Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "woman-beaten"

1. L.A. Confidential (1997)

R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger

Votes: 619,494 | Gross: $64.62M

2. The Color Purple (1985)

PG-13 | 154 min | Drama

A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery

Votes: 97,612 | Gross: $98.47M

3. Boxcar Bertha (1972)

R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey

Votes: 10,953

4. Women in Cages (1971)

R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Drama

American women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.

Director: Gerardo de Leon | Stars: Judith Brown, Roberta Collins, Jennifer Gan, Pam Grier

Votes: 1,946

5. Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who kidnapped and forced her into prostitution.

Director: Bo Arne Vibenius | Stars: Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Despina Tomazani, Per-Axel Arosenius

Votes: 8,550

6. Asylum (2005)

R | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty of the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Natasha Richardson, Sean Harris, Marton Csokas, Ian McKellen

Votes: 5,451 | Gross: $0.37M

7. Ravage (2019)

TV-MA | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

Alone in the woods, nature photographer Harper witnesses a violent crime. After being captured by the culprits, she uses her survivalist skills to try and make it out alive.

Director: Teddy Grennan | Stars: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Robert Longstreet, Bruce Dern, Michael Weaver

Votes: 1,923

8. The World Made Straight (2015)

R | 119 min | Drama

In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.

Director: David Burris | Stars: Noah Wyle, Jeremy Irvine, Minka Kelly, Adelaide Clemens

Votes: 2,060

9. 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: 1,529

10. On Dangerous Ground (1951)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.

Directors: Nicholas Ray, Ida Lupino | Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper

Votes: 8,094

11. Marked Woman (1937)

Approved | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.

Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell

Votes: 4,849

12. Romulus, My Father (2007)

R | 104 min | Biography, Drama

It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

Director: Richard Roxburgh | Stars: Eric Bana, Franka Potente, Marton Csokas, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Votes: 4,319 | Gross: $0.00M

13. Hell Is a City (1960)

93 min | Crime, Thriller

In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.

Director: Val Guest | Stars: Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Maxine Audley

Votes: 1,390

14. Jaded (1998)

R | 95 min | Drama

At the local bar, one drink leads to another, and Megan ends up skinny-dipping with Pat and Alex. And then, comes the rape. Now, she wants justice; but is she as innocent as she thinks? In the end, what really happened that fateful night?

Director: Caryn Krooth | Stars: Carla Gugino, Richard Bright, Robert Knepper, Donna Mitchell

Votes: 814

15. Moontide (1942)

Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In California, Bobo and his mooching pal Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.

Directors: Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang | Stars: Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains

Votes: 2,236

16. Unfinished Sky (2007)

94 min | Drama, Romance

An Outback farmer takes in an Afghani woman who has fled from a brothel.

Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: William McInnes, Monic Hendrickx, Milo, Bille Brown

Votes: 1,310

17. Teenage Gang Debs (1966)

75 min | Crime

A girl from Manhattan moves into a neighborhood that is the turf of the Rebels, a female teenage gang. She quickly rises to the top of the gang and sets her sights on the leader of the neighborhood tough guys.

Director: Sande N. Johnsen | Stars: Diane Conti, Linda Gale, Eileen Dietz, Sandra Kane

Votes: 195

18. Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)

Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama

Based on the Saturday Evening Post serial "Set Up For Murder" by Richard Stern, 12 Hours to Kill traces the problems of a young Greek national (Nico Minardos) who, after ogling a murder, is... See full summary »

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Nico Minardos, Barbara Eden, Grant Richards, Russ Conway

Votes: 160

19. Depraved (2008 Video)

Unrated | 26 min | Short, Crime, Drama

The story of a young woman who is run down and kidnapped. Barely alive, she makes her escape. Now, unable to walk and refusing to speak, she goes on a violent campaign of revenge.

Director: Henry Weintraub | Stars: Lorien Emmerich, Absalom Bittner, Lloyd Kaufman, Shane Cohn

Votes: 17

20. Des-aparecido (2022)

108 min | Thriller

Manuel is targeted after getting involved in an extramarital affair - but to the surprise of his friends and enemies, he has gone missing.

