Here we've displayed a list of the best Child Abuse films : Udaan(2010), Nobody Knows(2004), The Night of the Hunter(1955), Slumdog Millionaire(2008), Shoplifters(2018), Dark Days(2000), Happiness(1998), David Copperfield(1935), Notes on a Scandal(2006), Ladybird, Ladybird(1994), Kisses(2008), The Tale(2018) ... ...
Drama
India
2010
137 Minutes
Rajat Barmecha Ronit Roy Aayan Boradia Ram Kapoor Manjot Singh Anand Tiwari
student half brother father uncle emotional moving charming india college bar house hospital dysfunctional family brotherhood dream vs. reality child abuse drinking growing up 2010s
Expelled from his school, a 16-year old boy returns home to his abusive and oppressive father.
Drama
Japan
2004
140 Minutes
Yûya Yagira Ayu Kitaura Hiei Kimura Momoko Shimizu Hanae Kan You Susumu Terajima Takoko Take
brother sister mother friend landlord touching sad tokyo apartment abandonment survival child abuse family dysfunction love siblings adventure discovery 1980s
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1955
92 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Shelley Winters Lillian Gish Evelyn Varden Peter Graves James Gleason Billy Chapin Sally Jane Bruce
boy girl preacher wife murderer chilling brooding creepy dark suspenseful small town west virginia river murder child abuse deception greed escape pursuit discovery
A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA|India
2008
116 Minutes
Dev Patel Freida Pinto Madhur Mittal Anil Kapoor Irrfan Khan Tanay Hemant Chheda Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala Ayush Mahesh Khedekar Rubina Ali Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail
teenager young boy young girl criminal police officer host inspiring powerful uplifting mumbai slum television studio child abuse poverty crime game show deception rise sacrifice 2000s
A Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".
Adventure, Crime, Drama
Japan
2018
121 Minutes
Lily Franky Sakura Andô Mayu Matsuoka Kirin Kiki Jyo Kairi Miyu Sasaki Sôsuke Ikematsu
shoplifter man outsider child orphan abusive father engaging playful charming amusing emotional melodramatic japan house prison family happiness shoplifting child abuse crime
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold.
Documentary
USA
2000
94 Minutes
homeless person convict prisoner dark dense uneasy prison new york city subway drug addiction rape confinement child abuse poverty crime fall sacrifice 2000s
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
139 Minutes
Jane Adams Dylan Baker Lara Flynn Boyle Ben Gazzara Jared Harris Philip Seymour Hoffman Jon Lovitz Marla Maples Cynthia Stevenson Elizabeth Ashley Louise Lasser
musician writer wife psychiatrist young boy neighbor dark disturbing shocking raw amusing new jersey suburbia doctor's office apartment family dysfunction mental illness loneliness sex child abuse
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Drama
USA
1935
130 Minutes
W.C. Fields Freddie Bartholomew Basil Rathbone Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Madge Evans Edna May Oliver Lewis Stone Elizabeth Allan Roland Young Elsa Lanchester
young boy stepfather father ingénue blackmailer aunt melodramatic london family home office wealth family child abuse blackmail love triangle growing up rescue love 19th century
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK
2006
98 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Judi Dench Bill Nighy Tameka Empson Max Lewis Andrew Simpson Juno Temple Alice Bird Emma Kennedy
student teacher friend husband adulterer dark passionate emotional engaging high school house scandal affair desperation friendship betrayal child abuse pursuit forbidden love 2000s
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.
Drama
UK
1994
102 Minutes
Crissy Rock Vladimir Vega Ray Winstone Sandie Lavelle Mauricio Venegas Clare Perkins Jason Stracey Luke Brown Lily Farrell Scottie Moore Linda Ross
alcoholic mother lover social worker judge bleak intense apartment england projects office parenthood mother/child relationship child abuse poverty new love underdog sacrifice love 1990s
This Ken Loach docu-drama relates the story of a British woman's fight with Social Services over the care of her children. Maggie has a history of bouncing from one abusive relationship to ... See full summary »
Drama
Ireland|Sweden
2008
76 Minutes
Kelly O'Neill Shane Curry Paul Roe Neili Conroy David Bendito Elizabeth Fuh Willie Higgins Sean McDonagh Stephen Rea
boy girl abusive father mother older brother prostitute bleak emotional disheartening dublin street housing project dysfunctional family child abuse friendship homelessness running away quest growing up 2000s
Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.
