Domestic Violence in Movies

A battered wife sets the bed on fire with her husband in it.

A woman meets a charming man and falls in love, they get married and start a family. As they age and have children, the man's becomes violent and abusive.

An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape.

A man who batters women, after nearly killing his girlfriend in a violent rage, finds himself facing his own demons when he is forced to join an innovative group therapy program for abusive men.

Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle reluctantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.

A newly minted lawyer who's just passed the bar exam takes on a fraudulent insurance company in a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...

Mariana is a successful business woman, she works at ImoAndrade. She's done with sexism and the owner of the company and decides to left, with the support of other 5 women she'll create her own successful company.

Teresa Walden-Stamper is happily married to her husband Paul Stamper and together they have one daughter, Katie Stamper. The marriage seems happy until Paul starts abusing Teresa and becomes obsessed with her. Teresa divorces Paul and gets a restraining order against him, but this doesn't stop him and he kidnaps Teresa and shoots her boyfriend Chris Butler. Paul is later caught by the police and taken to jail but later escapes, and Teresa knows that she must now protect herself and her daughter because they are in real danger. Based on a story from "Unsolved Mysteries."

Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.

A young woman is accused of having brutally murdered her husband. In court the truth behind the domestic abuse unravels.

A young divorcee is getting her life back together by moving into an apartment. But what will she do when a strange person repeatedly calls her, and threatens to change her new life around?

Betroit is a portrayal of three couples as their lives become intertwined with one another. An act of violence disturbs the lives of these intertwined couples in which they each realize how precious love and family can be. Leila (Darine Hamze) tries to escape from her abusive husband (Hassan Farhat) in hopes to flee to Detroit where her sister Rola (Christine Solomon) lives. Lisa (Athena Isabel Lebessis ) is desperately seeking a divorce from her husband Sam (Derek Kelly) in order to pursue a Hollywood career. She claims her husband physically abuses her in order to get Sam deported from the States. Rola (Christine Solomon) who is married to a successful lawyer Joe (Tamer Werfalli) both strives to help their friend Sam (Derek Kelly) and her sister's (Darine Hamze) marriage while struggling to have a baby of her own. Betroit addresses issues of domestic violence, culture, love and relationships between both the American and the Middle Eastern culture. A film which takes place in Beirut and Detroit. Betroit is a feature film written and directed by Adel Serhan. Premiering 12-12-12 in Detroit, Beirut and Dubai.

A librarian fakes her death to escape her abusive marriage and start a new life elsewhere, but her husband manages to track her down.

A woman recovering from a domestic-violence relationship finds out that her former partner still wants her--even if it means killing her.

A man hires an ex-con to kill his sister's abusive husband, but the desperate act sets into motion a shocking series of events in this intense indie drama.

After running away fails, a terrified woman empowers herself in order to battle her abusive husband.

A countryside young man gifted with precognitive powers moves to the big city, where he meets some unscrupulous people interested in his gift, and the girl he knows is the woman of his life.

A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak.

A woman forced to work for the Russian Mafia as an assassin agrees to help her next-door neighbor kill her abusive husband.

16-year-old Laurie meets Bruce a charming guy 15 years older. He buys her from her stepfather for $500. At first, the relationship goes well, but Bruce soon shows his real self, and the naive young bride's life spins out of control.

Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the stairwell, and she ends up in the hospital. When a charred body in her husband's car is pulled from a pond, the cops want to talk to her, but she bolts for her sister's, loses her savings pass-book, and then learns someone has emptied her bank account. She's goes on the run, with the same cops on her trail, and eventually realizes Frank may not be dead. Getting back her money, facing Frank, satisfying the police, and finding her freedom may be more than she can handle.