Director: Roberto Angel Salcedo | Stars: Christian Alvarez, Ramón Emilio Candelario, Maria Castillo, Gabriela Desangles

Votes: 7

21. There Is No Love Without Stories (1998 TV Movie)

105 min | Drama

Monique is a single mother who lives with her son Olivier in a town of North of France.She wanted to have a child and the father went away.Besides Monique is taxi driver.Olivier doesn't ... See full summary »

Director: Jérôme Foulon | Stars: Jordan Santoul, Clémentine Célarié, Xavier Rothmann, Claudine Wilde

22. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: It's All in the Game (1993)

TV-PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Couple of women kill their two-timing lover, and one of them tries to seduce Columbo in an effort to divert suspicion.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Peter Falk, Faye Dunaway, Claudia Christian, Armando Pucci

Votes: 2,279

23. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Es war die Hölle (1995)

58 min | Crime, Drama

Ther professor Roman Bertier is manager of a private clinic and he has met a young Polish woman Antonia Pawlak , who was prostitute and who has been beaten by her pimps.So Roman Bertier has... See full summary »

Director: Peter Deutsch | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 19

24. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Daddy's Little Girl (2006)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The murder of a man in a garage leads the CSI team to the daughter of the man who abducted and buried Nick alive earlier.

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 735

25. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Die Kälte des Lebens (1989)

58 min | Crime, Drama

A pimp is found murdered in the rest room in a night club. A rookie prostitute becomes the key witness.

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Tushka Bergen

Votes: 56

26. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Ein merkwürdiger Privatdetektiv (1992)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Mr. Raude sends a private detective after his wife. When visiting his client, the detective sees that the wife has been severely beaten. Soon after that, the door bell rings and Mr. Raude ends up with two bullets in his chest.

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Peter Fricke

Votes: 57

27. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Ein sehr ehrenwerter Herr (1994)

57 min | Crime, Drama

A Salvation Army trumpeter tries to talk prostitutes into leaving the industry.

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Walter Schmidinger, Monika Baumgartner

Votes: 53

28. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Wer bist du, Vater? (1991)

58 min | Crime, Drama

Arthur Hauser calls the police to report a brutal murder. Soon after that he is found in his hotel room, stabbed to death.

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Birgit Doll

Votes: 50

29. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Enlèvement (2001)

54 min | Crime, Thriller

A woman and her daughter arrive at the police station: the woman says that she has killed her husband who has beaten her for many times, the daughter was sleeping in another room and ... See full summary »

Director: Gérard Vergez | Stars: Bruno Wolkowitch, Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido

30. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Todesflug (2001)

45 min | Crime

Jan and Miguel are waiting in their car before the house where the drug dealer Böhme spend a while with his lover, Mara. Now Böhme leaves the building and enters in his car. A remote controlled helicopter lands on Böhme's car and explodes.

Director: Bodo Schwarz | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

Votes: 8

31. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Recel (2005)

Crime, Thriller

The police station has received an anonymous call about contraband cigarettes.Rayann Bakir and Nadine Lemercier are observing a furniture storage, a car arrives and two men enter,a police ... See full summary »

Director: Gérard Vergez | Stars: Bruno Wolkowitch, Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido

32. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Mord ist keine Lösung (2007)

Crime, Drama

Mrs. Annette Marx, secretary of Mr. Horst Meerhof ,arrives at 8 am. at the office and finds her boss, Horst Meerhof, dead.Somebody hit Horst on the head.She explains Leo Kress that Horst ... See full summary »

Director: Hartmut Griesmayr | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 16

33. Commissaire Moulin (1976– )
Episode: Le petit fugitif (2006)

Crime, Drama

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Director: José Pinheiro | Stars: Yves Rénier, Clément Michu, Régis Ander, Bernard Rosselli

Votes: 5

34. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode: Mein Freund (2006)

42 min | Crime

The corpse of of Marion Geller has been found in the electric devices shop managed by her husband Karsten Geller. The team notices that a burglary has been done in the shop.

Director: Patrick Winczewski | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke

Votes: 10

35. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Wenn Liebe zuschlägt (2007)

Crime, Drama

Constanze Fouquet, manager of a beauty parlor and her friend Astrid Craemer went in the afternoon to a club for fencing.Constanze was speaking with her about Ralph, the husband of Astrid ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 17

36. Commissaire Cordier (2005– )
Episode: Coeur solitaire (2007)

91 min | Crime, Drama

A young artist called Cyrille Solano has been murdered in his apartment.The commander Sorensen has an intuition: this case remembers him a serial killer called "Lonely heart" who let always... See full summary »

Director: Régis Musset | Stars: Pierre Mondy, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Jean Rieffel, Stéphanie Vicat

Votes: 7

37. The Closer (2005–2012)
Episode: Split Ends (2008)

Not Rated | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A movie studio hair-stylist is found beaten to death, making her physically abusive, soon-to-be-divorced husband the prime suspect.

Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett

Votes: 372

38. Ridley Road (2021)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2021)

Not Rated | 57 min | Drama, Thriller

Vivien wakes up in Colin Jordan's bedroom to see a suitcase containing documents detailing his illegal private army. If she can get it out, she can send him down. However, several NSM foot ... See full summary »

Director: Lisa Mulcahy | Stars: Agnes O'Casey, Henry Wilton-Hunt, Rory Kinnear, Alastair Michael

Votes: 120

39. Heirs to the Land (2022)
Episode: Herida (2022)

TV-MA | Drama

Roger Puig asks that Hugo work in his palace cellar, which provides the winemaker with a unique - and dangerous - opportunity for vengeance.

Director: Jordi Frades | Stars: Yon González, Elena Rivera, Rodolfo Sancho, Maria Rodríguez Soto

Votes: 58

40. Who Killed Sara? (2021–2022)
Episode: Dos tumbas (2021)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Flashbacks unravel that fateful day in 2001. Although Sara's diary seems to hold the key to her murder, a secret hidden in a wall tells another story.

Directors: David Ruiz, Bernardo De la Rosa Villarreal | Stars: Manolo Cardona, Ginés García Millán, Carolina Miranda, Alejandro Nones

Votes: 336

41. Reacher (2022– )
Episode: ATM (2023)

16+ | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Reacher and Neagley investigate the murder of a member of 110th, a group of Special investigators assembled by Reacher, only to realize the whole unit may be at risk.

Director: Sam Hill | Stars: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos

Votes: 5,327

42. Orphan Black (2013–2017)
Episode: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2013)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Dr. Leekie offers deals to both Alison and Cosima. Sarah meets Rachel Duncan. Delphine tries to make amends. Alison tries to get her life back together. Helena escapes.

Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard

Votes: 2,124

43. The Knick (2014–2015)
Episode: The Best with the Best to Get the Best (2015)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, History

Thackery enlists Edwards to help him test a new hypothesis. After rejecting Robertson's advances at The Knick, Lucy learns that confession isn't always good for the soul. Young journalist ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance

Votes: 885

44. Orphan Black (2013–2017)
Episode: The Scandal of Altruism (2016)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Seeing that it is the best overall solution yet not perfect by any means, Sarah and Cosima decide with Kendall's OK to set up an agreement with Susan Duncan, which they will not divulge to ... See full summary »

Director: Grant Harvey | Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard, Kristian Bruun

Votes: 1,808

45. Vis a vis (2015–2019)
Episode: Patrona de los desesperados (2016)

TV-MA | Drama, Thriller

Zulema knows where the girl is and threat the police to get an arrangement, she wants the liberty. Macarena finds Anabel's money and confronts her. Román is back with the money and gives it to Fabio as Macarena asks.

Directors: Jesús Colmenar, Alex Rodrigo | Stars: Maggie Civantos, Roberto Enríquez, Cristina Plazas, Berta Vázquez

Votes: 392

46. Mindhunter (2017–2019)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2017)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Holden interviews the eerily articulate murderer Ed Kemper, but his research provokes negative feedback at the Bureau.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sonny Valicenti, Gary Warden, Holt McCallany, Jonathan Groff

Votes: 7,992

47. Dogs of Berlin (2018– )
Episode: Mannschaft (2018)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Grimmer's neo-Nazi links spur a search for a case partner of Turkish descent. Grimmer's wife suffers a trauma that puts her kids in questionable care.

Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Samy Abdel Fattah, Sebastian Achilles, Tayfun Bademsoy, Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Votes: 368

48. ZeroZeroZero (2019–2020)
Episode: Family (2020)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Calabria, the enemies of Don Minu understand that the only way to definitively destabilise the boss of the 'Ndrangheta is by stopping the Lynwoods and their shipment once and for all.

Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan, Giuseppe De Domenico, Adriano Chiaramida

Votes: 744

49. Outlander (2014– )
Episode: Never My Love (2020)

TV-MA | 55 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Claire struggles to survive brutal treatment from her captors, as Jamie gathers a group of loyal men to help him rescue his wife; Roger and Brianna's journey takes a surprising turn.

Director: Jamie Payne | Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin

Votes: 2,792