Highest-Rated Movies about 'Abused Wife', Sort by Popularity

Together (2000), John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997), 3-Iron (2004), The Rainmaker (1997), The Invisible Man (2020), They Were Sisters (1945), To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995), The Merry Gentleman (2009) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Abused Wife movies.

#1. Together (2000)

Storyline: Goran runs a Stockholm commune in the 1970s. The easygoing Goran does his best to keep the peace between the politically contentious people around him, many of whom are drunk or stoned on a regular basis. When Goran's sister Elisabeth (Lisa Lindgren) flees from her abusive husband, her arrival at the commune significantly changes its dynamics. Elisabeth's two children bring change, agitating for TV and meat and driving away the commune's purists as tensions spread.

Plot Keywords: leader, abusive husband, abused wife, resident, young boy, marxist, uplifting ...

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#2. John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997)

Storyline: Struggling new attorney Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) resorts to working for a shady lawyer (Mickey Rourke), where he meets paralegal Deck Shifflet (Danny DeVito). When the insurance company of Dot Black (Mary Kay Place) refuses her dying son coverage, Baylor and Shifflet team up to fight the corrupt corporation, taking on its callous lawyer (Jon Voight). Meanwhile, Baylor becomes involved with Kelly Riker (Claire Danes), an abused wife, whose husband complicates matters when he confronts Baylor.

Plot Keywords: attorney, paralegal, abused wife, mother, son, judge, gripping ...

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#3. 3-Iron (2004)

Storyline: A young drifter enters strangers' houses - and lives - while owners are away. He spends a night or a day squatting in, repaying their unwitting hospitality by doing laundry or small repairs. His life changes when he runs into a beautiful woman in an affluent mansion who is ready to escape her unhappy, abusive marriage.

Plot Keywords: abused wife, husband, drifter, cop, loner, dreamy, dark ...

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#4. The Rainmaker (1997)

Storyline: Rudy Baylor is a young attorney out to make a difference in the justice system. He is also the only hope of an elderly couple after their corrupt insurance company refuses to payout a claim that could save their child's life. In this judicial drama, Baylor rails against corporate lawyers, corrupt judges, and abusive husbands, all with the help of a fellow lawyer who hasn't even passed his bar exam. He is facing long odds in the courtroom - and this is only his first case.

Plot Keywords: attorney, paralegal, abused wife, mother, son, judge, gripping ...

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#5. The Invisible Man (2020)

Storyline: The film follows Cecilia, who receives the news of her abusive ex-boyfriend's suicide. She begins to re-build her life for the better. However, her sense of reality is put into question when she begins to suspect her deceased lover is not actually dead.—Max

Plot Keywords: stalker, widow, abused wife, dark, gripping, united states, woods ...

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#6. They Were Sisters (1945)

Storyline: The story of three sisters who marry men of widely different character as their individual and widely-different married lives unfold. One sister (Phyllis Calvert) is happily married but childless; the second promiscuously plays through years of an unhappy and loveless marriage, and the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted on her by a domineering husband (James Mason).—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: sibling, abused wife, abusive husband, husband, wife, sith lord, disturbing ...

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#7. To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)

Storyline: After jointly winning a local drag queen pageant in New York City, Noxeema Jackson and Vida Boheme win the right and are given the round trip airfare to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Hollywood, California. Noxeema sees herself as the next Dorothy Dandridge, who bucked the trend of most black American movie actresses of her time by never playing the slave house maid. Vida's style reflects her past of growing up in upper class suburban Pennsylvania. One of their fellow New York City contestants, Chi-Chi Rodriguez, is a straight-talking, but naive and inexperienced drag queen. Seeing that Chi-Chi needs some drag queen confidence (despite her bravada), Vida and a reluctant Noxeema decide to cash in their plane tickets and buy an older model Cadillac convertible and drive to Hollywood with Chi-Chi. Their drive takes them through much of the country where alternate lifestyles are less tolerated than they may be in New York City or Los Angeles. The three have an extended ...

Plot Keywords: drag queen, best friend, competitor, sheriff, abused wife, actress, madcap ...

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#8. The Merry Gentleman (2009)

Storyline: A woman leaves an abusive relationship to begin a new life in a new city, where she forms an unlikely and ironic relationship with a suicidal hitman (unbeknownst to her). Enter a worn, alcoholic detective to form the third party in a very unusual triangle as this story begins to unfold.—Marisa_Gabriella

Plot Keywords: abused wife, husband, friend, hit man, receptionist, detective, engaging ...

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#9. The Kindness of Strangers (2019)

Storyline: Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called 'Winter Palace, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The 'Winter Palace,' soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.—AnonymusB

Plot Keywords: stranger, abused wife, nurse, wrongly accused, lawyer, son, emotional ...

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#10. Mortal Thoughts (1991)

Storyline: The hairdresser, wife and mother Cynthia Kellogg is in a police department being interrogated by the experienced detective John Woods and his partner, Detective Linda Nealon. Through flashbacks, she reveals how her best friend and colleague Joyce Urbanski married the scum of the earth, nasty type, James Urbanski; how hard Joyce's life with James was; and is why Joyce became a criminal. The smart detective finds some contradictions in her statement and presses Cynthia, trying to disclose the truth of the two murders.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: abused wife, abusive husband, murderer, friend, police officer, gritty, dark ...

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#11. Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

Storyline: Eager to start afresh, the unsuspecting couple of Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville. However, right from the very first night, strange paranormal experiences shatter the Montellis' fantasy, as the restless spirits of the dead and the new home's dark secrets open the unfathomable black portal of hell. Now, the family's older child, Sonny, has become the perfect vessel of destruction, as the invisible demonic forces claim his soul. Can Father Frank Adamsky cleanse the infernal Amityville House?—Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords: abusive husband, abused wife, teen boy, teen girl, priest, demon, disturbing ...

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