Abusive Father Movies

West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally...

A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing...

A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a...

1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally...

A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own...

After a judge passes away under suspicious circumstances, Kim Wheeler, an attorney who is appointed as a judge for Nevada's 5th district after the...

Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother,...

10-year-old Eli finds himself at summer camp.

After hearing of his estranged father's mysterious passing, an anxious young man attends the funeral seeking answers. As he searches for the truth,...

The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by...

Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her...

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many...

A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a...

After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.

This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who...

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister,...

El Bola is a 12-year-old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The...

Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma...

After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to...