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Boyhood(2014)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 45min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 2,341 votes)

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.

The Gift(2000)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Horror, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 496 votes)

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

Women Talking(2022)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 44min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 149 votes)

A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.

Enough(2002)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 489 votes)

Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden possessive dark side, a controlling and abusive alter ego that can turn trust, love and tranquility into terror. Terrified for her child's safety, Slim flees with her daughter. Relentless in his pursuit and enlisting the aid of lethal henchmen, Mitch continually stalks the prey that was once his family.

Safe Haven(2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 55min | Romance / Love, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 1,075 votes)

A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

Let Him Go(2020)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 54min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Western
3.4/5 (with 257 votes)

Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

Diabolique(1996)

1h 47min | Mystery, Thriller, Horror
2.7/5 (with 121 votes)

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the two women when a retired police investigator begins looking into the man's disappearance on a whim.

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover(1989)

FSK: 18+ years
| 2h 4min | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 249 votes)

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

Diabolique(1955)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 57min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 387 votes)

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.

What's Love Got to Do with It(1993)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 58min | Drama, Music, History
3.5/5 (with 118 votes)

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love(1969)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 29min | Thriller, Drama
2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.

Tyrannosaur(2011)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 193 votes)

The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own with devastating results on both of their lives.

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A Perfect Day(2008)

1h 45min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.3/5 (with 50 votes)

Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. Indeed Antonio proves obsessive, aggressive and intrusive, and again threatens Emma to hurt the children: little Kevin, shy and introverted, and the adolescent Valentina.

Every Breath She Takes(2023)

3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

After suffering years of mental abuse from her husband, Jules thinks she's finally free when a physical struggle ends in a fire that takes his life. However, she's soon pushed to the edge as she starts to believe she's seeing him at every turn.

What Happened, Miss Simone?(2015)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 41min | Music, Documentary
3.7/5 (with 164 votes)

The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.

Directed by Liz Garbus

Scream for Help(1984)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 30min | Horror, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 13 votes)

A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.

Directed by Michael Winner

Personal Velocity(2002)

1h 26min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 17 votes)

In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.

'Til Death Do Us Part(2017)

1h 39min | Thriller
3.1/5 (with 18 votes)

Michael and Madison Roland planned to spend the rest of their lives together, but Michael's controlling ways turn their perfect marriage into an abusive roller-coaster ride that no woman could survive. With the help of her best friend, Madison fakes her death to escape and start a new life — but soon realizes it's impossible to outwit her obsessive husband.

A Streetcar Named Desire(1995)

2h 36min | Drama, TV Movie
3.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Blanche Dubois goes to visit her pregnant sister and husband Stanley in New Orleans. Stanley doesn't like her, and starts pushing her for information on some property he know was left to the sisters. He discovers she has mortgaged the place and spent all the money, and wants to find out all he can about her. Even more friction develops between the two while they are in the apartment together...

The Free World(2016)

1h 40min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.0/5 (with 22 votes)

Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.

Directed by Jason Lew - With Boyd Holbrook

Portrait in Black(1960)

1h 52min | Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

A pair of lovers plot to kill the woman's rich husband.

Intimate Strangers(1977)

1h 37min | Drama, TV Movie
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The pressures of problems at home and at work are taking a tremendous toll on a middle-aged husband, and he begins to take it out on his wife.

Life Goes On(1963)

1h 59min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 8 votes)

Madrid, Spain. Eloísa, a self-sacrificing wife and efficient mother, lives in the neighborhood of Maravillas with her husband, a violent policeman; her sanctimonious son, who spends his life studying and praying to atone for the sins of his family; and her two daughters, obsessed with wealth, who hate each other deeply.

The Black Candle(1991)

1h 43min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Lily Whitmore is the heir to a crumbling factory that she's determined to restore to its former glory. Unfortunately, Lily must instead turn her attention to the conniving Lionel Filmore who's determined to marry into the family no matter what.

Demon Lover(1992)

1h 28min | Horror
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Jenny Harris has a rather difficult time with the men in her life: her husband is an abusive clown who cheats on her, and her boss is a rude jerk. Her new neighbor Rebecca proposes that finding herself a fantasy lover is the way to solve her problems. A little séance later, and Jenny does in fact have her very own dream lover. Despite him being a beer-bellied guy with a creepy face, he seems rather irresistible and at first improves Jenny's mood quite a bit. What our heroine doesn't suspect is that her dream lover is in fact an incubus.

A Streetcar Named Desire(1984)

1h 59min | Drama, TV Movie
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Blanche Dubois goes to visit her pregnant sister and husband Stanley in New Orleans. Stanley doesn't like her, and starts pushing her for information on some property he know was left to the sisters. He discovers she has mortgaged the place and spent all the money, and wants to find out all he can about her. Even more friction develops between the two while they are in the apartment together...

Hitch-Hike(2013)

1h 10min | Crime, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

The brutal Yoshio and his quiet young wife Saeko are on a road trip. Their drive will take a wrong turn when Yoshio decides to pick up a hitch hiker along the way. When the man reveals himself as a deranged bank robber and serial killer, the couple will be forced to cooperate in his getaway. Now it's Saeko's turn to take revenge on the man who drove her through hell!

Nganù(2023)

1h 41min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Villagers advise an abusive husband to channel his rage in the army. There, he must come to terms with violent urges that have deep and painful roots.

Bitter Melon(2018)

1h 50min | Comedy, Crime
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

Bitter Melon is a "home for the holidays" dark comedy where a Filipino-American family plots to kill an abusive member.

Directed by H.P. Mendoza

The Body(1974)

1h 29min | Drama, Thriller
2.2/5 (with 3 votes)

A beautiful woman who lives on an island with her abusive husband, entices a young man into a murder-for-money plot.

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