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  • Sergi López and Paz Vega in Sólo mía (2001)

    1. Sólo mía

    20011h 40m
    6.0 (684)
    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.
    DirectorJavier BalaguerStarsSergi LópezPaz VegaElvira Mínguez
    Paz Vega
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sel2sl7KAL0
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Sally Field and Sheila Rosenthal in Not Without My Daughter (1991)

    2. Not Without My Daughter

    19911h 56mPG-1357Metascore
    6.5 (16K)
    An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape.
    DirectorBrian GilbertStarsSally FieldAlfred MolinaSheila Rosenthal
    Sally Field
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Ed Harris and Madeleine Stowe in China Moon (1994)

    3. China Moon

    19941h 39mR
    6.3 (8.4K)
    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.
    DirectorJohn BaileyStarsEd HarrisMadeleine StoweCharles Dance
    Madeleine Stowe
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sel2sl7KAL0
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Matt Damon and Danny DeVito in The Rainmaker (1997)

    4. The Rainmaker

    19972h 15mPG-1372Metascore
    7.2 (87K)
    A newly minted lawyer who's just passed the bar exam takes on a fraudulent insurance company in a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMatt DamonDanny DeVitoClaire Danes
    Claire Danes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sel2sl7KAL0
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Take My Eyes (2003)

    5. Take My Eyes

    20031h 49mNot Rated74Metascore
    7.4 (7.8K)
    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"...
    DirectorIcíar BollaínStarsLaia MarullLuis TosarCandela Peña
    Laia Marull
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

    6. Fried Green Tomatoes

    19912h 10mPG-1364Metascore
    7.7 (88K)
    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.
    DirectorJon AvnetStarsKathy BatesJessica TandyMary Stuart Masterson
    Ruth Jamison, played by Mary Louise-Parker, is victm of Domestic Violence
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF5zDVHbdGo
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Rachelle Lefevre in The Caller (2011)

    7. The Caller

    20111h 32mR
    6.0 (13K)
    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?
    DirectorMatthew ParkhillStarsRachelle LefevreStephen MoyerLorna Raver
    Rachelle Lefevre
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Betroit (2012)

    8. Betroit

    2012
    6.2 (69)
    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.
    DirectorAdel SerhanStarsDarine HamzeChristine SolomonTamer Alwerfalli
    Darine Hamze
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAN8F8zac0U
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

    9. Sleeping with the Enemy

    19911h 39mR48Metascore
    6.3 (69K)
    A librarian fakes her death to escape her abusive marriage and start a new life elsewhere, but her husband manages to track her down.
    DirectorJoseph RubenStarsJulia RobertsPatrick BerginKevin Anderson
    Julia Roberts
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJrrJR8CiRc
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Joelle Carter, Fran Kranz, Chris Mulkey, Erin Cummings, Kenny Wormald, and Jocelin Donahue in The Living (2014)

    10. The Living

    20141h 29mR
    6.1 (2.2K)
    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.
    DirectorJack BryanStarsFran KranzJocelin DonahueKenny Wormald
    Jocelin Donahue
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJrrJR8CiRc
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Jennifer Lopez in Enough (2002)

    11. Enough

    20021h 55mPG-1325Metascore
    5.8 (50K)
    After running away fails, a terrified woman empowers herself in order to battle her abusive husband.
    DirectorMichael AptedStarsJennifer LopezBilly CampbellTessa Allen
    Jennifer Lopez
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhrPU0NfvhM
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • The Turning (2013)

    12. The Turning

    20133hR
    5.8 (1.6K)
    A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.
    DirectorsJonathan auf der HeideTony AyresJub ClercStarsColin FrielsJames FraserHenri Phillips
    Rae played by Rose Byrne in segment The Turning suffer domestic violence.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIeSV2nj9_A
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Jessica Chastain in Jolene (2008)

    13. Jolene

    20082h 1mR31Metascore
    6.4 (5.4K)
    A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak.
    DirectorDan IrelandStarsJessica ChastainFrances FisherRupert Friend
    Jessica Chastain
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIeSV2nj9_A
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • La capture (2007)

