Abuse Movies

An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and then fled the country.

After many years, Julia returns to her childhood home, where as a child she was sexually abused by her recently deceased father. But inhabiting that...

Abuse is all around us, where do you fit in? Swing is an abstract , stylized dark comedy about abuse. In this short film, escalating abuse is...

November 1963, London. An East End slum landlord with a reputation for protecting the morally abhorrent is assigned the unenviable task of...

A 2D animated short film about two kids living on an island surrounded by monsters. The girl and the boy lead seemingly normal lives amidst this...

Set in the early 1990s, "As You Are" is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their...

At the age of 10, Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped and held captive for eight years by a deranged man. In 2006, she managed to escape, and the world...

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....

Every year in Quebec, 25,000 reports of children being beaten, sexually abused or abandoned are retained by the Directorate of Youth Protection. And...

Repetition is an illusion. Everything is always new. Legendary street dancer DeRay and spoken-word poet and battle rapper Naima explore a powerful...

Thirteen-year-old Missy kills her addict mother's boyfriend, Trent, in self defence. When her vengeful mother Annette tries to murder her as penance,...

A street cat meets an old man that will change his life forever. Between bowls of milk and warm cuddles, he feels welcomed by his new owner, but the...

Struggling to survive in the cutthroat Los Angeles comedy scene after a devastating fall from grace, a washed-up comedian is forced to return to his...

A little girl decides to expose the monster that haunts her every night.

From Kristin Kobes Du Mez, the creator/author of Jesus and John Wayne, comes a powerful new documentary highlighting how a culture of submission and...

A young woman must make the choice whether to allow her abusive father back into her life.

At its heart, Bleeding Memories is a story about sisterhood — about how, no matter the hand you are dealt in life, it is the people around you...

Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life...