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Captive (2015)
, 1h37Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Prison films, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about domestic violence
Actors Kate Mara, Michael K.Williams, David Oyelowo, Leonor Varela, Jessica Oyelowo, Mimi Rogers
On March 11, 2005, Brian Nichols (David Oyelowo) escapes from the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta, during his trial involving a rape case. In the process of the escape he murders the judge presiding over his trial, Rowland Barnes, as well as court reporter Julie Brandau. He also shoots Sergeant Hoyt Teasley while escaping from the prison, and then Special Agent David G. Wilhelm at his home. Nichols becomes the subject of a citywide manhunt. His frantic escape brings him to the apartment of Ashley Smith (Kate Mara), a single mother and recovering methamphetamine addict, whom he holds hostage. Smith gets through this time inspired by Rick Warren's best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life, while Nichols searches for redemption. As she reads aloud, Ashley and her would-be killer come to a crossroads.
The Catcher (2000)
, 1h17Origin USA
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Sports films, Baseball films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Joe Estevez, Monique Parent, Fred Meyers, James Patterson
Sick of his baseball-obsessed father Frank's abuse, a boy beats him to death with a bat while practicing in 1981. Seventeen years later, catcher David J. Walker of The Devils is kicked out of a baseball game attended by scouts, and is blamed when The Devils lose. On the same day, David's girlfriend leaves, tired of him putting his love of baseball before her, and he is informed by Coach Foster that his contract is not being renewed.
, 1h30Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Tuesday Weld, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Bonerz, River Phoenix, Ellen Travolta
Georgia Benfield (Tuesday Weld) is at a difficult place in her life; her husband, Pete (Peter Bonerz) has left her for a younger woman, her teenage son, Chris (River Phoenix) is unmanageable, and she's struggling financially when her widowed mother, Charlotte (Geraldine Fitzgerald) moves in. Amid juggling a new full-time job, raising two children, and her failing marriage, the constant bickering between mother and daughter continues as it has ever since Georgia was a child. Finally, at her wit's end, Georgia loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long buried family secrets come to light, both mother and daughter must learn to accept the past, to change what is happening at present, in order to face a better future.
Clair Obscur (2017)
, 1h45Directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Origin Turquie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about domestic violence
Actors Okan Yalabık, Mehmet Kurtuluş
Chenaz, psychiatre voit arriver dans son service Elmas, 18 ans, retrouvée vivante aux côtés des corps de son mari et de sa belle-mère, suite à une intoxication au charbon.
Daisy Diamond (2007)
, 1h34Origin Danemark
Genres Drama
Themes Assassinat, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about domestic violence, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Noomi Rapace, Trine Dyrholm, Sofie Gråbøl, Charlotte Munck, Thure Lindhardt, Benedikte Hansen
Dark and tragic, the story revolves around teenager Anna (Noomi Rapace), a pretty girl from a wealthy family, who's also fiercely ambitious and dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. One day Anna decides to pack her bags and leave without telling her mother or father. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. However when she gets to the city fate has something else in store for her. Anna discovers she will soon become a mother. Later, after giving birth to baby girl, she tries to chase after her dream once again. Undoubtedly talented, She has one problem – being the single mother of a now 4-month-old baby. Though she struggles to give her daughter a good start in life, she ultimately fails to unite her dream of acting with a safe and loving environment for her child, Torn between her duties as a mother and her passion for acting and the need to earn money, Anna is driven to the limits of her patience - with tragic consequences. What follows is a downward spiral into the world of the casting couch, porn films and escort work.
Daman (2001)
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Raveena Tandon, Sayaji Shinde, Sanjay Suri, Raima Sen, Shaan, Moloya Goswami
The Saikia family are an extremely wealthy family in Assam. The two sons of the family are Sanjay (Sayaji Shinde) and Sunil Saikia (Sanjay Suri). The latter being the kinder of the two whilst the former is very hot-tempered and has occasional mood swings. The parents decide to get him married to Durga (Raveena Tandon), a lower caste girl from a poor family, thinking she will be able to cope with Sanjay's temper. Sanjay initially refuses to marry Durga, but when his mother threatens to cut him off from the family will he relents. Thus, Durga marries Sanjay and looks forward to her new life. From day one, Durga is subjected to physical and mental harm by her husband. To add insult to injury, he spends their wedding night with a prostitute called Chameli. Durga continues to be tortured by her husband and after a drunken night he rapes her.
