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1. Thirteen (2003)
R | 100 min | Drama
A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, Vanessa Hudgens
Votes: 97,961 | Gross: $4.60M
2. A Chorus Line (1985)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges
Votes: 11,620 | Gross: $14.20M
3. Patrick Melrose (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
This series depicts how the son of an aristocratic family seeks redemption and recovery.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Maltz
Votes: 32,431
4. Saving Grace (2007–2010)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
An angel offers a jaded Oklahoma City police detective the chance to redeem her life.
Stars: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Bailey Chase
Votes: 5,704
5. The Tale (2018)
TV-MA | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.
Director: Jennifer Fox | Stars: Laura Dern, Jason Ritter, Common, Elizabeth Debicki
Votes: 19,695
6. Leaving Neverland (2019)
TV-MA | 240 min | Documentary
At the height of his stardom, the world's biggest pop star, Michael Jackson, began long-running relationships with two young boys, aged between seven and ten, along their families. They now allege that he sexually abused them.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Michael Jackson, Wade Robson, Joy Robson, Chantal Robson
Votes: 31,116
7. Sweetie (1989)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
An introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling
Votes: 5,374 | Gross: $0.94M
8. We Don't Belong Here (2017)
R | 92 min | Drama, Mystery
A matriarch of a dysfunctional family is pushed to her tipping point by the disappearance of her son.
Director: Peer Pedersen | Stars: Catherine Keener, Anton Yelchin, Kaitlyn Dever, Riley Keough
Votes: 1,466
9. Who's Watching Oliver (2017)
TV-MA | 87 min | Drama, Horror
Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior is the beautiful Sophia with her sweet eccentricity and naivety to the danger she has put herself in.
Director: Richie Moore | Stars: Russell Geoffrey Banks, Sara Malakul Lane, Margaret Roche, Kelly Woodcock
Votes: 1,268
10. On the Doll (2007)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A lurid, dark look into the lives of sex workers, where victims of child abuse deal with the consequences later in life.
Director: Thomas Mignone | Stars: Brittany Snow, Josh Janowicz, Clayne Crawford, Shanna Collins
Votes: 1,609
11. The Strange Ones (2017)
R | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets.
Directors: Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein | Stars: Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus, Gene Jones
Votes: 2,834
12. Favorite Son (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A story of family, of dreams deferred, and of a final chance at redemption. David Paxton, nearing the end of his minor league baseball career, returns to his hometown as much less the hero ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Libov | Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Connor Paolo, Kellie Overbey, Richard Bekins
Votes: 174
13. Unplugged (IV)
Animation, Drama | Filming
Dayna flees her tour and finds solace in South Dakota's Badlands, connecting with nature and locals, healing from abuse. Her disappearance fuels fame, leaving her stranded in the wilderness she loves, saved from suicide but risking death.
Directors: Paul McComas, Holly Trasti | Stars: Christina Ricci, Jeri Ryan, Louis Gossett Jr., Edward Asner
14. Not in My Family (1993 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama
Dark memories of her father are revealed by a new mother's nightmares and depression after childbirth.
Director: Linda Otto | Stars: Joanna Kerns, Michael Brandon, Shelley Hack, Richard Gilliland
Votes: 219
15. Princess (I) (2006)
Unrated | 82 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Due to his sister's death, the 32 year old August returns and consequently abandons his profession as a missionary priest. His beloved sister Christina, who went from greatness to decay as ... See full summary »
Director: Anders Morgenthaler | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Stine Fischer Christensen, Jens Arentzen, Rasmus Bjerg
Votes: 2,842
16. Don't Tell (2017)
110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
With help from a local lawyer, a young abuse survivor finds the courage to speak out when having a voice is her only option.
Director: Tori Garrett | Stars: Jack Thompson, Aden Young, Sara West, Rachel Griffiths
Votes: 419
17. Look Away (2021)
90 min | Documentary
Women who were groomed in their early teen years come forward to tell their stories as this film exposes sex crimes committed by some of the music industry's biggest stars.
Directors: Sophie Cunningham, Ben Steele | Stars: Kari Krome, Lori Mattox, Trudie Arguelles, Jackie Fuchs
Votes: 124
18. Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me (2008 TV Movie)
57 min | Biography
In the 1950s Frankie Howerd, the famous radio and film comedian, meets a young waiter Dennis Heymer, who, like himself, is a closet homosexual.
