Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sexual-violence-against-women"

1. Pleasure (2021)

R | 109 min | Drama

Bella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.

Director: Ninja Thyberg | Stars: Sofia Kappel, Zelda Morrison, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock

Votes: 22,610

2. She Said (2022)

R | 129 min | Drama, History

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's quest to break the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Lola Petticrew

Votes: 40,114

3. A Thursday (2022)

128 min | Drama, Thriller

Naina, a playschool teacher, takes 16 students hostage. Rattling the police and the leaders, her demands send shockwaves through the country.

Director: Behzad Khambata | Stars: Yami Gautam, Atul Kulkarni, Neha Dhupia, Dimple Kapadia

Votes: 25,649

4. Extremities (1986)

R | 89 min | Drama, Thriller

A woman takes revenge on the man who invades her home and tries to rape her.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, James Russo, Alfre Woodard, Diana Scarwid

Votes: 4,307 | Gross: $13.42M

5. The Flock (2007)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A hyper-vigilant employee of the department of public safety, while training his young female replacement, has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.

Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Richard Gere, Claire Danes, KaDee Strickland, Ray Wise

Votes: 12,276

6. Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror (2022)

TV-MA | 105 min | Documentary, Crime

Anonymous and exploitative, a network of online chat rooms ran rampant with sex crimes. The hunt to take down its operators required guts and tenacity.

Director: Choi Jin-sung | Stars: Chang Eun-jo, Nicole Gose, Moon Hyung-wook, Cho Ju-bin

Votes: 2,165

7. Untouchable (I) (2019)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Feature documentary about the spectacular fall from grace of media mogul Harvey Weinstein. With a cast of characters including survivors, friends and colleagues, this is a portrait of power and its abuses, spanning over forty years.

Director: Ursula Macfarlane | Stars: Harvey Weinstein, Benjamin Brafman, Hope Exiner D'Amore, Mickey Osterreicher

Votes: 3,207

8. Snakes and Earrings (2008)

Not Rated | 123 min | Thriller

19 year old Rui finds life deeply disappointing until she falls in love with Ama in Shibuya, Tokyo. She was attracted by his piercings so decided to have her tongue pierced too. Pain is the... See full summary »

Director: Yukio Ninagawa | Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kengo Kôra, Arata Iura, Ennosuke Ichikawa IV

Votes: 864

9. Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, News

Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation.

Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Inna Shevchenko, Sasha Shevchenko, Anna Hutsol, Oksana Shachko

Votes: 542

10. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (2021)

TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In 1970s NYC, the "Torso Killer" preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime's darkest places.

Star: Charlie Meany

Votes: 5,598

11. Going Home (1971)

GP | 97 min | Drama

After serving a prison term for killing his wife, a man is paroled and returns to his home town. He tries to reestablish his relationship with his son, who was a child when the incident happened who witnessed his father kill his mother.

Director: Herbert B. Leonard | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jason Bernard

Votes: 687

12. Escape from Hell (1980)

93 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller

Abused female prisoners at an all-women's prison camp in the tropics plot revenge against their sadistic overseers.

Director: Edoardo Mulargia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Ajita Wilson, Cristina Lay, Cintia Lodetti

Votes: 646

13. Three Families (2021– )

118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Dramatisation of three real-life stories of how three families were each affected by Northern Ireland's restrictive abortion law before it was lifted in 2019.

Stars: Sinéad Keenan, Lola Petticrew, Amy James-Kelly, Colin Morgan

Votes: 727

14. Saturn Bowling (2022)

Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Thriller

Investing a series of murder by a police offer Guillaume, following his sibling's unusual management of his father's business.

Director: Patricia Mazuy | Stars: Arieh Worthalter, Achille Reggiani, Y-Lan Lucas, Leïla Muse

Votes: 478

15. Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994)

R | 72 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A CIA agent attempts to save a captured princess and return her to her father.

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jewel Shepard, Pamella D'Pella, Susan Harvey, Chanel Akiko Hirai

Votes: 453

16. Japan's Secret Shame (2018)

60 min | Documentary

The story of Shiori Ito, the woman who shocked Japan with a public allegation of rape in a country where sex crimes are rarely discussed.

Director: Erica Jenkin | Stars: Shiori Ito, Jake Adelstein, Hiroko Goto, Motoko Rich

Votes: 146

17. Beyond Fantasy (2022–2023)

Documentary

A documentary miniseries that exposes how the mainstream porn industry creates provocative content in a landscape of abuse, coercion, and ethical violation.

Votes: 100

18. Sólo mía (2001)

100 min | Drama

A woman meets a charming man and falls in love, they get married and start a family. As they age and have children, the man's becomes violent and abusive.

Director: Javier Balaguer | Stars: Sergi López, Paz Vega, Elvira Mínguez, Alberto Jiménez

Votes: 661

19. Flowers (II) (2015)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An abstract, surreal horror film centering around six dead women waking up in the crawl space below their killer's house.

Director: Phil Stevens | Stars: Colette Kenny Mckenna, Krystle Fitch, Anastasia Blue, Tanya Erin Paoli

Votes: 457

20. Harassment (2018)

37 min | Crime, Drama

A women's organization is formed to report sexual abuse committed by a respected physician. The saga begins when one of them breaks the silence.

Stars: Antonio Calloni, Adriana Esteves, Paolla Oliveira, Mariana Lima

Votes: 158

21. Who Killed Eloá? (2015)

24 min | Documentary, Short

In 2009, 22-year-old Lindemberg Alves invaded the apartment of ex-girlfriend Eloá Pimentel, 15, armed, holding her hostage for five days. The crime was widely spread by TV channels. This ... See full summary »

Director: Lívia Perez | Stars: Sonia Abrão, Lindemberg Fernandes Alves, William Bonner, Zeca Camargo

Votes: 57

22. Searching for Angela Shelton (2004)

Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary

Filmmaker Angela Shelton journeys across the United States meeting other Angela Sheltons in an effort to survey women in America. She discovers that 24 out of 40 Angela Sheltons have been ... See full summary »

Director: Angela Shelton | Star: Angela Shelton

Votes: 112

23. Ôru naito rongu R (2002 Video)

83 min | Horror

This is the fourth in the All Night Long series, though with no suns available, it's little unclear what exactly is going on.But it appears that Yuuki , a young, endearing Japanese man is ... See full summary »

Director: Katsuya Matsumura | Stars: Yuuki Fukuzono, Kiyori Miyamae, Katsuya Ichikawa, Kazumi Hiraishi

Votes: 96

24. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Abortion Clinic (1983)

TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News

Abortion Clinic tells the stories of four young women who are confronted by unplanned pregnancies. Two of them decide to carry their pregnancies to term; two chose to have abortions performed at a local clinic.

Director: Mark Obenhaus | Stars: Jessica Savitch, Mark Obenhaus

Votes: 16