Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "abusive-wife"

1. American Beauty (1999)

R | 122 min | Drama

A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley

Votes: 1,210,549 | Gross: $130.10M

2. Death Becomes Her (1992)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

When a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini

Votes: 131,261 | Gross: $58.42M

3. Antichrist (2009)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm

Votes: 136,489 | Gross: $0.40M

4. Blue Valentine (2010)

R | 112 min | Drama, Romance

The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.

Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, John Doman, Faith Wladyka

Votes: 211,296 | Gross: $9.74M

5. Grand Theft Auto V (2013 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Three very different criminals team up for a series of heists and walk into some of the most thrilling experiences in the corrupt city of Los Santos.

Stars: Shawn Fonteno, Ned Luke, Steven Ogg, Gerald 'Slink' Johnson

Votes: 71,702

6. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David

Votes: 85,368 | Gross: $22.24M

7. Very Bad Things (1998)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A prostitute is killed during a bachelor party and the attendees turn on each other as the wedding approaches.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau

Votes: 49,001 | Gross: $9.80M

8. Great Expectations (1946)

Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Director: David Lean | Stars: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Jean Simmons

Votes: 26,398

9. Acrimony (2018)

R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

A faithful wife, tired of standing by her devious husband, is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Lyriq Bent, Crystle Stewart, Jazmyn Simon

Votes: 10,001 | Gross: $43.55M

10. The Baby (1973)

PG | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor

Votes: 4,376

11. The Shipping News (2001)

R | 111 min | Drama

An emotionally beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 33,921 | Gross: $11.43M

12. Mujer, casos de la vida real (1985–2007)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

It is a Mexican series that shares real stories that have been sent to Silvia Pinal, the host of the show; the episodes deal with strong issues surrounding women that don't always end well.

Stars: Silvia Pinal, Eduardo De Gortari, Ricardo Vera, Thelma Dorantes

Votes: 288

13. The Man Who Loved Women (1977)

Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Bertrand Morane's burial is attended by all the women the forty-year-old engineer loved. We then flash back to Bertrand's life and love affairs, told by himself while writing an ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud, Geneviève Fontanel

Votes: 7,332

14. I Smile Back (2015)

R | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Addicted to drugs and alcohol, a housewife's self-destructive behavior starts to take its toll on her husband and two young children.

Director: Adam Salky | Stars: Sarah Silverman, Josh Charles, Skylar Gaertner, Shayne Coleman

Votes: 5,703 | Gross: $0.06M

15. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente

Votes: 4,324

16. Let's Kill Ward's Wife (2014)

Unrated | 82 min | Comedy, Crime

Everyone hates Ward's wife and wants her dead, but when his friends' murderous fantasies come true, additional complications arise. A blackly comic caper about helping a friend out of a bad relationship by any means necessary.

Director: Scott Foley | Stars: Amy Acker, Ava Carpinello, James Carpinello, Dagmara Dominczyk

Votes: 6,806

17. A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Young sociologist Stanislas Previne is preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets Camille Bliss in prison to interview her. Camille is accused of murdering her husband Clovis and her ... See full summary »

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand

Votes: 2,771

18. Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)

85 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after fifteen years of hellish marriage.

Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Amparo Rivelles, Elda Peralta, Guillermo Orea

Votes: 2,105

19. El Hijo (2019)

TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Lorenzo, a 50 y.o. painter, is having a child with his new wife, Sigrid. She gets stranger and stranger - or he does. He claims, the baby's been switched.

Director: Sebastián Schindel | Stars: Joaquín Furriel, Martina Gusmán, Luciano Cáceres, Heidi Toini

Votes: 3,967

20. Two Heads Creek (2019)

TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

A timid butcher and his drama queen twin sister quit the hostile confines of post- Brexit Britain and adventure to Australia in search of their birth mother, but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.

Director: Jesse O'Brien | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Gary Sweet, Kathryn Wilder, Stephen Hunter

Votes: 1,363

21. 6ixtynin9 (1999)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A woman, fired from a financial coorporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. ... See full summary »

Directors: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Tom Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Stars: Tasanawalai Ongartittichai, Black Phomtong, Lalita Panyopas, Sirisin Siripornsmathikul

Votes: 2,412

22. The Drone (2019)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A newlywed couple is terrorized by a consumer drone that has become sentient with the consciousness of a deranged serial killer.