Drama
USA|Germany
2018
114 Minutes
Laura Dern Elizabeth Debicki Laura Allen Jason Ritter Ellen Burstyn Common Frances Conroy John Heard Tina Parker Isabella Amara Isabelle Nélisse
journalist professor mother coach boyfriend emotional disheartening moving profound uneasy intense house farm childhood home school child abuse molestation going home past crimes repression
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1994
119 Minutes
Woody Harrelson Juliette Lewis Robert Downey Jr. Tommy Lee Jones Tom Sizemore Rodney Dangerfield Russell Means Edie McClurg Balthazar Getty Joe Grifasi O-Lan Jones
serial killer girlfriend reporter police officer survivors survivor dark gripping brutal gutsy disturbing diner desert highway new mexico arizona nevada murder media evil
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1926
88 Minutes
Mary Pickford Gustav von Seyffertitz Roy Stewart Mary Louise Miller Charlotte Mineau Spec O'Donnell Lloyd Whitlock
orphan heroine headmaster wife abductee wealthy man creepy suspenseful heartwarming orphanage swamp boat american south compassion child abuse poverty kidnapping ransom running away escape
Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
Drama, History
UK|Australia
2010
105 Minutes
Emily Watson David Wenham Hugo Weaving Richard Dillane Lorraine Ashbourne Kate Rutter Greg Stone Tara Morice Stuart Wolfenden
social worker victim orphan caregiver bleak disheartening nottingham, england office australia orphanage sweatshop child abuse immigration deception civil rights government cover-up orphans wretched excess quest 1980s
Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved -- now adults living mostly in Australia -- with their parents in Britain.
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain|France
1996
106 Minutes
Martin Donovan Joely Richardson Ian Hart Jason Flemyng Sam Bould Edward Hardwicke Douglas Hodge Annette Badland
doctor ex-wife boyfriend son tense powerful emotional england child abuse child custody court battles homosexuality father/son relationship rivalry love rescue 1990s
Following the break-up of his marriage after revealing his homosexuality, GP Martin Wyatt loses custody of his son Oliver to his now ex-wife Hannah and her new partner Frank. It is not long... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2013
68 Minutes
Joshua Samson Lisa Spurrier Bill Gillane Dusti Jones Savanna Kylie Lewis Matt Mascaro Trevor Hawkes Michael Solarez Sarah Kent
teenager teen girl abusive mother abusive father foster mother friend engaging heartwarming melodramatic emotional charming foster home coming of age foster care child abuse dramatization childhood trauma happiness adventure quest
12-yr-old Jessica Jones world is torn apart when she is taken out of her abusive home & placed in to Foster care. Jessica will grapple with her past, present, & future. She will meet numerous struggles along the way.
Drama
Germany
2013
89 Minutes
Lennart Bartels Luise Berndt Daniel Michel Martin Schleib Anna Thalbach William Boer Martina Krauel Louis Lex Jan Waßmuth Rainer Wöss
brother sibling emotional gripping beach family home prison child abuse murder transformation
NORDSTRAND tells the story of two brothers, Marten and Volker, who meet in their parents' now empty house on the coast. Older brother Marten would like to pick up together their mother from... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2001
124 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Robin Wright Aaron Eckhart Patricia Clarkson Benicio Del Toro Dale Dickey Costas Mandylor Helen Mirren Tom Noonan Michael O'Keefe Vanessa Redgrave
detective serial killer girl witness suspenseful dark mountain restaurant church gas station promises murder mental illness child abuse retirement obsession mystery pursuit 2000s
A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.
Drama
USA
1915
82 Minutes
Rockliffe Fellowes Anna Q. Nilsson William A. Sheer Carl Harbaugh James Marcus Johnny McCann Maggie Weston Harry McCoy
gang leader socialite district attorney gangster alcoholic orphan rousing fascinating emotional new york city tenement house bar graveyard gangs redemption murder child abuse fire poverty love
A boy surrounded by violence grows up to become an infamous gangster.
Drama
Canada
2002
90 Minutes
Molly Parker Rebecca Jenkins Stacy Smith Marguerite McNeil Elliot Page Hollis McLaren Emmy Alcorn Joseph Rutten Nicola Lipman Jackie Torrens
alcoholic sister mother teen girl daughter emotional tender solemn nova scotia house mother/child relationship alcoholism child abuse repression reconciliation sisterhood sacrifice rescue rivalry love
Three estranged sisters reunite to care for their dying mother and old conflicts and secrets return to the surface.
