Best "child abuse" Movies of All Time

228 movies found (page 1/8):

Split(2017)

PG-13

3.7/5 (with 7,981 votes)

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.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan - With James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula, Haley Lu Richardson, Brad William Henke, ...

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The Devil's Advocate(1997)

| 2h 24min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

3.7/5 (with 2,579 votes)

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

Directed by Taylor Hackford - With Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen, ...

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The Black Phone(2022)

| 1h 42min | Horror, Thriller

3.9/5 (with 2,138 votes)

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

Directed by Scott Derrickson - With Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, E. Roger Mitchell

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical(2022)

| 1h 57min | Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy

3.4/5 (with 272 votes)

An extraordinary young girl discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. Standing up for what's right, she's met with miraculous results.

Directed by Matthew Warchus - With Lashana Lynch, Andrea Riseborough, Stephen Graham, Emma Thompson, Sindhu Vee, Alisha Weir, ...

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The Butterfly Effect(2004)

| 1h 53min | Science Fiction, Thriller

3.8/5 (with 3,300 votes)

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

Directed by Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber - With Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Melora Walters, Eric Stoltz, ...

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Pinocchio(1940)

| 1h 28min | Animation, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 2,639 votes)

Lonely toymaker Geppetto has his wishes answered when the Blue Fairy arrives to bring his wooden puppet Pinocchio to life. Before becoming a real boy, however, Pinocchio must prove he's worthy as he sets off on an adventure with his whistling sidekick and conscience, Jiminy Cricket.

Directed by Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, Norm Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, ...

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The Sixth Sense(1999)

PG-13

| 1h 47min | Mystery, Thriller, Drama

4.0/5 (with 5,445 votes)

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan - With Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg, Peter Anthony Tambakis, ...

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Carrie(1976)

| 1h 38min | Horror, Thriller

3.6/5 (with 1,748 votes)

In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother at home. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. Invited to the prom by the empathetic Tommy Ross, Carrie tries to let her guard down, but things eventually take a dark and violent turn.

Directed by Brian De Palma - With John Travolta, William Katt, Betty Buckley, Nancy Allen, Priscilla Pointer, P. J. Soles, ...

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Gerald's Game(2017)

1h 44min | Horror, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 1,601 votes)

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

Directed by Mike Flanagan - With Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas, Carel Struycken, Kate Siegel

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An American Crime(2007)

| 1h 37min | Crime, Drama, Horror

3.7/5 (with 279 votes)

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

Directed by Tommy O'Haver - With Elliot Page, Catherine Keener, Hayley McFarland, Ari Graynor, Scout Taylor-Compton, James Franco, ...

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Volver(2006)

| 2h 1min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 737 votes)

Raimunda lives and works in Madrid with her husband Paco and their daughter Paula. Raimunda's sister Sole lives nearby. The two sisters miss their mother Irene who died several years ago in a house fire along with their father. When a former neighbor from their hometown reports that she has seen the ghost of Irene, the daughters do not believe her. After a murder and a family tragedy, however, Irene's spirit materializes around her daughters to comfort them.

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar - With Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave, Yohana Cobo, ...

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Martyrs(2008)

1h 39min | Horror, Drama, Thriller

3.7/5 (with 1,135 votes)

A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Directed by Pascal Laugier - With Mylène Jampanoï, Xavier Dolan, Morjana Alaoui, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin, Patricia Tulasne, ...

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Sleepers(1996)

| 2h 27min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

3.8/5 (with 1,526 votes)

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

Directed by Barry Levinson - With Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Vittorio Gassman, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, ...

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Capernaum(2018)

2h 6min | Drama

4.1/5 (with 716 votes)

Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

Directed by Nadine Labaki - With Nadine Labaki, Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw

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EverAfter(1998)

PG-13

| 2h 1min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy

3.7/5 (with 628 votes)

A “modern” young woman of the 16th century, Danielle is as independent and wise as she is beautiful and kind. Against remarkable odds, she stands up to her scheming stepmother and works miracles on the lives of everyone around her, including the crown prince of France!