Director: Jordan Rubin | Stars: Alexandra Essoe, John Brotherton, Aníta Briem, Gonzalo Menendez

Votes: 2,825

23. The Mad Butcher (1971)

R | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

After being released from a mental hospital, Otto returns to his old job as a butcher. He tries to adjust to his new life, but after a bitter argument with his wife, he accidentally kills ... See full summary »

Director: Guido Zurli | Stars: Victor Buono, Franca Polesello, Brad Harris, Dario Michaelis

Votes: 470

24. Parterapi (2010)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy

A couple buy their "dream" house with rot. To pay for repairs, they rent out the basement to a couples therapist. He helps them with therapy as well.

Director: Kenneth Kainz | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Søren Pilmark, Rasmus Bjerg

Votes: 1,086

25. Obszönitäten (1971)

77 min | Comedy

The high-powered Gigolo Johnny gets a lucrative offer: He shall receive 100.000 DM for a penis transplantation.

Director: Alois Brummer | Stars: Stefan Grey, Miriam Moor, Kurt Großkurth, Sandra Reni

Votes: 52

26. 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

27. Swastika (1964)

91 min | Drama, Romance

A childless housewife falls in love with a beautiful model.

Director: Yasuzô Masumura | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Funakoshi, Yûsuke Kawazu

Votes: 1,123

28. Deep Family Secrets (1997 TV Movie)

96 min | Thriller

A young woman journeys back to her birthplace and discovers that much of what she had always taken for granted was all a lie.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Richard Crenna, Angie Dickinson, Molly Gross, Craig Wasson

Votes: 225

29. Enid Is Sleeping (1990)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime

A wife surprises her cop husband in bed with her kid sister. In the ensuing struggle, the wife is accidentally killed. Can they keep it a secret?

Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Elizabeth Perkins, Judge Reinhold, Jeffrey Jones, Maureen Mueller

Votes: 542

30. Sexo às Avessas (1982)

96 min | Comedy

Heleno and Cláudia reverse the roles traditionally reserved for men and women in marriage. He dedicates himself to domestic chores, feels like a sexual object, and in the club defends the ... See full summary »

Director: Fauzi Mansur | Stars: Darby Daniel, Ênio Gonçalves, Kleber Afonso, Deusa Angelino

Votes: 52

31. Night of the Living Babes (1987 Video)

60 min | Comedy, Horror

Two guys trying to find a brothel come across a group of beautiful female zombies.

Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Michelle Bauer, Andy Nichols, Louie Bonanno, Connie Woods

Votes: 129

32. Tiger Theory (2016)

107 min | Comedy, Drama

The last drop for Jan's resolution is the voluntary death of his father-in-law, whose strength and patience ran dry. Grandma made decisions about Grandpa's life, old age as well as the ... See full summary »

Director: Radek Bajgar | Stars: Jirí Bartoska, Eliska Balzerová, Tatiana Dyková, Jirí Havelka

Votes: 808

33. Emancipation (2011)

115 min | Drama

An uncommon story of love and resilience, eMANcipation tackles its delicate subject (a singular group of men who inhabit a shelter for abused men) with both honesty and sensitivity. The ... See full summary »

Director: Philipp Müller-Dorn | Stars: Urs Stämpfli, Roland Avenard, Philip Bender, Yannik Burwiek

Votes: 59

34. Bade Ghar Ki Beti (1989)

138 min | Drama

Thakur Din Dayal is a family and village patriarch living with his wife and three married sons Murli,Manohar and Girdhar who do nothing but enjoy his wealth while other son Gopal and ... See full summary »

Director: Kalpataru | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Raj Kiran

Votes: 88

35. Stuck with a Perfect Woman (2016)

97 min | Comedy, Romance

Eliska's husband has left her for a younger woman. She is childless, in her early forties, yet still attractive. Till then she had taken care of her successful husband, but now she has to ... See full summary »

Director: Tomas Hoffman | Stars: Petra Hrebícková, Ondrej Vetchý, Miroslav Táborský, Jirí Langmajer

Votes: 448

36. Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1986 TV Special)

R | 59 min | Comedy

Rodney Dangerfield is at again with an all-New stage comedy concert: "Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me". Along with his fellow comedians: Bob Nelson, Robert Townsend, Sam Kinison,... See full summary »

Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Jeff Altman, Roseanne Barr, Sam Kinison

Votes: 187

37. Yellow Elephant (2013)

131 min | Drama, Romance

Movie adaptation of the Japanese novel "Kiroi Jou". A married couple Ayumu Muko (Mukai) and Aiko Tsumari (Miyazaki) live a peaceful life in a cozy old house in the countryside. Ayumu works ... See full summary »

Director: Ryûichi Hiroki | Stars: Aoi Miyazaki, Osamu Mukai, Tatsuomi Hamada, Himeka Asami

Votes: 249

38. Del suelo no paso (1959)

80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A poet in love unwittingly finds a very valuable necklace, to be well with his future mother-in-law he gives it to her without knowing that it is very expensive and that it will bring him many problems.

Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Adalberto Martínez, María Duval, Manolita Saval, Hortensia Santoveña

Votes: 12

39. The Rounders (1914)

Unrated | 16 min | Comedy, Short

Two drunks live in the same hotel. One beats his wife, the other is beaten by his. They go off and get drunk together. They try to sleep in a restaurant using tables as beds and are thrown ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Phyllis Allen, Minta Durfee

Votes: 1,799

40. Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)

95 min | Comedy, Crime

Leon de Paris used to be a modest dog-barber in Paris. In search of more satisfaction. Thanks to the economic helps of Fanny (his terrible mother in law), he succeeds to set up in Roma a ... See full summary »

Director: Francesco Massaro | Stars: Michel Serrault, Tomas Milian, Ombretta Colli, Laura Adani

Votes: 150

41. Chlap na strídacku (2020)

Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Happily married for fifteen years, Zuzana finds out one day that her husband has been having an affair with another woman for a long time. Zuzana does not hesitate and decides to visit her ... See full summary »

Director: Petr Zahrádka | Stars: Jirí Langmajer, Ivana Chýlková, Lucie Zácková, Iva Janzurová

Votes: 139

42. South of Reno (1988)

R | 97 min | Drama

In a drab desert town, some 200 miles south of Reno, an indecisive man with an unfaithful wife dreams of someday, someday, taking charge of his drifting life.

Director: Mark Rezyka | Stars: Jeff Osterhage, Lisa Blount, Joe Estevez, Lewis Van Bergen

Votes: 229

43. Provincial Actors (1979)

121 min | Comedy, Drama

The film is set in a small town near Warsaw, to which a young and coming director comes to produce a classic play (Wyspianski "Wyzwolenie") with a modern vein. Everyone in the production ... See full summary »

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Halina Labonarska, Tadeusz Huk, Iwona Biernacka, Ewa Dalkowska

Votes: 374

44. Kristálová noc (1966 TV Movie)

65 min | Drama

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Director: Eva Sadková | Stars: Vladimír Smeral, Marie Vásová, Václav Voska, Marie Drahokoupilová

45. The Nobodies (2014)

11 min | Short, Comedy, Musical

The lonely husband of a famous female comedian strikes up an unlikely friendship with the neighborhood's sad-sack mailman, ultimately forming a successful, albeit unusual, musical ... See full summary »

Directors: Greg Bratman, Dusty Brown | Stars: Greg Bratman, Dusty Brown, Tommy Dewey, Sutton Foster

Votes: 29

46. The House That Dinky Built (1925)

9 min | Animation, Comedy, Short

Dinky Doodle marries a pretty milkmaid and brings her back to the House That Jack Built.

Director: Walter Lantz | Star: Walter Lantz

Votes: 30

47. The Man in the Net (1973 TV Movie)

99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The small American town of Stoneville is home to a painter named John and his unstable wife Linda. One day Linda, who is admired by everyone, mysteriously disappears and the suspicion of ... See full summary »

Director: Jirí Sequens | Stars: Rudolf Jelínek, Marie Drahokoupilová, Hana Maciuchová, Josef Vinklár

Votes: 18

48. Oppio per oppio (1972)

12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

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Director: Bruno Bozzetto | Stars: Maurizio Nichetti, Silvia Ferluga, Marino Campanaro

49. Harlémská tragédie (1963 TV Short)

13 min | Short, Comedy

A comedy about two women and two marriages. A young woman lives in a Harlem apartment with a fire escape and is beaten by her husband. But she is happy because she always gets a present ... See full summary »

Directors: Ján Rohác, Vladimír Svitácek | Stars: Karolína Slunécková, Jana Werichová, Josef Bek, Miroslav Abrahám

50. Hot Stuff (1971)

Not Rated | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In the prehistoric era, man is freezing when the gods take pity and give him warmth (fire). But there's a condition: don't be careless. He passes it down through the ages and gains more ... See full summary »

Director: Zlatko Grgic | Stars: Don Arioli, Gerald Budner, John Howe

Votes: 199