Highest-Rated Movies about 'Abusive Husband', Sort by Popularity

A Regular Woman (2019), The Delivered (2019), Together (2000), Terribly Happy (2008), Once Were Warriors (1994), Of Mice and Men (1992), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), The Great Santini (1979) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Abusive Husband movies.

#2. The Delivered (2019)

Storyline: In 1657 England, Fanny Lye transcends her oppressive marriage to discover a new world of possibilities -- but at a great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with her husband and young son, Fanny's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of a young couple closely pursued by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy.

Plot Keywords: family, couple, sheriff, puritan, abusive husband, bleak, brooding ...

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#3. 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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#5. Once Were Warriors (1994)

Storyline: Set in urban Auckland (New Zealand) this movie tells the story of the Heke family. Jake Heke is a violent man who beats his wife frequently when drunk, and yet obviously loves both her and his family. The movie follows a period of several weeks in the family's life showing Jake's frequent outburst of violence and the effect that this has on his family. The youngest son is in trouble with the police and may be put into a foster home while the elder son is about to join a street gang. Jake's daughter has her own serious problems which are a key element in the plot.

Plot Keywords: abusive husband, wife, gang member, foster child, poet, brutal, bleak ...

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#6. Of Mice and Men (1992)

Storyline: Two traveling companions, George and Lennie, wander the country during the Depression, dreaming of a better life for themselves. Then, just as heaven is within their grasp, it is inevitably yanked away. The film follows Steinbeck's novel closely, exploring questions of strength, weakness, usefulness, reality and utopia, bringing Steinbeck's California vividly to life.

Plot Keywords: drifter, giant, wife, abusive husband, worker, sad, profound ...

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#7. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

Storyline: Anna Mae Bullock always had a special voice. Soon after arriving in St. Louis to live with the mother who had walked out when she was small, she soon attracts the attention of pop group leader Ike Turner. She becomes his band's singer, his wife, and mother to his children - not all hers. In love with him and determined not to leave in the way her mother had, she finds herself the target of increasing violence from him who can't see who is making his band such a success.

Plot Keywords: singer, abusive husband, wife, musician, manager, dark, emotional ...

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#8. The Great Santini (1979)

Storyline: In 1962, the Marine Corps family, the Meechums - parents Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur "Bull" Meechum and Lillian Meechum, and their four children Ben Meechum, Mary Anne Meechum, Karen Meechum and Matthew Meechum - are moving like they do most years, this time to Beaufort, South Carolina. Bull - nicknamed "the Great Santini" - is known as a great pilot, but has gotten into much trouble in the past for his sophomoric behavior. He runs his family much as a military commander, where they are all to obey his orders without question. Everything he does within the family context he reasons is to build character, but in reality everything ends up being about him. The oldest Ben, approaching manhood, is the one of his offspring who has the greatest issue with his father. Ben wants his respect, but isn't sure if he really loves him. As Ben goes through his senior year in high school, his attempts to play varsity basketball and an incident between black Toomer Smalls - his friend and their cook Arrabella Smalls' son - and racist Red Petus may forever change the dynamic between father and son.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: pilot, marine, abusive husband, son, wife, daughter, intense ...

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#9. Smoke Signals (1998)

Storyline: Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family (and his tough son Victor), and Victor hasn't seen his father for 10 years. When Victor hears Arnold has died, Thomas offers him funding for the trip to get Arnold's remains, but only if Thomas can also go with him. Thomas and Victor hit the road.

Plot Keywords: native american, basketball player, abusive husband, mother, charming, calm, indian reservation ...

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#10. The Drop (2014)

Storyline: Follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski through a covert scheme of funneling cash to local gangsters - "money drops" - in the underworld of Brooklyn bars. Under the heavy hand of his employer and cousin Marv, Bob finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

Plot Keywords: bartender, mobster, neighbor, puppy, abusive husband, friend, brooding ...

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#11. Poor Cow (1967)

Storyline: A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. She marries and has a child with an abusive thief at a young age who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone she takes up with his mate (another thief) who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up in the nick. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure. Her son goes missing and she briefly comes to grips with what is most important to her.—Fred Cabral <ftcabral@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: young woman, single mother, abusive husband, son, aunt, associate, cheeky ...

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#12. 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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#13. Yella (2007)

Storyline: Christian Petzold's drama deals with a woman, who leaves her hometown for a promising job and a new life, but is haunted by the truths of the past. As her marriage to Ben broke and her professional career has no future in her native town in the Eastern part of Germany, Yella has decided to search for a job in the West. When she gets to know Philipp, a smart executive at a private equity company in Hanover, she becomes his assistant and gets involved into the world of ruthless and big business. Realizing her dreams could come true with Philipp's help, she starts hearing voices and sounds from her past, which menace her new and better life...—fippi2000

Plot Keywords: estranged wife, blackmailer, abusive husband, businessman, thrilling, suspenseful, brooding ...

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#14. Lost in Beijing (2007)

Storyline: Lin and Wang are a wealthy couple, approaching middle age in Beijing. They are childless, because she is infertile. He owns a foot-massage parlor. One afternoon he rapes one of his workers, Liu, who has nearly passed out from drinking alcohol with a friend. Part of the assault is witnessed by Liu's husband, An-Kun, a window washer. He's angry with the boss and with his wife, and attacks Lin's car furiously. He seeks compensation and tries to blackmail him. Lin's wife counsels him and joins in revenge. Then, Liu realizes she's pregnant and a set of emotional calculations ensues: Lin wants to buy the child, Wang agrees but she has conditions, An-Kun goes back and forth and barely contains his anger; Liu withdraws. The baby comes. Can anything be sorted out?—Wiki

Plot Keywords: business owner, wife, abusive husband, pregnant woman, masseuse, dark, offbeat ...

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#15. Caddie (1976)

Storyline: Sydney, Australia in the mid-1920's. Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her rich cad husband walks out on her. Despite numerous hardships such as the Great Depression, Caddie still manages to catch the eye of smooth dandy Ted and strikes up a romantic relationship with dashing Greek gentleman Peter.—Woodyanders

Plot Keywords: single mother, abusive husband, immigrant, child, bookie, womanizer, disheartening ...

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