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1. 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: 14,121
2. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
420 min | Drama
Follows a young girl, Alice Hart, whose violent childhood casts a dark shadow over her adult life.
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Asher Keddie, Leah Purcell, Frankie Adams
Votes: 12,632
3. Peacock (2010)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's bank clerk.
Director: Michael Lander | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon, Josh Lucas
Votes: 12,253
4. Shayda (2023)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama
A young Iranian mother and her six-year-old daughter find refuge in an Australian women's shelter during the two weeks of the Iranian New Year (Nowruz).
Director: Noora Niasari | Stars: Leah Purcell, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mojean Aria, Jillian Nguyen
Votes: 760
5. Happy Hour (2015)
Not Rated | 317 min | Drama
A slow-burning epic chronicling the emotional journey of four thirty something women in the misty seaside city of Kobe.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Rira Kawamura
Votes: 2,935
6. The Red Pill (2016)
TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary
The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"
Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay
Votes: 12,043
7. Ladybird Ladybird (1994)
R | 101 min | Drama
Maggie, an unmarried mother of four children by four different men who abused her, leaves her kids home alone one night. A fire injures them and child services takes custody. Maggie fails to regain custody of her children.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Crissy Rock, Vladimir Vega, Sandie Lavelle, Mauricio Venegas
Votes: 3,817 | Gross: $0.15M
8. Personal Velocity (2002)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Director: Rebecca Miller | Stars: Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk, John Ventimiglia
Votes: 3,936 | Gross: $0.77M
9. Sleeping with Danger (2020 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Romance, Thriller
A seemingly perfect romance that turns violent and sends the woman in the relationship into hiding, while also working with police to bring her former flame to justice.
Director: David Weaver | Stars: Elisabeth Röhm, Antonio Cupo, Alison Araya, Adam Beauchesne
Votes: 514
10. Trade of Innocents (2012)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A couple grieving the loss of their own daughter set out to rescue young girls sold into the sex slave trade.
Director: Christopher M. Bessette | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Mira Sorvino, John Billingsley, Trieu Tran
Votes: 1,027 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Dangerous Intentions (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A man stalks his wife and child when they leave for an abused women's shelter.
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno | Stars: Donna Mills, Corbin Bernsen, Allison Hossack, Sheila Larken
Votes: 578
12. Penance (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash, only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin.
Director: Jake Kennedy | Stars: Marieh Delfino, Jason Connery, Michael Rooker, Graham McTavish
Votes: 1,198
13. Taxi to the Toilet (1980)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Frank Ripploh is a rascal: he is a shaggy-haired, bearded teacher who is gay and has a very active sex life plus an interest in making films. He keeps his personal life separate from his ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Ripploh | Stars: Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup, Orpha Termin, Peter Fahrni
Votes: 1,771
14. It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A comedy centered on an Indian mother who takes her obsession with marriage into the world of serial murder.
Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Steve Morphew, Steve Jones, Jamie Sives
Votes: 1,692
15. Shameful Secrets (1993 TV Movie)
105 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A woman and her children live the idyllic suburban dream, but unbeknownst to their neighbors and friends, the husband and father has a violent temper and abuses them brutally.
Director: David Carson | Stars: Joanna Kerns, Tim Matheson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Katherine Cortez
Votes: 371
16. Married Single Other (2010)
Drama
A story of several people living in England not all are related however all are closely intertwined with each other. This programme highlights personal problems and challenges that need be overcome by people of different ages.
Stars: Shaun Dooley, Lucy Davis, Dean Lennox Kelly, Jack Scanlon
Votes: 422
17. Notes from the Heart Healer (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama
A single young mom forms an unlikely friendship with author Peyton, after a desperate situation forces her to abandon her child on Peyton's doorstep.
