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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
, 2h11Directed by Mel Gibson
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about domestic violence, Political films
Actors Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey, Mel Gibson
Desmond Doss, fils d'un ancien soldat de la Première Guerre mondiale, veut apporter sa pierre à l'édifice lorsqu'éclate la guerre du Pacifique. En tant qu'objecteur de conscience, il souhaite s'engager mais refuse de tuer ou de porter une arme au combat en raison de ses croyances adventistes. Après de difficiles négociations avec l'armée, il est finalement affecté au poste d'auxiliaire sanitaire.
Tyrannosaur (2011)
, 1h32Directed by Paddy Considine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about domestic violence, Rape and revenge films
Actors Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Sian Breckin, Julia Mallam, Sally Carman
One night, unemployed widower Joseph (Peter Mullan) drunkenly kicks his dog Bluey to death. He buries the dog and goes to the post office, where he mocks some Asian workers then throws a brick through the window when they tell him to leave. At the pub, Joseph attacks two young men playing pool one of whom threatened and mocked him. He then hides in a second-hand shop, where employee Hannah (Olivia Colman) offers to pray for him. That night, Joseph goes to his home and is attacked by the men from the post office. The next morning, Joseph wakes up and goes to the shop, where Hannah looks after him. He begins to berate and insult her, before leaving.
The Perfect Guy (2015)
, 1h40Directed by David M. Rosenthal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, Charles Dutton, Kathryn Morris, Tess Harper
Successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn (Sanaa Lathan) is unhappy in her relationship with her boyfriend Dave King (Morris Chestnut), as he does not feel ready to commit to her wishes of starting a family, causing them to break up. Two months later, she ends up meeting the charming Carter Duncan (Michael Ealy), who works in IT for another company. They quickly grow close, and he manages to work his way into the hearts of her friends as well as her mother and father. On their way home from a trip to San Francisco to meet her parents, a stranger inquires Leah about Carter's Dodge Charger at a gas station. Carter viciously attacks the man before the mortified Leah, and he takes off when the station's owner orders them to leave at gunpoint. Leah decides to break up with Carter that night, distraught over his actions and his desperate attempts to apologize.
Uncle Sam (1996)
, 1h29Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about domestic violence, Serial killer films, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors P. J. Soles, Bo Hopkins, Isaac Hayes, Anne Tremko, William Smith, Robert Forster
In Kuwait, a military unit uncovers an American helicopter downed by friendly fire at least three years ago. As the wreckage is inspected, Master Sergeant Sam Harper, one of the burnt bodies within, springs to life and kills a sergeant and a major, and returns to an inert state after muttering, "Don't be afraid, it's only friendly fire!"
A Woman in the Night (1943)
, 1h45Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Claude Dauphin, Henri Guisol, Marion Malville, Andrex
Une troupe de théâtre joue en tournée Manon Lescaut, avec en vedette Denise, dont le mari est malade et alcoolique. Lasse de ses accès de violence, et voulant refaire sa vie, elle s'enfuit et trouve refuge chez un médecin qui l'engage comme infirmière dans sa clinique. Cependant une autre infirmière, jalouse, commande une enquête à un détective, et finit par découvrir le passé de Denise.
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
, 2h35Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about domestic violence, Films about psychiatry
Actors Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper, Katherine Cassavetes, Matthew Laborteaux, George Dunn
Los Angeles housewife and mother Mabel loves her construction worker husband Nick and desperately wants to please him, but the strange mannerisms and increasingly odd behavior she displays while in the company of others has him concerned. Convinced she has become a threat to herself and others, he reluctantly commits her to an institution, where she undergoes treatment for six months.
Unforgivable (1996)
, 1h35Directed by Graeme Campbell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors John Ritter, Harley Jane Kozak, Kevin Dunn, Gina Philips, Susan Gibney, James McDaniel
Paul Hegstrom (Ritter) is a seriously disturbed family man who puts his wife and children through physical, mental, and emotional abuse. Drawing what he calls "courage" through a whiskey bottle, he severely beats his wife, Judy (Harley Jane Kozak) until one day his eldest daughter Tammy confronts him. Paul leaves the family home and moves in with his mistress, Beth French (Gibney) but hospitalizes her a short while later following another one of his violent rages. To avoid having to spend time in jail, Paul is forced to get psychological help to be able to overcome his problems.
Unwilling Lovers (1977)
, 1h26Directed by Zebedy Colt
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Pornographic
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Films about prostitution, Films about domestic violence, Serial killer films, Films about disabilities
Actors C.J. Laing, Zebedy Colt, Annie Sprinkle
Agnes Benson, an elderly and paraplegic recluse, hires Jenny Merlin to care for her and her adult son, Timmy, a skilled mimic who has the mentality of a child due to witnessing the accident that crippled his mother, and killed his father. Not long after being hired by Mrs. Benson, Jenny has sex with the woman's handyman, Charlie. When Timmy catches the two of them together, Charlie tells him that he and Jenny were only "sunbathing". Timmy leaves to run an errand, and spots a couple having sex in the woods. When the man leaves to get cigarettes, Timmy approaches the woman, who panics and tries to run away, dying when she hits her head on a rock after being tripped by Timmy, who believes that they are playing a game. Oblivious to the woman's death, Timmy engages in intercourse with her body, and leaves when he hears the girl's boyfriend approaching.