Director: John Alexander | Stars: David Walliams, Rafe Spall, Peter Sandys-Clarke, Sally Leonard
Votes: 171
19. I Am Richard Pryor (2019)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography
I Am Richard Pryor tells the story of the legendary performer and iconic social satirist, who transcended race and social barriers by delivering his honest irreverent and biting humor to ... See full summary »
Director: Jesse James Miller | Stars: Sandra Bernhard, Todd Boyd, Ron De Blasio, Mike Epps
Votes: 483
20. La disparue de Deauville (2007)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An inspector who just suffered a family tragedy is looking for a missing older man. Man's family is of no help, or are they hiding something? He is helped by a ghost of an actress who died 30 years ago, or is he slowly going insane?
Director: Sophie Marceau | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sophie Marceau, Nicolas Briançon, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 770
21. Untold (II) (2014)
94 min | Biography, Drama
A hate crime triggers disturbing flashbacks for a young veteran, finding herself reluctantly joining a PTSD support group. The eclectic group of women encourages her to peel away her families' lies.
Director: Gina M. Garcia | Stars: Carlos Gómez, Melody Butiu, Quinton Lopez, Simone Lopez
Votes: 43
22. Davy Wallace (2022)
151 min | Drama
As he graduates from college in North Carolina, a troubled, young artist must confront his traumatic childhood, with support from an older, grieving high school teacher.
Director: Drew Bowen | Star: Drew Bowen
23. Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
R | 83 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and times of Richard Pryor.
Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: David Banks, Rona Barrett, David Brinkley, Skip Brittenham
Votes: 1,724
24. Dreamcatcher (I) (2015)
TV-MA | 104 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Takes us into a hidden world of prostitution and sexual trafficking through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell.
Director: Kim Longinotto | Stars: Brenda Myers-Powell, T.T., Keena, Temeka
Votes: 434
25. Inosento rabu (2008– )
60 min | Drama, Romance
Orphaned by her parents' death, left on her own by her brother's murder and arson conviction, and shunned by the people of her hometown, Kanon Akiyama moves to the city to find anonymity. ... See full summary »
Stars: Maki Horikita, Yûjin Kitagawa, Yû Kashii, Seiji Fukushi
Votes: 72
26. Trans Mission: What's the Rush to Reassign Gender? (2021)
52 min | Documentary
Documentary film featuring interviews with experts, activists, parents, and educators discussing the medical and surgical gender transition of children.
Directors: Kallie Fell, Jennifer Lahl | Stars: Brynne, Natasha Chart, Elizabeth, Michelle Forcier
Votes: 24
27. The Unbelievable Story of Carl Beech (2020 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Documentary telling the jaw-dropping story of Carl Beech, a former nurse from Gloucester who claimed he had been sexually abused by a group of prominent men in the 1970s and 80s leading to a £2 million police investigation.
Director: Vanessa Engle | Stars: Anna-Lisa Andersson, Bernice Andrews, Carl Beech, Dawn Beech
Votes: 36
28. Lenora (2017)
10 min | Short, Drama
A grieving young man, coming to terms with his wife's attempted suicide, confronts her childhood sexual abuser.
Director: Bishal Dutta | Stars: Milena Grigolo, Dominico Longo, Edoardo Olivucci Vitangeli
29. Colours Black (2001)
30 min | Short, Drama
Colours Black is about sentiments which fall outside the accepted framing of a picture perfect family. Little details such as child sexual abuse within families.
Director: Mamta Murthy | Stars: Hridya, Radha, Siddesh, Siddi
30. Nowhere to Run: Abused by Our Coach (2021 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
After Charlie Webster was abused by her coach she never spoke to her friends in her running club again. Then years on an email sets her on a journey back to her past to find them.
Director: Helen Spooner | Star: Charlie Webster
Votes: 9
31. Beyond Red Lines (2019)
24 min | Short, Drama
In this family drama, the death of the common father opens up old wounds and challenges for a family to grapple with the opposing perspectives of the other on the happenings in the past.