Director: Douglas Barr | Stars: Genie Francis, Ted McGinley, Laci J Mailey, Brenda Crichlow
Votes: 369
18. A Lover's Revenge (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 94 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A radio psychologist gives some advice to a distraught woman desperate to escape from an abusive partner.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Alexandra Paul, William R. Moses, Gary Hudson, Sonya Salomaa
Votes: 480
19. Rose Madder
Thriller | Announced
Rose Daniels, is constantly beaten by her husband. One day, she runs away from her life. Can she stay hidden, and is her husband the only thing she should be afraid of?
Director: Assaf Bernstein
20. Do Qadam Dur Thay (2014)
Drama, Family, Romance
When Zohaib is forced to marry Nayab on gunpoint, he leaves her in the middle of a road and runs away. Do Qadam Dur Thay is a gripping story of love, sorrow and heartache as two people who are seeking each other despite of being together.
Stars: Sami Khan, Ayeza Khan
Votes: 39
21. Unmarried Mothers (1953)
88 min | Drama
At a summer-evening dance a young girl meets a man who tells her he is a doctor. They go off together, and after that she never sees him again. She learns that she is pregnant and inquires ... See full summary »
Directors: Hans Dahlin, Bengt Logardt | Stars: Eva Stiberg, Bengt Logardt, Öllegård Wellton, Lennart Lindberg
Votes: 28
22. Die Macht der Männer ist die Geduld der Frauen (1978)
76 min | Documentary, Drama
The fate of a market woman who is mentally and physically abused by her husband for years until she can begin a new life in freedom with her son in a women's shelter.
Director: Cristina Perincioli | Stars: Elisabeth Walinski, Eberhard Feik, Dora Kürten, Christa Gehrmann
23. Planting Hope (2008)
14 min | Short
Emily, in fear for her life, calls 911 and gets transported to Hubbard House, the local shelter. She is confused, afraid for her children, and blames herself for provoking her husband by ... See full summary »
Director: Mark O'Brien | Stars: Amanda Ayres, Bill Brase, Antoinette 'Toni' D'Amico, Brandy Fox
Votes: 12
24. Min barndom i voldens skygge (2017)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Kerstin Freiesleben | Stars: Cecilia Kirsgaard, Else, Niels, Frank
26. Refuge (VI) (2019)
61 min | Documentary
Refuge provides a unique, unprecedented glimpse into the day-to-day life of women in shelters for domestic violence victims. The film portrays a year in the life of residents, and shelter ... See full summary »
Director: Ayelet Dekel
27.
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996–1998)
Episode:
Woman of the Year
(1997)
TV-14 | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hetty goes undercover as a battered wife in an isolated shelter after an abused woman is accidentally killed fleeing her husband under questionable circumstances.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Patricia Routledge, Derek Benfield, Dominic Monaghan, John Graham-Davies
Votes: 94
28.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Acts of Contrition
(2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At a church which tries to liberate young prostitutes from their pimps, a nun is murdered. Goren and Eames must dig deep to find the truth, not only in the eyes of men, but also in the eyes of God.
Director: Frank Prinzi | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 362
29.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Dolls
(2002)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detectives Benson and Stabler begin hunting for a serial pedophile after a 5-year-old girl's decomposed body is found in the trash.
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 796
30.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
The Screwfly Solution
(2006)
TV-MA | 59 min | Horror
A strange virus turns the entire human male population into homicidal maniacs who end up wiping out all females, leaving a woman and her daughter to fend for themselves.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Jason Priestley, Kerry Norton, Linda Darlow, Brenna O'Brien
Votes: 2,622
31.
Queen Sugar (2016–2022)
Episode:
Here
(2019)
TV-14 | 41 min | Drama
Nova tries to mend fences with Ralph Angel, but he's unyielding. Later, Nova finally discovers some usable information for Charley about the mysterious gas drilling company, Old World ... See full summary »
Director: Pratibha Parmar | Stars: Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe, Omar J. Dorsey
Votes: 36
32.
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
33.
