Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "abusive-marriage"

1. The Homesman (2014)

R | 122 min | Drama, Western

Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.

Director: Tommy Lee Jones | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto

Votes: 35,773 | Gross: $2.43M

2. The Lost Daughter (2021)

R | 121 min | Drama

A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris

Votes: 75,188

3. Murder by Numbers (2002)

R | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Two gifted high school students execute a perfect murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.

Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt

Votes: 62,447 | Gross: $31.95M

4. Final Analysis (1992)

R | 124 min | Drama, Thriller

A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts

Votes: 15,312 | Gross: $28.59M

5. Husbands (1970)

PG-13 | 154 min | Comedy, Drama

After the death of a common friend, three married men leave their lives together, seeking pleasure and freedom and ultimately leaving for London.

Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Jenny Runacre

Votes: 7,370 | Gross: $0.78M

6. The Burning Bed (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An abused battered wife has had enough of her husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.

Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, Richard Masur, Grace Zabriskie

Votes: 3,442

7. The Butcher Boy (1997)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle

Votes: 11,475 | Gross: $1.82M

8. Cat Chaser (1989)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning, Frederic Forrest

Votes: 1,514

9. The Best Intentions (1992)

Not Rated | 182 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

In 1909, poor theology student Henrik falls in love with Anna, the intelligent daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After marrying Henrik becomes a priest in northern Sweden. Urbane Anna hates living in the county, growing restless.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby

Votes: 3,509 | Gross: $1.25M

10. If Someone Had Known (1995 TV Movie)

80 min | Biography, Drama

A young wife and mother is abused by her husband and keeps the secret from her friends and family.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Kellie Martin, Kevin Dobson, Linda Kelsey, Ivan Sergei

Votes: 533

11. King Uncle (1993)

171 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

When a runaway orphan ends up at the house of a cruel millionaire, she decides to alter his perception of the world.

Director: Rakesh Roshan | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Shah Rukh Khan, Nagma, Sushmita Mukherjee

Votes: 3,124

12. Marie (1985)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama

A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 1,026 | Gross: $2.51M

13. Koyla (1997)

Not Rated | 166 min | Action, Drama, Musical

A village girl agrees to a marriage to a king she has never met after he sends her a photograph of himself. But the man in the photograph is not the king but his most loyal slave, the handsome but mute Shankar.

Director: Rakesh Roshan | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Amrish Puri, Ranjeet Bedi

Votes: 9,864

14. The White Slave (2016– )

TV-MA | 60 min | History

In Colombia in 1821, a Spanish plantation gets burned down, and only the planters' baby is spared. She gets sent to Spain, but concocts a plan to return home and become an abolitionist.

Stars: Cristina García, Paola Moreno, Nerea Camacho, Federico Nieto-El' Gazi

Votes: 649

15. Aval Varuvala (1998)

Not Rated | 145 min | Romance, Thriller

Simran a widow lives with her mother in law, Ajith fell in love with Simran. When they are about to get married, her ex-husband who is very arrogant comes back alive. At last whether they married or not is the story line.

Director: Raj Kapoor | Stars: Ajith Kumar, Simran, Sujatha, Prithviraj

Votes: 343

16. Red Wind (1991 TV Movie)

R | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller

A Miami psychotherapist specialized in treating people trapped in abusive relationships becomes obsessed with her new patient who keeps fantasizing about killing her abusive husband.

Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Lisa Hartman, Philip Casnoff, Antoni Corone, Deanna Lund

Votes: 112

17. Crosstalk (1982)

83 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

A computer genius is confined to a penthouse after a car accident, with only a nurse to look after him. But the advanced computer systems designed to make his life easier appear to be taking control.

Directors: Mark Egerton, Keith Salvat | Stars: Gary Day, Penny Downie, Brian McDermott, Peter Collingwood

Votes: 91

18. Voyeur II (1996 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

You're surveilling the house of Dr. Everett Cussler, who has died under odd circumstances, on the night that his will is being read. Keep an eye on everyone there and find out who's plotting against whom before another "accident" happens.

Director: Robert Weaver | Stars: Jennifer O'Neill, David Groh, Matthew Flint, Kevin Spirtas

Votes: 22

19. Kaala Samrajya (1999)

Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Crime, Romance

Gangster Kaalkeshwar Singh is insecure about the way other people behave towards his wife, Monica as he is fully well aware that she does not love him and that he forcefully get married to ... See full summary »

Director: Deepak Bahry | Stars: Suniel Shetty, Monica Bedi, Amrish Puri, Deepak Shirke

Votes: 57

20. Preetam (1971)

137 min | Comedy, Romance

Rukmani gets married to Rana and faces endless abuse and beatings which do not end even when she gets pregnant. The Police arrest Rana for Robbery, try him in Court and sentence him to ... See full summary »

Director: Bhappi Sonie | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Leena Chandavarkar, Helen, Vinod Khanna

Votes: 35

21. Red Secrets (2015)

11 min | Short, Drama, Thriller

An aggressive husband who tries to get away from a terrible situation, in which he has caused, is about to face an unexpected situation that may cost him his life.

