Domestic Abuse Movies

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...

Yulimar seeks to become independent. Jesús, a rap musician, searches for the best place to continue singing. Valeria is looking to get out of...

After surviving an abusive past, Yorkshire mother Tahira discovers strength through trail running. Supported by a running community, she rebuilds her...

Lucas, a young man in the suffocating grip of an abusive relationship with his domineering boyfriend, Kurt, wrestles with fear and self-doubt as...

A series of vignettes brought to life through "red flag" post-it notes, following a couple’s descent from subtle psychological control and...

A kitchen knife, a tool used to express love through cooking, becomes implicated in a violent crime when an abuser attempts to kill his partner.

Following a series of intimate conversations between a former couple who lived through two years of domestic abuse, A Better Man infuses new energy...

A triptych of found footage from the London Community Video Archive, seen through various masks that isolate the subjects. Women’s testimonies...

Part of the Small Town Ghost Stories series of short films.

Clark Can't gets into a dangerous situation with his abusive adoptive father Jonathan Can't.

‘THE LOVELY COUPLE’ follows a woman, married, mid 50s - who’s murdered her husband. This wasn’t in cold blood, but a fleeting...

Educational film for a campaign against wife battering in 1985 in The Netherlands.

'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...

Mauve is the color palette Monet used to represent his wife Camille Doncieux on her deathbed. It's also the color palette of suffering and complex...

When Sophia leaves her violent husband, new problems arise as she regains fortitude and her daughter struggles with adolescence.

Mina, a battered daughter, has left home to separate herself from her father's constant abuse and pain. As she scoured the streets of Manila, where...

For some people, a new year means new beginnings, but for others it could mean the end of everything...

Reem, a domestic abuse hotline operator, has to convince a young caller to report the violence in her house. But their similar family background...

A look at the normalization of violence through footage depicting scenes that are representative of the subject matter, while a typical story of...

Hector comes back home after being away for one year. As he looks in the rooms for his father, his childhood memories are awakened...