Directed by Andy Tennant - With Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Megan Dodds, Melanie Lynskey, Patrick Godfrey, ...

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The People Under the Stairs(1991)

| 1h 42min | Horror, Mystery

3.3/5 (with 271 votes)

Poindexter "Fool" Williams, his brother Leroy, and their family face eviction from their rented home in South Central Los Angeles. Their landlords are a greedy, uncaring couple who live in a mansion that's as huge as it is eerie. Leroy has a plan to burglarize the mansion, but what the boys find inside is not what they expected.

Directed by Wes Craven - With Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, Ving Rhames, Sean Whalen, Bill Cobbs, Brandon Quintin Adams, ...

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Cape Fear(1991)

| 2h 8min | Crime, Thriller, Drama

3.6/5 (with 1,507 votes)

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, ...

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Climax(2018)

| 1h 37min | Horror, Music

3.6/5 (with 893 votes)

Young dancers gather in a remote and empty school building to rehearse on a cold and wintry night. The all-night celebration soon turns into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn that their sangria is laced with LSD.

Directed by Gaspar Noé - With Sofia Boutella, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Giselle Palmer

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Silenced(2011)

2h 5min | Drama

4.0/5 (with 241 votes)

Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.

Directed by Hwang Dong-hyeok - With Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Hyeon-soo, Jeong In-seo, Baek Seung-hwan, Jang Gwang, ...

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Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight(2019)

NC-17

| 1h 46min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

4.2/5 (with 45 votes)

Second compilation movie of the TV series which covers episodes 9-13. Riko and Reg descend to the third and fourth layer where Riko has her first experience of the Curse.

Directed by Masayuki Kojima

Hope(2013)

2h 2min | Drama, Kids & Family

4.2/5 (with 246 votes)

After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.

Directed by Lee Joon-ik, Boris Lojkine - With Sol Kyung-gu, Uhm Ji-won, Lee Re, Ra Mi-ran, Kim Hae-suk, Kwon Tae-won, ...

Trust(2010)

| 1h 44min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 416 votes)

A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.

Directed by David Schwimmer - With Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Viola Davis, Jason Clarke, Noah Emmerich, ...

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Amityville II: The Possession(1982)

| 1h 44min | Horror

2.8/5 (with 158 votes)

Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of paranormal experiences. When the abusive Anthony wrongly places the blame on their children, physically lashing out at both them and Dolores, she recruits a local Catholic priest to exorcise the house.

Directed by Damiano Damiani - With James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Diane Franklin, Andrew Prine, Moses Gunn, ...

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Case 39(2009)

| 1h 49min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 1,006 votes)

In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.

Directed by Christian Alvart - With Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, Callum Keith Rennie, Cynthia Stevenson, ...

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Oliver Twist(2005)

PG-13

| 2h 10min | Crime, Drama, Kids & Family

3.4/5 (with 524 votes)

Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.

Directed by Roman Polanski - With Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Jeremy Swift, Jamie Foreman, Harry Eden, Leanne Rowe, ...

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3096 Days(2013)

1h 51min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 380 votes)

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

Directed by Sherry Hormann - With Thure Lindhardt, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Trine Dyrholm, Roeland Wiesnekker, Dearbhla Molloy, Erni Mangold, ...

The White Ribbon(2009)

| 2h 24min | Drama, Mystery

3.8/5 (with 439 votes)

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.

Directed by Michael Haneke - With Ulrich Tukur, Josef Bierbichler, Susanne Lothar, Ursina Lardi, Janina Fautz, Christian Friedel, ...

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To Live(1994)

2h 13min | Drama, Romance / Love, War

4.0/5 (with 120 votes)

Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.

Directed by Zhang Yimou - With Ge You, Gong Li, Niu Ben, Guo Tao, Jiang Wu