Here we've displayed a list of the best Emotional Abuse films : Raging Bull(1980), Persona(1966), A Taste of Honey(1961), In the Company of Men(1997), Amrit(1986), Fear Strikes Out(1957), Charming Billy(1999), Fireflies in the Garden(2008), Scenes From the Goldmine(1987), The Intended(2002), Crimes of the Mind(2014), Only Mine(2018) ... ...
Biography, Drama
USA
1980
128 Minutes
Robert De Niro Cathy Moriarty Joe Pesci Frank Vincent Nicholas Colasanto Theresa Saldana Frank Adonis Mario Gallo Frank Topham Lori Anne Flax Joseph Bono
boxer love interest wife young girl competitor friend dark gritty boxing ring prison new york city miami household jealousy boxing self-destruction redemption emotional abuse paranoia fall
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Drama
Sweden
1966
81 Minutes
Bibi Andersson Liv Ullmann Gunnar Björnstrand Margareta Krook Jorgen Lindstrom
actress nurse physician boy brooding dense disturbing intricate stage beach house fårö island, sweden mental illness acting trauma emotional abuse manipulation mystery transformation metamorphosis 1960s
A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
UK
1961
100 Minutes
teenager daughter mother sailor boyfriend gay/lesbian bleak emotional england household love friendship mother/daughter relationship emotional abuse pregnancy family dysfunction growing up love discovery 1960s
A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.
Drama
Canada|USA
1997
95 Minutes
Aaron Eckhart Stacy Edwards Matt Malloy Mark Rector Jason Dixie Emily Cline
deaf person executive misogynist brutal raw witty crafty office midwest hotel heartbreak evil love triangle emotional abuse manipulation fall revenge rivalry 1990s
Two business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruining her life.
Drama
India
1986
180 Minutes
Rajesh Khanna Smita Patil Aruna Irani Anita Kanwar Shafi Inamdar Satish Shah Rajesh Puri Baby Guddu Pradeep Saxena Rishabh Shukla Daljit Kaur
widow widower son daughter-in-law granddaughter grandson emotional endearing india bungalow park household emotional abuse family dysfunction domestic life aging companionship discovery underdog 1980s
After the death of their spouses; the elderly Amrit Lal Sharma and Kamla Srivastav are abused by their biological children. They get into contact with each other due to their grandchildren ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1957
100 Minutes
Anthony Perkins Karl Malden Norma Moore Adam Williams Perry Wilson Peter Votrian Dennis McMullen Gail Land Brian G. Hutton Bart Burns
father son baseball player reporter psychiatrist doctor tense disturbing emotional engaging dark connecticut baseball field boston father/son relationship emotional abuse baseball mental illness obsession pursuit
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Drama
USA
1999
79 Minutes
Michael Hayden Sally Murphy Tony Mockus Chelcie Ross Bernadette O'Malley Adam Tanguay Oksana Fedunyszyn Tim Decker
father grandfather husband wife sniper bleak chilling disturbing intense small town midwest video store family home water tower emotional abuse insanity mass murder failed marriage dead-end jobs nervous breakdown
Billy Starkman is a seemingly ordinary man living in a small Midwestern town who one day wakes up, murders his family, climbs a rural water tower with a high-powered hunting rifle and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2008
98 Minutes
Julia Roberts Ryan Reynolds Willem Dafoe Emily Watson Carrie-Anne Moss Ioan Gruffudd Hayden Panettiere Cayden Boyd Shannon Lucio George Newbern Chase Ellison
professor novelist husband wife son daughter emotional disheartening moving midwest college town family home mourning loss family death of mother emotional abuse secrets love growing up
The Taylor family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children.
Musical
USA
1987
105 Minutes
Catherine Mary Stewart Cameron Dye Steve Railsback Alex Rocco
singer band leader manager brother father lover emotional los angeles stage backstage rock 'n' roll show business emotional abuse addiction new love transformation wretched excess 1980s
A young songwriter/musician joins a rock group but pays the price for success when she becomes involved with the band's leader and he tries to steal her music.
Drama
UK|Denmark
2002
112 Minutes
Janet McTeer Olympia Dukakis Brenda Fricker Tony Maudsley JJ Feild David Bradley Philip Jackson
englishman fiancée overseer son nephew native intense suspenseful jungle malaysia outpost ivory trade mental illness murder voyeurism interracial conflict emotional abuse adventure rivalry 1920s
A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|USA
2014
90 Minutes
Christina Cox Tina Ivlev Paula Trickey Rebekah Kennedy Blanca Blanco Matt Corboy Eric Scott Woods Joe Howard Mandy Levin
woman kidnapped child kidnapper mother cult leader intense disturbing brooding thrilling emotional suspenseful cult headquarters brainwashing cult mother/daughter relationship desperation emotional abuse love rescue underdog
A woman spends five years trying to get her brainwashed daughter back from a cult.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
87 Minutes
Amber Midthunder Brett Zimmerman Chris Browning Claudia Ferri Walter Fauntleroy Lorenzo James Henrie Ashley Holliday Tavares Ellen Wroe Jonna Walsh Nancy Linehan Charles
abused woman abusive boyfriend ex-lover stalker chief sergeant creepy chilling disturbing brooding dark intense america small town forest vengeance stalking emotional abuse left for dead recovery
Tormented and left for dead by a scorned lover, a woman finds the strength within herself to recover and retaliate against her abuser.
Comedy
USA
1996
93 Minutes
Rick Moranis Tom Arnold Julianne Phillips Carol Kane Jeffrey Tambor Curtis Armstrong Faith Prince Tony Pierce Don Knotts Blake Bashoff Cody McMains
nerd bully son teacher principal love interest endearing outlandish spirited lighthearted minnesota classroom school house gym bullying emotional abuse practical jokes childhood trauma homecoming
A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.
Drama
Canada
2007
80 Minutes
Rebecca De Mornay Jane McGregor Matt Craven Nicholas Lea Anna Amoroso Agam Darshi Benjamin Ratner
mother daughter father police officer cab driver dark offbeat seattle vancouver, british columbia bar shooting gallery border mother/daughter relationship guns figure skating cultural differences emotional abuse obsession pursuit wretched excess
American Venus explores the dynamics of a dysfunctional mother/daughter relationship. Jenna Lane is a young woman trying to escape family pressure to become an Olympic athlete and define ... See full summary »
Drama
2011
101 Minutes
Armando Condolucci Fiorella Campanella Alessia Barela Antonio Merone Marco D'Orazi Roberta Fossile Aaron Hitz Monica Cervini
wife husband couple son abusive father young girl melodramatic engaging emotional gripping moving touching vacation home italy father/son relationship relationships abuse emotional abuse abusive marriage unhappy marriage
Two youths (Armando Condolucci, Fiorella Campanella) are drawn to each other despite the differences in their backgrounds.