Director: Piratheep Kanagasabai | Stars: Bruce Gram, Neva Rowell, Nicole Vezeau, Stephen M. Williams

Votes: 9

22. Partida (2023)

86 min | Drama

Based on real events. Susy, a victim of domestic violence, left her town thirty years ago, and with that her past behind. But an unexpected call reveals a hidden truth and brings her back to that place.

Director: Diego Suárez | Stars: Guillermo Arengo, Nadia Fürst, Lucila Gandolfo, Nico García Hume

23. Chahat (1971)

Drama, Romance

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Director: Moni Bhattacharjee | Stars: Biswajeet Chatterjee, Mala Sinha, Jeetendra, Mumtaz Askari

Votes: 14

24. 47 Natkal (1981)

125 min | Drama

Actress Saritha comes to a small town to talk to Vaishali, because she is about to play her in a film based on her life. Vaishali suffers from hysteria and angrily shuts out Saritha. The ... See full summary »

Director: K. Balachander | Stars: Chiranjeevi, Jaya Prada, Anne-Patricia, Ramaprabha

Votes: 70

25. Chupp (1997)

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An escaped convict hides in a woman's house but then discovers that she has murdered her husband.

Director: Ambrish Sangal | Stars: Jeetendra, Avinash Wadhawan, Somy Ali, Mohan Joshi

Votes: 27

26. Plywood Dreams (1995– )

45 min | Drama

A kind but lonely and klutzy shop teacher is looking for love. His neighbor is trying to escape her abusive marriage. In a local coffee shop, young people aimlessly spend their days watching and commenting on all the fuss in the building.

Stars: Slobodan 'Boda' Ninkovic, Nenad Nenadovic, Snezana Nenadovic, Olga Odanovic

27. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: The Mother Instinct (1989)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An elderly wheelchair-bound woman develops a miraculous melon juice formula from her plants, and her greedy abusive son-in-law wants to steal it.

Director: Bette Gordon | Stars: Elizabeth Franz, Finn Carter, Tom Gilroy

Votes: 134

28. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: The 13th Floor/The Believer (1997)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

In a Manhattan penthouse, a demonically possessed woman attacks the lift boy and her abusive husband. A physics professor, and Peter's old mentor, receives a vision from his insane, alien-obsessed rival, who kidnapped his wife.

Directors: Clay Borris, Craig Pryce | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 25

29. Popular (1999–2001)
Episode: The Consequences of Falling (2000)

TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Harrison's roommate Clarence passes away sending Harrison into a depression that leads to a suicide attempt and a glimpse of what life would have been like if he had never been born, by his guardian angel.

Director: Michael M. Robin | Stars: Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, Tamara Mello, Christopher Gorham

Votes: 77

30. Saturday Night Live (1975– )
Episode: Garry Shandling/Los Lobos (1987)

TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Music

In the cold opening, President Reagan's former national security adviser Robert McFarlane has an emotional breakdown during his testimony at the Iran-Contra congressional hearing. In the ... See full summary »

Directors: Paul Miller, Lyndall Hobbs | Stars: Dana Carvey, Nora Dunn, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks

Votes: 82

31. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode: Traces to Nowhere (1990)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Agent Cooper enjoys the comforts of the Great Northern Hotel. Bobby Briggs and Mike Nelson are released from jail. Doctor Hayward hands over the autopsy report on Laura Palmer.

Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook

Votes: 6,381

32. Blue Murder (2003–2009)
Episode: Private Sins: Part 1 (2009)

TV-MA | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After being honored as a "super cop," DS Shap begins a private rogue investigation of the murder of an illegal Belarusian immigrant.

Director: Juliet May | Stars: Caroline Quentin, Ian Kelsey, Paul Loughran, Nicholas Murchie

Votes: 104

33. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Unfinished Business (2014)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On his deathbed, Jeffrey Roundhill confesses to having killed his wife Evelyn some 8 years before and tells Murdoch where to find her remains. Dr. Grace confirms the identity of the ... See full summary »

Director: Dawn Wilkinson | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris

Votes: 314