Movies: Domestic abuse

An honor graduate is kidnapped upon returning home. Driven by vengeance, his mother embarks on a bloody quest to rescue him, plunging into a violent and grisly ordeal....

Ruby and David have been on-and-off for 8 years. Six months after Ruby last ran out on him, she has returned. But Ruby has more in store than just a reunion....

A woman who is 27 weeks pregnant is the victim of an attack and since then she has remained in a coma, hovering between life and death. In such a situation of unconsciousness, bad memories and episodes of violence stir in her mind....

Natalie navigates an abusive relationship while trying her best to convince her concerned friend that she is fine....

'Inertia' tells the story of one woman's navigation through a nocturnal city on her way home after drinks with colleagues. The film also examines how accumulated abuses, both subtle and gross, can affect our present actions....

Kathryn Joy was three months old when their father killed their mother. He served just 22 months and by age four, Kathryn was back living with him in the house he killed their mother in with little knowledge of what happened to her. Spanning over f...

Every day, Australian Damien Rider is haunted by his abusive childhood. Determined to find his peace, and ensure it happens to no other child, Damien sets upon an 800km solo paddle from his home in Coolangatta to Bondi Beach....

Vihara, a Sri Lankan woman in her thirties sits in therapy and peels back the layers of her marriage, revealing the traumatic events that have had a far deeper impact on her reality than she realizes....

Felix, a 21-year-old loner and drifter who seeks a way of life comes to a humble village entrerriano and work relationship with a man who after losing his job while you earn a living selling fruit, candy and canned prepared by his wife. The man takes...

After failing to get a taxi, Jane is forced to walk home alone after a night out with friends. Encountering a group of men at an underpass, she changes direction only to see they have begun to follow her. It's not long until we realise where the real...

Reem, a suicide hotline operator, has to convince Katy, a young caller, to tell the police about the domestic abuse happening in her house. But their similar family background makes Reem’s job harder....

After her world is shattered before her eyes, sixteen year old Maeve finds herself unable to escape the violence of her life in this gritty urban drama...

As Nour moves to her new studio apartment, something unexpected happens which will make her re-visit traumatizing events....

A woman after killing her husband and his friends goes into post-traumatic shock and withdraws from any form of communication. A feminist journalist becomes interested in the case and resolves to unravel the truth behind the murders....

A Nova Scotian woman falls into a violently abusive relationship with a disgusting man, finally taking drastic measures to get rid of him forever....

Laura Ullman, a single mother, kills her abusive ex-boyfriend and turns the gun on her son when he threatens to call the police. Paul leaves home to start a better life and falls for Ashley, a young woman looking for direction in her life, unaware of...

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Three sisters are afforded the opportunity for rediscovery through their grief after losing their father....

A seemingly innocent voicemail message left on a man’s answer machine by his ex, soon turns on its head when we learn of his dark past in their relationship. We quickly learn that our protagonist may not be as innocent as he seems, through the heart-...

While pulling lobster traps from the sea, fishing couple Sara and Ben recover a buoy containing half a million dollars. Ben hopes to use the money on booze and babes while Sara sees the cash as her ticket out of her unhappy marriage and miserable coa...