    14. La capture

    20071h 32m
    6.1 (146)
    DirectorCarole LaureStarsCatherine De LéanLaurent LucasPascale Bussières
    Pascale Bussières
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Olga Kurylenko and Ninet Tayeb in The Assassin Next Door (2009)

    15. The Assassin Next Door

    20091h 43mR
    5.7 (3.1K)
    A woman forced to work for the Russian Mafia as an assassin agrees to help her next-door neighbor kill her abusive husband.
    DirectorDanny LernerStarsOlga KurylenkoNinet TayebHenry David
    Ninette Tayeb
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Bridget Fonda and Kiefer Sutherland in Break Up (1998)

    16. Break Up

    19981h 40mR
    5.0 (2.2K)
    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.
    DirectorPaul MarcusStarsKiefer SutherlandBridget FondaHart Bochner
    Bridget Fonda
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9cQMLUnHKE
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Keri Russell in Waitress (2007)

    17. Waitress

    20071h 48mPG-1375Metascore
    7.0 (51K)
    Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
    DirectorAdrienne ShellyStarsKeri RussellNathan FillionJeremy Sisto
    Keri Russell
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9cQMLUnHKE
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Black and Blue (1999)

    18. Black and Blue

    19991h 36mTV-14TV Movie
    6.1 (579)
    After a woman's husband beats and abuses her, she and her son join the witness protection program and move away secretly.
    DirectorPaul ShapiroStarsMary Stuart MastersonAnthony LaPagliaWill Rothhaar
    Mary Stuart Masterson
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough in Safe Haven (2013)

    19. Safe Haven

    20131h 55mPG-1334Metascore
    6.7 (119K)
    A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
    DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJulianne HoughJosh DuhamelCobie Smulders
    Julianne Hough
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Provoked (2006)

    20. Provoked

    20061h 53mNot Rated39Metascore
    6.4 (2.3K)
    Based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman, who was abused by her husband for 10 years. After killing her husband in self-defense, Ahluwalia is imprisoned as those close to her fight to set her free.
    DirectorJag MundhraStarsAishwarya Rai BachchanMichael WatsonMiranda Richardson
    Aishwarya Rai
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Somebody Is Waiting (1996)

    21. Somebody Is Waiting

    19961h 30mR
    6.1 (466)
    Charlotte Ellis is a devoted mother, caring for her five children alone, following the departure of her cruel, alcoholic husband Roger To make her situation worse, her son Leon is going off the rails.
    DirectorMartin DonovanStarsGabriel ByrneNastassja KinskiJohnny Whitworth
    Nastassja Kinski
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8VTn0XgQk
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Margot Robbie in I, Tonya (2017)

    22. I, Tonya

    20171h 59mR77Metascore
    7.5 (255K)
    Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
    DirectorCraig GillespieStarsMargot RobbieSebastian StanAllison Janney
    Margot Robbie
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8VTn0XgQk
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Ecem Uzun and Funda Eryigit in Clair Obscur (2016)

    23. Clair Obscur

    20161h 45m
    6.4 (3.1K)
    Two Turkish women, one oppressed by sexist traditions and one liberated by modern mores, have more in common than it would seem.
    DirectorYesim UstaogluStarsFunda EryigitEcem UzunMehmet Kurtulus
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRA_KVUqEyU
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Emmanuelle Béart and François Cluzet in Hell (1994)

    24. Hell

    19941h 42mNot Rated
    7.0 (6.9K)
    Paul and Nelly have everything to be happy: a dream wedding and a hotel. Until Paul starts to doubt Nelly.
    DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsEmmanuelle BéartFrançois CluzetNathalie Cardone
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRA_KVUqEyU
    http://womanviolence.blogspot.com/
  • Jackie Shroff and Nana Patekar in Agni Sakshi (1996)

    25. Agni Sakshi

    19962h 22m
    6.2 (904)
    Newly married Suraj and Shivangi are on honeymoon where they meet Vishwanath - who claims that Shivangi is his wife.
    DirectorPartho GhoshStarsJackie ShroffNana PatekarManisha Koirala

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