Darling (2007)
, 1h33Directed by Christine Carrière
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Transport films, Trucker films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Marina Foïs, Guillaume Canet, Marc Brunet, Sissi Duparc, Anne Benoît, Guillaume Gouix
Darling a la vie dure ; elle souffre depuis toute petite, mais continue de rêver. Chaque lueur dans sa vie amène un désastre. Récit témoignage d'une vie réelle, sans issue. L'histoire d'une mal née.
If Someone Had Known (1995)
, 1h20Directed by Eric Laneuville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Kellie Martin, Kevin Dobson, Linda Kelsey, Ivan Sergei, Kristin Dattilo, Anna Gunn
Katie Liner is the attractive 18-year-old daughter of Jack Liner, a powerful police officer. At one of his benefit parties, she meets Jimmy Pettit, a man in his early twenties she soon starts dating. Initially, he seems to be the perfect guy; he is well-educated, respectful, polite, popular and has no records with the police. Nevertheless, Jack is not sure about the guy and when he finds out that Katie is engaged, he is not enthusiastic. Things are going fast, though, and in a short period of time, Katie and Jimmy are married and she gives birth to a son.
Death Factory (2014)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films about domestic violence, Road movies, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tonya Kay
While on a bus with his brother, Brian, and a dozen others, Simon has a nightmare about when he fatally clubbed his abusive father, who had killed his and Brian's mother. In a nearby ghost town, the landowner meets JB, a lawyer who wants to buy the property, primarily for its museum ("The Death Factory") dedicated to serial killers Albert Fish, John Wayne Gacy, Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein, and the Zodiac. When the landowner refuses to sell the museum along with the rest of his property, JB stabs him, then prepares an occult ritual with a Book of the Dead, and blood samples taken from the displays in the Death Factory.
Reviving Ophelia (2010)
, 1h32Directed by Bobby Roth
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Jane Kaczmarek, Rebecca Williams, Kim Dickens, Peter Outerbridge, Joe Dinicol, Jordan Hudyma
When LeAnne Dunley arrives home from work and catches her daughter Kelli in a sexual act with a classmate, she arranges for Kelli to stay at her sister Marie's home when she is working. Kelli notices that her cousin Elizabeth Jones--Marie's daughter--is in an unhealthy relationship with her boyfriend, Mark. He calls and texts her at an extremely frequent rate, tries to control where she goes and what she wears, and becomes angry when she tries to spend any time with her friends.
Desert Bloom (1986)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors JoBeth Williams, Jon Voight, Annabeth Gish, Ellen Barkin, Allen Garfield, Jay Underwood
World War II has not been over for long. Jack Chismore, a veteran suffering from PTSD runs a gas station in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Two Women (1999)
, 1h36Directed by Tahmineh Milani
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about domestic violence, Political films
Actors Niki Karimi, Merila Zarei, Atila Pesyani
The film starts at some fourteen years after Fereshteh (Niki Karimi) and Royā (Merilā Zāre'í) became friends, while studying architecture at a university in Tehran. The events in the life of Fereshteh over the course of the preceding fourteen years are revealed through a series of flashbacks that represent Feresheh's and Royā's reminiscences.
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
, 2h12Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, Films about domestic violence, Films about school violence, Harcèlement au travail
Actors Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Judy Parfitt, Eric Bogosian
Dolores Claiborne (Bates) works as a domestic servant on a Maine island. The film opens with Dolores having a struggle with her elderly, paralyzed employer Vera Donovan (Judy Parfitt) in her mansion, after which Vera falls down the staircase. Dolores ransacks the kitchen and is then caught by a mailman as she stands over Vera with a rolling pin, apparently intending to kill her. Vera dies and the police begin a murder investigation.
Easter Bunny Kill! Kill! (2006)
, 1h30Directed by Chad Ferrin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia, Films about prostitution, Films about domestic violence, Films about disabilities, Films about child abuse
Actors Trent Haaga
The night before Easter, a lowlife named Remington dons an Easter Bunny mask, and robs a convenience store with a shotgun, shooting the clerk in the mouth. Remington is then revealed to have charmed his way into the life of widow Mindy Peters, a nurse who lives with her cerebral palsy-afflicted son Nicholas, who Remington torments when Mindy is not around. While taking out the garbage, Nicholas befriends a disfigured vagrant who gives him a rabbit he claims is an Easter Bunny. Nicholas decides to keep the rabbit a secret, but it is discovered by Remington, who threatens to kill it if Nicholas says anything bad about him to Mindy.
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Adam Storke, Maria Pitillo, Brad Dourif, Cindy Williams, Tony Becker
The movie begins with an introduction from Teresa Stamper giving an interview about her ex-husband Paul Stamper and how he caught her when she wasn't looking and that she thought that he was a charmer.