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Cast

Ellar Coltrane

Patricia Arquette

Ethan Hawke

Lorelei Linklater

Boyhood (2014)

7.5 5.6K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 165 min.

Audience: R

Story: The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: high school, family's daily life, college, urban life, coming of age, growing up, domestic abuse, parenting, ...

Cast

Sharon Horgan

Eva Birthistle

Sarah Greene

Eve Hewson

Bad Sisters (2022) TV Show

7.5 279 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for one another. But when the toxic brother-in-law they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns their lives upside down and tests their bond like nothing before.

Plot: sadistic, brother-in-law, dublin, ireland, bullying, dark comedy, domestic abuse, insurance investigator, ...

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Mikkel Boe Fu00f8lsgaard

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Katinka Lu00e6rke Petersen

The Chestnut Man (2021) TV Show

7.5 704 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Denmark

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-MA

Story: At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

Style: psychological

Plot: detective, based on novel or book, investigation, forest, politician, murder, domestic abuse, serial killer, ...

Place: copenhagen

Cast

Christian Friedel

Ernst Jacobi

Leonie Benesch

Ulrich Tukur

The White Ribbon (2009)

7.5 1.1K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Country: Italy, Germany

Duration: 144 min.

Audience: R

Story: An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

Plot: child abuse, authority, pastor, nanny, northern germany, punishment, puritan, incest, ...

Time: 1910s

Cast

Margot Robbie

Sebastian Stan

Allison Janney

Julianne Nicholson

I, Tonya (2017)

7.5 6.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

Plot: sports, competition, olympic games, portland, oregon, biography, based on true story, rivalry, ...

Time: 1990s

Cast

Penu00e9lope Cruz

Carmen Maura

Lola Dueu00f1as

Blanca Portillo

Volver (2006)

7.5 1.9K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: Spain

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.

Plot: child abuse, fire, rape, sexual abuse, madrid, spain, staged death, superstition, ...

Cast

Drew Barrymore

Anjelica Huston

Dougray Scott

Patrick Godfrey

EverAfter (1998)

7.5 1.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.

Plot: child abuse, gypsy, fairy tale, arranged marriage, leonardo da vinci, prince, royal family, death of father, ...

Time: 16th century

Place: france

Cast

Wyatt Hinz

William Guirola

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (2020) TV Show

7.4 435 votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A boy’s brutal murder and the public trials of his guardians and social workers prompt questions about the system’s protection of vulnerable children.

Plot: child abuse, miniseries, torture, cruelty, courtroom, true crime

Time: 2010s

Les Misérables (2018) TV Show

7.4 137 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-14

Story: France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19 years, but a small mistake puts the law again on his trail. Ruthless Inspector Javert pursues him thorough years, driven by a twisted sense of justice, while Valjean reforms himself, thrives and dedicates his life to good deeds. In 1832, while the revolution ravages the streets of Paris, Valjean and Javert cross their paths for the last time.

Plot: paris, france, child abuse, based on novel or book, forgiveness, insurrection, barricade, redemption, ...

Time: 19th century

Cast

Antonia Campbell-Hughes

Thure Lindhardt

Trine Dyrholm

Amelia Pidgeon

3096 Days (2013)

7.4 1.0K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Germany

Duration: 111 min.

Story: A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

Plot: child abuse, rape, kidnapping, hostage, based on true story, survival, missing child, woman director, ...

Cast

Daniel Craig

Rooney Mara

Christopher Plummer

Stellan Skarsgu00e5rd

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

7.4 7.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Sweden, United States of America

Duration: 158 min.

Audience: R

Story: Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Plot: journalist, island, rape, hacker, based on novel or book, nazi, journalism, investigation, ...

Place: sweden, scandinavia

Cast

Elliott Gould

Nina van Pallandt

Sterling Hayden

Mark Rydell

The Long Goodbye (1973)

7.4 777 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

Plot: infidelity, suicide, corruption, police, cat, detective, greed, mission of murder, ...

Cast

Rena Owen

Temuera Morrison

Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell

Julian Arahanga

Once Were Warriors (1994)

7.4 499 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: New Zealand

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a violent relationship, it takes a mother’s strength to save herself and her children from the man she loved. Once Were Warriors is a violent love story set against a contemporary urban backdrop.

Plot: individual, suicide, rape, strong woman, tattoo, slum, funeral, alcohol, ...

Place: new zealand

Cast

Andru00e9a Bescond

Karin Viard

Clovis Cornillac

Pierre Deladonchamps

Little Tickles (2018)

7.4 383 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: France

Duration: 103 min.

Story: Odette is a 8-yr-old girl who loves to dance and draw. Once she has become an adult, Odette realizes she was abused, and immerses herself body and soul in her career as a dancer while trying to deal with her past.

Plot: pedophilia, dance, child abuse, rape, dancer, therapist, ballet dancer, childhood trauma, ...

Cast

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

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Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017)

7.4 256 votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 82 min.

Story: Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.

Plot: child abuse, killing, mother daughter relationship

Cast

James McAvoy

Anya Taylor-Joy

Haley Lu Richardson

Jessica Sula

Split (2017)

7.3 18.4K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

Plot: child abuse, philadelphia, pennsylvania, kidnapping, gore, sequel, stalking, teenage girl, ...

Cast

Andreas Wilson

Henrik Lundstru00f6m

Gustaf Skarsgu00e5rd

Linda Zilliacus

Evil (2003)

7.3 399 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Sweden, Denmark

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.

Plot: based on novel or book, boarding school, private school, bullying, stepfather, spanking, domestic abuse, discipline, ...

Cast

Sissy Spacek

Piper Laurie

Amy Irving

William Katt

Carrie (1976)

7.3 4.3K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: high school, child abuse, based on novel or book, isolation, cemetery, stage, bible, telekinesis, ...

Cast

Isabelle Adjani

Sam Neill

Margit Carstensen

Heinz Bennent

Possession (1981)

7.3 1.4K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

Plot: adultery, berlin, germany, monster, police, marriage crisis, berlin wall, obsession, ...

Place: germany