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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.
Refugiado (2014)
, 1h33Directed by Diego Lerman
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about domestic violence
Actors Julieta Díaz
Buenos Aires. Un centre de loisirs pour enfants. À la fin de la journée, le garçon Matías paraît bien seul. Aurait-il été oublié par ses parents ? Une animatrice le reconduit vers son quartier, situé au cœur d'une cité populaire. Là, Matías découvre sa mère, Laura, à demi-inanimée et immobilisée, le corps et le visage gravement tuméfiés. Transportée en urgence vers un centre hospitalier, on apprend que Laura est également enceinte. La radiographie est cependant rassurante : les jours du futur bébé ne sont pas en danger. Plus tard, la jeune mère traumatisée est recueillie dans un refuge où sont rassemblées d'autres femmes, toutes victimes de violences conjugales. Un rendez-vous est fixé au tribunal. Le mari téléphone, émet des plaintes, s'excuse puis menace. Laura a peur et décide de fuir avec son fils.
The Long Falling (2011)
, 1h45Directed by Martin Provost
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Assassinat, Feminist films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Yolande Moreau, Édith Scob, Pierre Moure, Jan Hammenecker, Laurent Capelluto, Valentijn Dhaenens
Long victim of her husband, violent and alcoholic, Rose Mayer, the Walloon countryside, decided to take their destiny in hand, and kills by crushing it with their car after leaving prison for having crushed a girl with the same car. She joined her son, homosexual, in Brussels, who left the family hell the day of his 16th birthday. But freedom does not erase guilt and family stories are not without contradictions. Rose does find its place in his new life?
Agni Sakshi (1996)
, 2h22Directed by Kailasam Balachander
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about domestic violence, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala, Divya Dutta, Alok Nath, Ravi Behl
Suraj Kapoor is a single, wealthy young man. One day he meets Shubangi, and they fall in love. Shortly thereafter they marry and settle down to enjoy a harmonious married life. During their stay at a hotel, the couple are approached by a man who claims that Shubangi is his wife and her real name is Madhu. Suraj and Shubangi are shocked and ask him to leave, which he does.
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.
Edge of Madness (2002)
, 1h39Directed by Anne Wheeler
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about domestic violence
Actors Brendan Fehr, Paul Johansson, Corey Sevier, Caroline Dhavernas, Jonas Chernick, Currie Graham
The story is told in the present and flashbacks of a young woman, Annie (Caroline Dhavernas) who was abused by her husband, Simon (Brendan Fehr) whilst his brother, George (Corey Sevier) was seemingly helpless to intervene. The film hits an interesting twist when Simon is murdered. Annie is convinced that she is the murderer, even as she gets herself admitted to the gaol in the Fort.
Black and Blue (1999)
Directed by Paul Shapiro
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Mary Stuart Masterson, Anthony LaPaglia, Will Rothhaar, Sam Robards, Sabrina Grdevich, Beau Starr
The story centers around Frances Benedetto (Mary Stuart Masterson), a victim of domestic violence. The movie follows Frances's relationship to her increasingly abusive NYCPD officer husband (played by Anthony LaPaglia), who has the police force on his side, and her eventual escape to Florida with her son (played by Will Rothaar). Eventually her husband finds them and attacks her. Her son's sports coach comes to the house when she does not pick her son up from practice on time and finds her beaten and bruised in the hallway. Meanwhile, her husband kidnaps their son. Five years later, she has married the coach and has a daughter, although she has never found her son. Her son meets up with his aunt by chance on the street, and Frances (her name now changed to Beth) receives a phone call from him.
, 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.
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.
, 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.
, 1h50Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about domestic violence, Films about cancer, Films about psychiatry
Actors Sophie Marceau, Jacques Dutronc, Valérie Lagrange, Myriam Mézières, Laure Killing, François Chaumette
Lucas (Jacques Dutronc) inventeur génial d'un nouveau langage de programmation, apprend qu'il est atteint d'une maladie rare qui touche sa mémoire. Il rencontre Blanche (Sophie Marceau), une jeune femme désaxée qui le fascine. Célèbre pour ses séances d’hypnose où elle se dénude en révélant les secrets les plus noirs des spectateurs, elle vit sous la coupe d'une mère abusive et nymphomane. Ces deux êtres hors normes vivent alors une histoire d'amour passionnelle, mouvementée et tragique, où calembours et dialogues surréalistes tiennent lieu de mots d'amour.
, 1h36Directed by Bobby Roth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Robert Blake, Beverly D'Angelo, David Caruso, Carroll Baker, Melinda Dillon, David Purdham
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.
The Stranger Beside Me (1995)
, 1h45Directed by Sandor Stern
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about domestic violence
Actors Tiffani Thiessen, Eric Close, Gerald McRaney, Steven Eckholdt, Casey Sander, Alyson Hannigan
Jennifer Morgan (Tiffani Amber Thiessen) is a young painter who has secluded herself from the world since being raped two years earlier. At a family party she meets Chris Gallagher (Eric Close), who falls in love with her. She is reluctant to be intimate with him, but he convinces her to marry him, by which she hopes to let go of her tragic past. Shortly after the ceremony, Chris' 17-year-old cousin Dana (Alyson Hannigan) warns Jennifer that she will not be happy with him, but Jennifer does not listen. Because Chris has recently joined the Navy, Jennifer agrees to move with him to the seaside, where she befriends Nancy Halloran (Lorrie Morgan).
La Capture (2007)
Directed by Carole Laure
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Catherine de Léan, Laurent Lucas, Pascale Bussières, Thomas Lalonde, Francis Ducharme, Janine Sutto
Rose, qui vit à Montréal avec son petit ami, n'a pas revu sa famille depuis deux ans. En retournant dans sa banlieue natale, elle constate avec rage et tristesse que son père est toujours aussi violent et tyrannique envers Félix, son frère délinquant, et sa mère, qui n'est plus que l'ombre d'elle-même. Avec l'aide de deux amis, Rose kidnappe puis séquestre son père dans un studio de danse qu'elle a loué à Montréal. Avec la complicité de deux voisines âgées, la jeune femme visite régulièrement son père dans l'espoir de le changer. Entre-temps, elle accueille chez elle sa mère, qui travaille maintenant dans une boulangerie, et Félix, qui a maille à partir avec un gang criminel.