List of films featuring domestic violence explained

This is a list of feature-length films that have instances of domestic violence.

List of films

FilmYearRef.
1982 [1]
Anatomy of a Fall2023
Anatomy of a Murder 1959 [2]
The Banshees of Inisherin 2022
Boyhood 2014 [3]
Break Up 1998
eMANcipation 2011
The Burning Bed 1984 [4]
The Color Purple 1985
The Edge of Heaven 2007
Enough 2002
2008
The Godfather 1972
The Godfather Part II 1974
Goodfellas 1990
Herself2020
In the Bedroom 2001
It 2017
Jolene 2008
Linoleum2022
Monster's Ball 2001
Not Without My Daughter 1990 [5]
1985
Once Were Warriors 1994
The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 [6]
Raging Bull 1980
Revolutionary Road 2008
Sleeping with the Enemy 1991
The Shining 1980
2005
1987
Take My Eyes 2003
Tenet 2020
What's Love Got to Do with It 1993
While She Was Out2008

Notes and References

  1. News: Shepard . Richard F. . FILM, 'AMITYVILLE II: THE POSSESSION' . . September 24, 1982 . 2015-07-23.
  2. News: Themes » Domestic Abuse . . 2015-07-23.
  3. News: Dargis . Manohla . From Baby Fat to Stubble: Growing Up in Real Time . . July 10, 2014 . 2015-02-18.
  4. News: Moody . Stu . 6 Domestic Violence Movies That Are Hard To Watch . . March 15, 2015 . 2015-07-23.
  5. News: Canby . Vincent . Not Without My Daughter (1990) . . January 11, 1991 . 2015-07-23.
  6. News: Erickson . Hal . The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) . https://web.archive.org/web/20140301020046/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/39712/The-Purple-Rose-of-Cairo/overview . dead . 2014-03-01 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . Hal Erickson (author) . 2014 . 2015-07-20.