Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "wife-beating"

1. All Good Things (2010)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

David Marks, a real estate scion, is suspected of killing his wife Katie, who disappeared in 1982.

Director: Andrew Jarecki | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Lily Rabe

Votes: 60,273 | Gross: $0.58M

2. The Color Purple (1985)

PG-13 | 154 min | Drama

A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery

Votes: 97,490 | Gross: $98.47M

3. O.J.: Made in America (2016)

TV-MA | 467 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

Director: Ezra Edelman | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Albanese, Muhammad Ali, Marcus Allen

Votes: 22,030

4. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.

Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Nicodim Ungureanu, Olimpia Malai

Votes: 10,525

5. The Family That Preys (2008)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama

Two families from different walks of life learn to work together.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar

Votes: 8,011 | Gross: $37.02M

6. The Woman (I) (2011)

R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to "civilize" the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy.

Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Pollyanna McIntosh, Brandon Gerald Fuller, Lauren Ashley Carter, Chris Krzykowski

Votes: 25,868

7. Til Death Do Us Part (II) (2017)

PG-13 | 101 min | Thriller

Michael and Madison had planned to spend the rest of their lives together, until one day Michael's controlling ways turned their perfect marriage. Madison meets Alex Stone and learns to love again, until Michael re-appears in her life.

Director: Chris Stokes | Stars: Taye Diggs, Annie Ilonzeh, Stephen Bishop, Malik Yoba

Votes: 1,557 | Gross: $3.45M

8. Ex Drummer (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.

Director: Koen Mortier | Stars: Dries Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck

Votes: 10,981

9. Glória (2021)

TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, History, Thriller

In the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, in the small village of Glória do Ribatejo, João Vidal will take on several high-risk espionage missions that could change the course of Portuguese and world history.

Stars: Miguel Nunes, Matt Rippy, Stephanie Vogt, Carolina Amaral

Votes: 5,071

10. Beautiful Beings (2022)

Unrated | 123 min | Drama

Addi, a gifted boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys discover aggression, violence, loyalty, and love.

Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Stars: Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson

Votes: 2,433

11. Gabriela (1983)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1925, Nacib (Marcello Mastroianni) is the owner of a bar in a small Brazilian coastal town runs by the local colonels. He meets Gabriela (Sonia Braga) and hires her on as a cook. They ... See full summary »

Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Sonia Braga, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonio Cantafora, Paulo Goulart

Votes: 1,299

12. The Source (2011)

135 min | Comedy, Drama

A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favors if their men refuse to fetch water from a remote well.

Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri

Votes: 4,173

13. The Red Pill (2016)

TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary

The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"

Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay

Votes: 12,054

14. Mujer, casos de la vida real (1985–2007)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

It is a Mexican series that shares real stories that have been sent to Silvia Pinal, the host of the show; the episodes deal with strong issues surrounding women that don't always end well.

Stars: Silvia Pinal, Eduardo De Gortari, Ricardo Vera, Thelma Dorantes

Votes: 292

15. The Passion of Anna (1969)

R | 101 min | Drama

A recently divorced man meets an emotionally devastated widow and they begin a love affair.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow, Erland Josephson

Votes: 10,450

16. Waste Land (2010)

Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro is Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill, where men and women sift through garbage for a living. Artist Vik Muniz produces portraits of the workers and learns about their lives.

Directors: Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim | Star: Vik Muniz

Votes: 9,362 | Gross: $0.19M

17. Fiebre (1971)

X | 90 min | Drama

Sandra is married to a race-horse landowner. They do not love each other. One day, while walking, she meets Jose Maria, a hard woodsman.

Director: Armando Bo | Stars: Isabel Sarli, Armando Bo, Horacio Priani, Mario Casado

Votes: 124 | Gross: $0.06M

18. J.D.'s Revenge (1976)

R | 96 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

Murdered on Bourbon Street in 1942 New Orleans, a gangster returns from the dead 34 years later possessing the body of a young, black law student in his quest for revenge.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Carl W. Crudup

Votes: 1,448

19. Salvation Army (2013)

Unrated | 81 min | Drama

In a working class neighborhood in Casablanca, Abdellah, a homosexual teen, tries to build his own life within his big family, caught between an authoritarian mother and an older brother, who he adores.

Director: Abdellah Taïa | Stars: Said Mrini, Karim Ait M'Hand, Amine Ennaji, Frédéric Landenberg

Votes: 677 | Gross: $0.00M

20. Blind Mountain (2007)

95 min | Crime, Drama

A young woman is kidnapped and sold to a villager in the mountains.

Director: Yang Li | Stars: Lu Huang, Youan Yang, Yuling Zhang, Yunle He

Votes: 2,093 | Gross: $0.01M

21. The Wife of an Important Man (1987)

115 min | Drama

When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.

Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Mervat Amin, Ahmed Zaki, Abdel Halim Hafez, Zizi Mustafa

Votes: 1,797

22. Summer Games (2011)

R | 141 min | Drama, Romance

A twelve-year-old boy from an abusive, dysfunctional family meets a kindred spirit during a summer holiday by the sea.