Director: Sarah Tiziana Schindler | Star: Marion Henkelmann
32. The Damned (IV)
Horror | Announced
A young woman's life spirals wildly out-of-control as she is haunted by childhood memories of sexual abuse and murder. Voices and hallucinations invade her reality, twisting into a terrifying nightmare for which there is no escape.
33. Survivors (II) (2014)
28 min | Documentary, Short
This film presents the stories of four anonymous people who have been through abuse as a child. A fifth survivor reads an opening poem.
Director: Andy McKay | Star: Julia Binns
34. Flashback: The Science Behind the Recovered Memory of Child Sexual Abuse (2008)
Documentary
"Flashback" dramatically unspools the science behind the long-standing controversy over "recovered memory" of child sexual abuse. Exclusive footage brings the social history of the ... See full summary »
35. Innocence Lost: Purpose Found (2018)
23 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Duane Lloyd | Star: Duane Lloyd
36.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Against Pornography: The Feminism of Andrea Dworkin
(1991)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Radical feminist Andrea Dworkin's expose on the pornography industry.
Star: Andrea Dworkin
Votes: 21
37.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind
(1996)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of the great and influential psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), is examined. Archive footage of Freud and a unique sound recording of his voice are included.
Stars: Sigmund Freud, Jack Perkins, Joe Aguayo, Harold P. Blum
Votes: 132
38.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Blood Drops
(2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team is called to a suburban house where the whole family, except the two daughters, have been murdered with no apparent motive.
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 1,343
39.
Nip/Tuck (2003–2010)
Episode:
Virginia Hayes
(2010)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama
Sean and Christian are forced to re-visit past actions when Aurelia Gallardo, the daughter of the deceased crime lord Escobar Gallardo, shows up at McNamara/Troy seeking answers about her ... See full summary »
Director: Hank Chilton | Stars: Dylan Walsh, Julian McMahon, John Hensley, Roma Maffia
Votes: 295
40.
First Blood (2022– )
Episode:
Sheila LaBarre: Sheila the Peeler
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History
In Epping, New Hampshire, everyone knows Sheila LaBarre as an eccentric widow who loves her rabbits. In truth, her turbulent childhood in Alabama and a coma-induced vision all send Sheila on a warped mission to kill.
Director: David Bispham | Stars: Carolynn Countie, Jodie Kimball Anderson, Lynn Noojin, Mark E. Safarik
Votes: 12
41.
First Blood (2022– )
Episode:
Arthur Shawcross: The Genesee River Killer
(2022)
TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History
Serial killer Arthur Shawcross might have been known for killing women around Rochester, New York but his first murder was years earlier and the culmination of years of dark fantasies.
Stars: Charles Siragusa, Lynde Johnston, Vanessa Tyler, Maggie Deming
Votes: 8
42.
The Secrets of Hillsong (2023)
Episode:
The Prodigal Son
(2023)
TV-MA | Documentary, Crime
In their first interviews since their expulsion, Carl and Laura Lentz shed light on the inner sanctum of Hillsong, detailing the burden of building the church's congregation and the response from leadership when it deemed Carl a liability.
Director: Stacey Lee | Stars: Carl Lentz, Laura Lentz, Tiff Perez, Dan Adler
Votes: 50
43.
Soft White Underbelly (2016– )
Episode:
Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor: Elizabeth (Follow Up)
(2021)
Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Star: Elizabeth
44.
Soft White Underbelly (2016– )
Episode:
Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor: Wayne
(2021)
Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Star: Wayne
45.
Soft White Underbelly (2016– )
Episode:
Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor: Michelle
(2023)
Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Star: Michelle
46.
Soft White Underbelly (2016– )
Episode:
Childhood Sexual Abuse Victim: David (Update)
(2023)
Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Star: David
47.
Soft White Underbelly (2016– )
Episode:
Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor: William
(2022)
Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Star: William
48.
Soft White Underbelly (2016– )
Episode:
Childhood Sexual Abuse Victim: Elisha
(2022)
Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Star: Elisha
49.
Soft White Underbelly (2016– )
Episode:
Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor: Angelina
(2023)
Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Star: Angelina
50.
Soft White Underbelly (2016– )
Episode:
Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor: Mari
(2021)
Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Stars: Mark Laita, Mari