berlin (2017–2025)
Episode:
Episode #3.10
(2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Desperate to find Weintraub, the police consult a psychic. Toni's job takes an unexpected turn. Moritz's association with Horst puts him in danger.
Directors: Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries | Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Lars Eidinger
Votes: 599
84.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
Shades of Grey
(2009)
TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman's body is found in a drainage ditch clad in only a bracelet, showing signs of having undergone an abortion, and totally drained of blood.
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 375
85.
Totems (2021– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2022)
Drama, Thriller
In East Berlin, Francis finds out that Boris is under the constant surveillance of the Stasi. He bonds with Lyudmila, convinced that she can get him access to her father, but oblivious to her ties with the KGB.
Director: Jérôme Salle | Stars: Niels Schneider, Vera Kolesnikova, José Garcia, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 55
86.
The Lawbreakers (1963– )
Episode:
Long Beach, California: January 12 - Missing Person Baffles Police
(1964)
30 min | Documentary, Crime
An abortion ring that also commits armed robberies is brought down by a police sting operation.
Director: Maurice Unger | Stars: Lee Marvin, Jim Black, Frank Welch, Dick Balduzzi
87.
Birth of Hollywood (2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2011)
Documentary, History
As Hollywood matures in the late 1910s and into the Roaring Twenties, scandals threaten the new studios. A scandal involving Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle brings the problem to a boiling point.
Director: Paul Merton | Stars: Paul Merton, Michael Barrett Austin, Charlotte Chanler, Danica Dodds
Votes: 7
88.
Anno 1790 (2011)
Episode:
Tärningen är kastad
(2011)
59 min | Crime, Drama, History
A landowner is found dead in the stables of his estate, kicked to death by his horse. Daadh soon determines that the tragic accident was actually a murder. He has no difficulty finding ... See full summary »
Director: Kristina Humle | Stars: Peter Eggers, Joel Spira, Linda Zilliacus, Johan H:son Kjellgren
Votes: 27
89.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #4.7
(2013)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Romance
Cora's playboy brother, Harold, is in trouble, so Robert must travel to America to help bail him out; a new farming venture at Downton sees Blake and Mary putting aside their differences.
Director: Edward Hall | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 1,575
90.
The Dream Merchants (1980)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1980)
97 min | Drama
A free ticket to a nickelodeon puts stars in Johnny's eyes and launches a journey that leads to the early days of Hollywood. He inspires the theater owner to leap into producing movies, and falls into the arms of a blonde seductress.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Mark Harmon, Vincent Gardenia, Morgan Fairchild, Brianne Leary
91.
Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)
Episode:
Gently Liberated
(2017)
TV-MA | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gently and Bacchus become involved in an investigation that may be a miscarriage of justice.
Director: Robert Del Maestro | Stars: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Heather Carroll, Lisa McGrillis
Votes: 324
92.
The Restaurant (2017– )
Episode:
Hemligheter
(2017)
TV-14 | 59 min | Drama
Peter and Suzanne's engagement unsettles the family while the conflict with Ragnarsson escalates. Nina and Calle's relationship is pushed to its limits. Maggan brings Uno back home.
Director: Harald Hamrell | Stars: Hedda Stiernstedt, Adam Lundgren, Hedda Rehnberg, Charlie Gustafsson
Votes: 108