Veruthe Oru Bharya (2008)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Jayaram, Gopika, Innocent, Niveda Thomas, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Rashin Rahman
Sugunan (Jayaram) is a stereotypical Malayali husband who habitually underestimates his wife Bindu (Gopika) in managing a family. Sugunan wants his wife only to keep house - cook food for him, iron his clothes and clean the house. Bindu does all these and more, but there's never a word of appreciation or a compliment from her husband. He doesn't even acknowledge the work that she is doing without any rest in her life. This often results in quarrels between them, but like any docile Indian wife, Bindu tolerates it for some time.
Via Mala (1945)
, 1h48Directed by Josef von Báky
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Viktor Staal, Hilde Körber, Albert Florath, Karl Hellmer, Carl Kuhlmann, Renate Mannhardt
In a rural village, the tyrannical Jonas Lauretz intimidates his family, mistress and neighbours. After he disappears one night, it is widely believed that his eldest daughter, Silvelie, has murdered him. A new investigating judge arrives in the village, he falls in love with Silvelie. He becomes torn between his love for her and his duty to investigate the potential crime. Eventually it emerges that it was not Silvelie who murdered Jonas Lauretz but the village innkeeper Bündner. He is forgiven by everyone because they all shared his desire to murder him.
Via Mala (1961)
, 1h33Directed by Paul May
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Gert Fröbe, Joachim Hansen, Christine Kaufmann, Christian Wolff, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Rudolf Forster
Le vieux Jonas Lauretz exploite avec sa famille une scierie isolée dans Viamala, en Suisse. Jonas est un tyran violent et intimide sa femme, son fils Niklas et ses filles Sylvia et Hanna. Ivre une fois de plus, il déclenche une bagarre et se retrouve en prison. Sa famille espère qu'il va changer.
Yaraana (1995)
, 2h5Directed by David Dhawan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about domestic violence, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Raj Babbar, Kader Khan, David Dhawan, Shakti Kapoor
Lalita (Madhuri Dixit) catches the eye of JB (Raj Babbar) and he immediately falls in love with her and decides that he must have her. Her uncle Madhi arranges for them to marry but he is only doing this because JB is paying him to. When she refuses, JB kidnaps her and keeps her in his home until the day of the wedding. She is literally watched over by JB every day in case she tries to escape. On the day of the wedding, Lalita faints and uses this to escape. She also moves her mother away and barely escapes JB who assumes that she has been killed after he saw her being hit by a car. In fact, Lalita swapped her wedding dress with someone else, so the person that JB saw being hit by the car was not Lalita.
Yelling To The Sky (2012)
, 1h36Directed by Victoria Mahoney
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about domestic violence, Gangster films
Actors Zoë Naelle Kravitz, Jason Clarke, Antonique Smith, Black Thought, Shareeka Epps, Tim Blake Nelson
The film starts out with quiet, studious, high schooler, Sweetness O'Hara riding her bike with a friend down the street, when neighborhood bully Latonya, her boyfriend, and friends begins picking on her. The boyfriend threatens to take her bike, unless she can beat him in a race to a tree down the street. Sweetness agrees, taking off running. The bully comes up behind her and pushes her to the ground, proceeding to kick her. Sweetness' older, yet pregnant sister, Ola, comes to her rescue, beating up the bully.
The Zombie Farm (2009)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about families, Films about immigration, Medical-themed films, Films about domestic violence, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Khotan Fernández Tapajos
Ana Maria, a battered wife, seeks help from a local spiritualist, Roque. Impressed with Roque's community service and advocacy for women, a filmmaker, Pilar Franco, offers to make a documentary about him. Roque, however, is a fake and can offer Ana Maria little help beyond advice to leave her abusive relationship; Pilar is disgusted and denounces him as a con man. In desperation, Ana Maria turns to Luna, a voodoo priestess, who warns her that her husband, Antonio, will be changed by the dark magic. To Ana Maria's surprise, Antonio is transformed into a mindless slave. Unsure what to do, Ana Maria returns to Roque and seeks his help once again. Roque and Pilar team up to help Ana Maria discover what happened to Antonio. Together, they learn that Luna is creating slave labor out of the immigrant community now that her supply of illegal immigrants has dried up. These zombies are put to work on Luna's farm and mindlessly follow her orders, including the murder of her enemies. A mix of Haitian voodoo and undead ghoul, the zombies are nearly impossible to destroy. Eventually, a botched spell destroys the zombies and Luna is killed. Roque and Pilar, who have come to respect each other, decide to work together to help the community.