Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-child-sexual-abuse"

1. Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime

A docu-series that uncovers the toxic culture behind some of the most iconic children's shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Stars: Drake Bell, Giovonnie Samuels, Kate Taylor, Scaachi Koul

Votes: 9,850

2. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.

Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle

Votes: 24,482 | Gross: $16.03M

3. Short Term 12 (2013)

R | 96 min | Drama

A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever

Votes: 91,965 | Gross: $1.01M

4. The Reckoning (2023)

59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Jimmy Savile's life from his working-class roots, to his rise to TV stardom as a BBC presenter, and his later years when he managed to keep his reign of sexual abuse concealed until after his death in 2011.

Stars: Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Mark Lewis Jones, Darien

Votes: 3,777

5. Eve's Bayou (1997)

R | 108 min | Drama

What did little Eve see--and how will it haunt her? Husband, father and womanizer Louis Batiste is the head of an affluent family, but it's the women who rule this gothic world of secrets, lies and mystic forces.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Lynn Whitfield

Votes: 11,651 | Gross: $14.82M

6. Manhattan Night (2016)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A reporter becomes involved with a mysterious woman while investigating her late husband's death.

Director: Brian DeCubellis | Stars: Adrien Brody, Yvonne Strahovski, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals

Votes: 13,786

7. BUtterfield 8 (1960)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance

A beautiful New York model and socialite enjoys a very active night-life, but all things change when she falls for a married man and the consequences are tragic.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill

Votes: 7,298 | Gross: $16.46M

8. Escaping Utopia (2024)

Documentary

New Zealand's most extreme religious cult, Gloriavale, and the true stories of people attempting to break free, including current and former members that have never gone on record before.

Votes: 72

9. The Allegation (2021)

225 min | Drama

In the small German town of Ottern, a pediatrician diagnoses "chronic sexual abuse", while examining a young girl, setting events in motion that lead to a judicial scandal of devastating proportions.

Stars: Peter Kurth, Narges Rashidi, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Katharina Marie Schubert

Votes: 569

10. The Price of Honor (2014)

Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary

The Price of Honor is a documentary about the murders of Sarah and Amina Said, two teenage sisters from Texas who were killed in a premeditated Honor Killing planned and executed by their father Yaser Said back in 2008.

Directors: Neena Nejad, Xoel Pamos | Stars: Jill Abplanalp, Basheer Ahmed, Tanya Eiserer, Rabah Hamad

Votes: 656

11. La Soga 3: Vengeance (2023)

81 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A hitman is driven by his relentless pursuit for revenge, but in the process learns that his love for family is much stronger. A love that leads to death and reignites a vicious cycle for revenge all over again.

Director: Manny Perez | Stars: Manny Perez, Félix Germán, Wilson Ureña, Anderson Garcia

Votes: 54

12. Quail Lake (2019)

89 min | Drama

Two strangers - Brittany and Laurent - end up in the same cabin in the woods due to the landlord accidentally double booking his property. Both wanted to escape society in order to deal with their personal circumstances.

Director: Roman Wyden | Stars: Chloe Lanier, Carlos Leal, Charles Fathy

Votes: 54

13. Trans Mission: What's the Rush to Reassign Gender? (2021)

52 min | Documentary

Documentary film featuring interviews with experts, activists, parents, and educators discussing the medical and surgical gender transition of children.

Directors: Kallie Fell, Jennifer Lahl | Stars: Brynne, Natasha Chart, Elizabeth, Michelle Forcier

Votes: 25

14. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode: Against Pornography: The Feminism of Andrea Dworkin (1991)

Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Radical feminist Andrea Dworkin's expose on the pornography industry.

Star: Andrea Dworkin

Votes: 21

15. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode: Chariot of Fire (1970)

75 min | Drama

A prison visitor becomes involved with a convicted sex offender.

Director: James Ferman | Stars: Rosemary Leach, Jimmy Gardner, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Richard Butler

16. Silk Stalkings (1991–1999)
Episode: New Blood (1995)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Chris's reprimand of an aggressive rookie detective leaves him facing a sexual harassment charge.

Director: Mitzi Kapture | Stars: Mitzi Kapture, Rob Estes, Kellie Overbey, William Anton

Votes: 21

17. The Dark Side of Porn (2005–2006)
Episode: Me and My Slaves (2006)

61 min | Documentary

Rick is a sado-masochist 'slave master'. After becoming a Christian, Rick has decided to give up his old life and find a new life away from s&m.

Director: David Barrie

Votes: 54

18. Grace (2021– )
Episode: Not Dead Enough (2022)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Grace and his team have to find a killer who can be in two places at the same time; Grace dates pathologist Cleo Morey.

Director: Henrik Georgsson | Stars: John Simm, Zoë Tapper, Tom Christian, Arthur Darvill

Votes: 501

19. Reacher (2022– )
Episode: In a Tree (2022)

TV-MA | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As the danger increases, Reacher and Roscoe grow closer and make plans to meet their contact at Homeland Security.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Alan Ritchson, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald, Maria Sten

Votes: 5,379

20. Black (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.14 (2017)

TV-MA | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Black hurries back to the site of Ha-ram's disappearance. Crazy Dog gets hold of what appears to be a safe key belonging to Man-soo father.

Director: Jae-Hyun Ko | Stars: Song Seung-heon, Go Ara, Lee El, Jo Jae-yoon

Votes: 62