Director: Rolando Colla | Stars: Fiorella Campanella, Armando Condolucci, Alessia Barela, Antonio Merone

Votes: 435

23. God Thinks You're a Loser (2008)

89 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Sex, drugs, money, murder - not to mention love, heartache, humiliation, guilt, revenge, redemption - are central themes in this wicked dark comedy. Tracking six not-quite-so-young oilmen ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Chason | Stars: Sue Rock, Bill Wise, David Born, Foster Davis

Votes: 48

24. The Rounders (1914)

Unrated | 16 min | Comedy, Short

Two drunks live in the same hotel. One beats his wife, the other is beaten by his. They go off and get drunk together. They try to sleep in a restaurant using tables as beds and are thrown ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Phyllis Allen, Minta Durfee

Votes: 1,801

25. Le paradis des bêtes (2012)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

A teenage girl rediscovers the feeling of love towards her father when he is in the midst of an existential crisis.

Director: Estelle Larrivaz | Stars: Stefano Cassetti, Géraldine Pailhas, Muriel Robin, Valentine Klingberg

Votes: 134

26. Parkway (2007)

93 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

Parkway is not just a bridge in Tehran,It's also a bridge for Koohyar to get to Raha.A bridge that Koobyar thinks by passing it in the opposite way he will get to love.

Director: Fereydoun Jeyrani | Stars: Bita Farahi, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Ra'na Azadivar, Nima Shahrokh Shahi

Votes: 515

27. Bringing Up Father (1928)

70 min | Comedy

The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach them a "lesson" by faking his own ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, J. Farrell MacDonald, Jules Cowles

Votes: 157

28. Love on the Rails (1989)

75 min | Drama, Romance

Ever since he was a child, Peter has been in love with the train stewardess Eva. Unfortunately, she is married to Peter's blunt brother, Bent. However, that does not stop Peter from renting... See full summary »

Director: Hans Kristensen | Stars: Jesper Thue Bonde, Otto Brandenburg, Sandra Day, Daniel Deutsch

Votes: 20

29. The Custodian (1976)

124 min | Drama

Davoud Najafi lives with his father Rahman who is the custodian of a small company and his disabled brother Ne'mat. His sister Aghdas is pregnant and her husband is away in Kuwait, so they ... See full summary »

Director: Khosrow Haritash | Stars: Ali Nasirian, Saeed Kangarani, Nassrin Ghadiri, Esmail Davarfar

Votes: 70

30. The Women Outside: Korean Women and the U.S. Military (1995)

Documentary, History

Documentary on young South Korean women who work in sex related enterprises adjacent to American military bases in South Korea. Also explores the lives of Korean American women who came to the United States as wives of American servicemen.

Directors: Hye Jung Park, J.T. Takagi | Star: Ninotchka Rosca

31. Plywood Dreams (1995– )

45 min | Drama

A kind but lonely and klutzy shop teacher is looking for love. His neighbor is trying to escape her abusive marriage. In a local coffee shop, young people aimlessly spend their days watching and commenting on all the fuss in the building.

Stars: Slobodan 'Boda' Ninkovic, Nenad Nenadovic, Snezana Nenadovic, Olga Odanovic

32. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Barney's Replacement (1961)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

When the State Attorney's Office sends Andy a man to give practical lawman experience to, Barney believes Andy wants him to train a "replacement" deputy.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Betty Lynn

Votes: 362

33. Skärgårdsdoktorn (1997–2000)
Episode: Den ljusaste dagen... (1997)

57 min | Drama

On Midsummer's eve people arrive to the island to celebrate. Dr Steen is courted by a young woman who is visiting her parents.

Director: Martin Asphaug | Stars: Samuel Fröler, Ebba Hultkvist Stragne, Sten Ljunggren, Helena Brodin

Votes: 30

34. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode: 'Who Killed Helen French?' (1977)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An abused wife vanishes after a vicious attack by her drunken husband and all clues point to murder with the husband as the prime suspect, but he can't remember if he did it or not.

Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Karl Malden, Richard Hatch, Marlyn Mason, Alan Fudge

Votes: 81

35. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka: The Schoolgirl Killers (2013)

46 min | Documentary, Crime

Authors, attorneys, psychologists and a former detective recall the perfect "Barbie and Ken" couple who secretly scoured Toronto for underage virgins to victimize.

Director: Neil Edwards | Stars: Christopher Slade, Paul Bernardo, Tim Danson, Kristen French

Votes: 23

36. Who Do You Think You Are? (2010– )
Episode: Zachary Levi (2022)

Documentary, Biography, History

A family scandal in the 1800s leads to shocking revelations about one of Zachary Levi's ancestors and sheds light on family secrets.

Star: Zachary Levi

Votes: 21

37. The Campbells (1986–1990)
Episode: Down to the Sea (1990)

Adventure, Drama, Family

Dr. Campbell sees an unkempt woman wandering in the woods. That night she hides in the Sims' barn and is violent when approached by Capt. Sims. She is much calmer with Harriet and Emma. Her husband comes to find her and is abusive to her.

Director: Don McCutcheon | Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Amber Lea Weston, Eric Richards, Cedric Smith

38. Major Crimes (2012–2018)
Episode: Taking the Fall (2015)

Not Rated | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While the team investigates a stockbroker killed in an apparent road rage related incident, Lt. Flynn suffers a major setback in his recovery.

Director: Stacey K. Black | Stars: Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan

Votes: 243