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

1. The Green Mile (1999)

R | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt

Votes: 1,406,270 | Gross: $136.80M

2. Redeeming Love (2022)

PG-13 | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel knows nothing but betrayal. Can her heart ever be mended? Based upon the novel by Francine Rivers.

Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Eric Dane, Famke Janssen

Votes: 14,053

3. Silent Hill (2006)

R | 125 min | Horror, Mystery

A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.

Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger

Votes: 243,912 | Gross: $46.98M

4. Sleepers (1996)

R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric

Votes: 237,463 | Gross: $49.10M

5. Megan Is Missing (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Two teenage girls encounter an Internet child predator.

Director: Michael Goi | Stars: Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn, Dean Waite, Jael Elizabeth Steinmeyer

Votes: 15,443

6. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

The spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.

Director: Samuel Bayer | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy

Votes: 107,411 | Gross: $63.08M

7. The Gift (2000)

R | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared.

Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 74,745 | Gross: $12.01M

8. The Boys of St. Vincent (1992 TV Movie)

93 min | Biography, Drama

The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage ran by a religious community in Newfoundland.

Director: John N. Smith | Stars: Henry Czerny, Johnny Morina, Brian Dooley, Philip Dinn

Votes: 1,976 | Gross: $0.20M

9. No Child of Mine (1997 TV Movie)

82 min | Crime, Drama

A British schoolgirl struggles to come to terms with the horrific and disgusting sexual abuse inflicted upon her by the adults in her life. When she resorts to self-harm to escape her troubles, a caring teacher tries to get her some help.

Director: Peter Kosminsky | Stars: Brooke Kinsella, Colin Salmon, Billy Geraghty, Sharon Small

Votes: 665

10. Evilenko (2003)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kyiv becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.

Director: David Grieco | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, Ruby Kammer

Votes: 3,539

11. Twilight Portrait (2011)

105 min | Drama

Marina, an upper-class social worker with a doting husband and an enviable downtown apartment, is suddenly transformed into a bizarre twilight version of herself after having been raped by three policemen.

Director: Angelina Nikonova | Stars: Olga Dykhovichnaya, Roman Merinov, Sergey Golyudov, Sergey Borisov

Votes: 902

12. Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)

Not Rated | 82 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Using his status as a police informant to procure his victims, baby-faced, shaven-headed Fritz Haarmann dismembers their bodies after death and sells the flesh to restaurants, dumping the remainder out of sight.

Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven

Votes: 1,581

13. ChickenHawk (1994)

55 min | Documentary, Crime

Members of the controversial group NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) discuss why their organization supports "boys and men who have or desire engagements in sexual or emotional relationships."

Director: Adi Sideman | Stars: Barbara Adler, Mimi Turner, Bill Andriette, Bill Bickly

Votes: 387

14. The Child Molester (1964)

20 min | Short, Crime

Two young girls playing hopscotch at a playground accept n offer of some candy by a stranger. When he also offers them a ride home in his car, they accept, but they soon discover that he ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert J. Leder

Votes: 142

15. No Strings Attached (1997)

R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller, Drama

Marc Demetrius, writer of investigative articles for a magazine, becomes sexually involved with Nicole, who threatens his long-term relationship with Sara Robbins. Things get more ... See full summary »

Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Vincent Spano, Cheryl Pollak, David Packer, Traci Lind

Votes: 175

16. Promise Not to Tell (1992 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary

When Allan Hadfield was convicted of four first degree felony counts of child sexual abuse of his ten year old son and twelve year old daughter the small town of Lehi, UT could not believe ... See full summary »

Director: Rhea Monroe | Stars: Heather Gavry, Jesse Preston

17. The Product of 3c (2007)

12 min | Short, Drama

In a world saturated by media it's hard to know one's owns truth... or so it is for Michael Halley, who suffers a traumatic event in childhood and carries that experience into adulthood and... See full summary »

Directors: Michelle Pilar Hamill, Paul Hamill | Stars: Alex Hoffman, Peyton List, Chloe Hyman, Joe Forbrich

18. The Waiting Game (III) (2014)

82 min | Drama

A woman subject to a public rape must find help in her long and nervous wait for her attackers to be brought to justice.

Director: Timothy David Mitchell | Stars: Zoë Amanda Wilson, Max Davine, Rita Bazzan, Alec K

Votes: 8

19. Mutproben (1996 TV Movie)

85 min | Drama

Kim and Sophie are slowly growing up, discovering their sexuality with their classmates quickly becomes boring for both of them. So they decide to undertake a dangerous test of courage: They want to provoke a known sex criminal.

Director: Kathrin Richter | Stars: Lilly Marie Tschörtner, Sophie Schulz, Walter Sittler, Max Urlacher

Votes: 19

20. Secret (II) (2009)

10 min | Short

A young male student is unhappy with the activities he is engaged in after school with a teacher. He does not share this information with his mother or older brother. His brother guesses what is happening and gives him advice.

Director: Rob Birks | Stars: Reece Webster, Kieran Hocking, Steven Sparling, Janine Stride

Votes: 32

21. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode: Diane (1975)

97 min | Drama

Teenager Diane Weaver lives with her abusive single father. A religious local boy is the only who wants to be her friend, but she doesn't like him as much as he does her. What no one realizes is how far the abuse goes.

Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Janine Duvitski, Frank Mills, Paul Copley, Dee Anderson

Votes: 81

22. Kommissar Rex (1994–2004)
Episode: Annas Geheimnis (1996)

45 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A young girl dies after a heroin overdose, and Moser finds out that she was going to go on TV to talk about sexual abuse in her childhood.

Director: Wolfgang Dickmann | Stars: Tobias Moretti, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner, Gerhard Zemann

Votes: 72

23. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Written in Blood (1998)

TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a noted author speaks before a group of local Midsomer writers, the naked body of the event's host is found bludgeoned to death in his bedroom.

Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 1,619

24. Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)
Episode: Gently Evil (2010)

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

A young woman's body is found, and the investigation leads Gently and Bacchus to suspect the victim's estranged husband is responsible for the killing.

Director: Daniel O'Hara | Stars: Dave Johns, Vin Welch, Lee Ingleby, Christopher Connel

Votes: 456

25. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: Larawan (2010)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

Maria (Gretchen Barretto), a widow who falls in love with a newly-transferred parochial priest Father Roy (Jomari Yllana). Despite her parents' disapproval, Maria ends up marrying the ... See full summary »

Director: Jerry Lopez Sineneng | Stars: Gretchen Barretto, Jomari Yllana, Kier Legaspi, Dexter Doria

26. Sex and the Church (2015– )
Episode: Christianity v the West (2015)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how the offical Christian Church and Western society have moved apart on issues of sex and gender over the last 300 years.

Director: Andrea Illescas | Stars: Diarmaid MacCulloch, Michael Ramsey

Votes: 8