Drama
USA
2001
100 Minutes
Melissa Errico Joe Regalbuto Sean Young Michael Lerner Kim Darby Tarra Steele Laurie O'Brien Ed Brigadier Sharon Madden Jack Betts Ben Messmer
teen girl linguist teacher graduate student mother brother emotional sad uneasy los angeles university household hospital office child abuse isolation disability investigation integration fame
Based on the actual events of one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever to be documented, this haunting drama tells the tale of a young girl that was locked in a room for over 12 years.
Western
USA
1974
96 Minutes
Lee Marvin Gary Grimes Ron Howard Charles Martin Smith Arthur Hunnicutt Noah Beery Jr. Marc Smith Don Fellows Elliott Sullivan Robert Beatty Ralph Brown
outlaw teen boy best friend father police officer bank employee brash fascinating gritty farm mexican-american border countryside bank hideout bank robbery teen angst gangs desperation child abuse mentorship
Three farm boys in the Old West help a wounded bank robber, who teaches them the trade.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2009
109 Minutes
Renée Zellweger Jodelle Ferland Ian McShane Bradley Cooper Kerry O'Malley Callum Keith Rennie Adrian Lester Cynthia Stevenson Philip Cabrita
social worker abusive mother abusive father young girl frightening suspenseful suburb united states child abuse unusual behavior mysterious deaths mystery 2000s
A social worker fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1987
91 Minutes
Louise Fletcher Victoria Tennant Kristy Swanson Jeb Stuart Adams Ben Ryan Ganger Lindsay Parker Marshall Colt Nathan Davis
grandmother mother brother sister grandfather father dark melodramatic attic household roof brother/sister relationship trapped incest cruelty betrayal child abuse escape rise wretched excess
Children are hidden away under an attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.
Drama, Action
India
1984
180 Minutes
Mithun Chakraborty Smita Patil Salma Agha Amrish Puri Karan Razdan Yunus Parvez
young woman son father criminal sad emotional gripping intense tense india house estate murder marriage mother/son relationship revenge child abuse quest pursuit transformation
Aarti lives with her only son Avinash. When Avinash falls in love and decides to get married, she tells him the truth about his father's death.
Drama
UK
1936
70 Minutes
Dolly Haas Emlyn Williams Arthur Margetson Ernest Sefton C.V. France Ernest Jay Bertha Belmore Gibb McLaughlin Donald Calthrop Kathleen Harrison Kenneth Villiers
missionary young girl abusive father buddhist boxer high priest tense suspenseful intense brooding engaging gritty london buddhism saving the day protecting girlfriend child abuse pre-war britain vengeance rescue
A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's "Masterpiece".
Drama
USA|UK
2001
90 Minutes
Steve Railsback Carrie Snodgress Sally Champlin Carol Mansell Nancy Linehan Charles Pat Skipper Travis McKenna Craig Zimmerman Brian Evers Bill Cross
serial killer mother neighbor abusive father victim brutal creepy dark gory wisconsin small town graveyard farmhouse bar ed gein cannibalism grave robbing child abuse sexual repression religious fundamentalism
The story of Ed Gein, who dug up the corpses of over a dozen women and made things out of their remains before finally shooting two people to death and butchering their bodies like beef sides.
Horror
USA
1992
100 Minutes
Edward Furlong Anthony Edwards Clancy Brown Jared Rushton Darlanne Fluegel Lisa Waltz Jason McGuire Sarah Trigger
father son stepfather teen boy mother bully disturbing frightening maine small town burial grounds house attic middle school zombies father/son relationship death of mother child abuse starting over new town
A teenage boy and his father move to his recently-deceased mother's hometown, where they encounter the ancient Native American cemetery with the power to raise the dead.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Colombia
2019
88 Minutes
Jennifer Hyde Tigre Haller Kate Benson Fiona Horsey
disabled person half sister mother bleak brooding dark disturbing emotional frightening intense powerful sad shocking suspenseful tense thrilling new york state united states family secrets affair
A disabled man is haunted by the torture he suffered as a child when his terminally ill half-sister returns to their small Upstate New York town seeking answers to why their mother ... See full summary »