Women Behind Bars (2008– )
Episode:
Donna Buchanan & Marion Faye Cason
(2009)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary
A 37-year-old drug addict fatally stabbed her controlling 80-year-old boyfriend 54 times to the chest, back, and head. A 24-year-old was convicted for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter along with her roommate, a convicted child abuser.
Director: Richard Swindell | Stars: Ashley Crary, Ken Kaminsky, George Reres, Donna Buchanan
Votes: 16
34.
Unreported World (2000– )
Episode:
Georgia's Baby Factory
(2021)
Documentary, News
Anja Popp went to Georgia for Unreported World, and found a largely unregulated surrogacy market, where wealthy couples can have multiple babies at the same time, and where there is no shortage of vulnerable women to meet the demand.
35.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Unleashed
(2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Langston turns to Lady Heather for help in the murder of a woman who acted like a cat, and Nick tries to figure out what caused a pregnant teen to commit suicide after he saves her baby.
Director: Brad Tanenbaum | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Jorja Fox
Votes: 650
36.
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024)
Episode:
The Safe House
(2011)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Larry becomes an unlikely role model for battered women; Richard Lewis's relationship with a burlesque performer is put to the test; Leon survives a case of mistaken identity.
Director: Bryan Gordon | Stars: Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Richard Lewis
Votes: 1,619
37.
Major Crimes (2012–2018)
Episode:
Citizen's Arrest
(2012)
Not Rated | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The discovery of a dead college student in a hazardous-waste drum alerts Major Crimes to a kidnapping plot; the team races to find a second victim before she, too, is killed.
Director: David McWhirter | Stars: Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan
Votes: 346
38.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Second Chance
(2023)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an ex-con is found beaten to death, Cosgrove and Shaw arrest an unlikely culprit. Maroun must put her personal feelings for the suspect aside and take the lead in court when she and Price can't agree on the best trial strategy.
Director: Rachel Leiterman | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Camryn Manheim, Hugh Dancy
Votes: 199
39.
The Fosters (2013–2018)
Episode:
Vigil
(2013)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Romance
Mariana and Jesus deal with the repercussions of their actions.
Director: David Paymer | Stars: Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Jake T. Austin, Hayden Byerly
Votes: 351
40.
The Leftovers (2014–2017)
Episode:
Pilot
(2014)
TV-MA | 69 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
The police chief faces struggles in both his personal and professional life, as the third anniversary of the departure approaches.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler
Votes: 6,928
41.
The Fall (2013–2016)
Episode:
What Is in Me Dark Illumine
(2014)
TV-MA | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
With Paul Spector in custody, DSI Gibson desperately searches for clues to find Rose Stagg. However, Spector does all he can to thwart her, locking them into a deadly duel.
Director: Allan Cubitt | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Tim Loane, Valene Kane, Jamie Dornan
Votes: 2,062
42.
Greenleaf (2016–2020)
Episode:
Good Morning, Calvary
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
Jacob being benched, Grace takes the pulpit. A new sexual violence help group is started. Jacob's love for his wife is rekindled when they are invited to a partner swapping party. An openly gay Choir Director replaces a closeted one.
Director: Janice Cooke | Stars: Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker
Votes: 102
43.
One Dollar (2018)
Episode:
Wilson Furlbee
(2018)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Real estate developer Wilson Furlbee finds his business at risk when rumors about Bud's mill begin to circulate. The Braden Police Department makes some headway in their investigation, ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: John Carroll Lynch, Nathaniel Martello-White, Philip Ettinger, Christopher Denham
Votes: 48
44.
Taken (2017–2018)
Episode:
Absalom
(2018)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Turkish diplomat mixes with sex trafficking, which turns out badly. Along with visiting a women's shelter, and investigating carefully, so as not to cause an international incident, some background of a team member comes out.
Director: Romeo Tirone | Stars: Clive Standen, Adam Goldberg, Jessica Camacho, Jennifer Beals
Votes: 266