Child Abuse Movies

A young boy who still wets the bed finds escapism from his abusive mother and his own embarrassment by going running after school.

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia,...

A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles.

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 se...

The tragic true story of one of the worst cases of child abuse ever documented (in which a girl was locked in a room without social contact for nearly...

Based on a true story of two brothers in 1970's Ohio. It tells of their abandonment by their alcoholic parents and how the brothers turned to each oth...

While investigating a child abuse case, Claire discovers that the family is being tormented by a supernatural entity. In order to save the family, she...

A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a chil...

Bo is a transexual prostitute in Brussels who left home after being abused by her father. She's infuatuated with a neighbor and suspected by the polic...

An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.

Seventeen years after slaughtering all but one member of a family, a vicious serial killer known only as "The Sandman" awaits execution. But first, hi...

Barcelona, Spain, 1912. The disappearance of a girl from a wealthy family triggers a series of events that will shake the weak foundations of a hypocr...

Suffering child abuse marks you, conditions you and limits you. But what's next? 7:11 Cuarzo is a documentary short film that delves into the conseque...

A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.

Remy attempts to balance her relationship with her alcoholic mother and her longtime best friend, Arletta. While Remy leans on her best friend as a co...

Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, loving father--and ruthless killer of over 100 people. You'll meet him in this powerful documentary that feat...

While writing an article about an abused boy, a woman fights for protect him after she uncovers shocking details.

Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse...

An investigation into the original 1993 Michael Jackson allegations brought by the Chandler family.

Thirteen-year-old Kerry is repeatedly sexually abused by several adults, including at one point her mother. Her father sets her up as a prostitute. Ke...