Abusive Father Movies

Shadowed by a strict, military father who inflicts severe methods of punishment as a form of discipline, seventeen year old Ariella commits a grave er...

A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what happened years ago.

Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday s...

During a boxing match that could change his life forever, Oscar must also face his familial trauma if he’s to stand any chance at achieving his dream.

This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who minis...

In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor visits his family after a nine-year absence and int...

Two siblings are informed that their father has been admitted to a hospital upstate.

When Micha's mother leaves his irascible father, he tries to prevent their divorce by any means he can think of, but his attempts to hold the family t...

Jonathan must protect himself and his younger sister by escaping the home of their abusive father.

The story of a lifelong swimmer-turned-artist, exploring the issues of sexuality, grief, and addiction.

You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje - three teenagers with nowhere to go.

Dream, fantasy, and reality collide in the life of a young man as he attempts to defy and deny his ancestors' exploitative legacy that has haunted him...

A runaway and her boyfriend break into a home and hold a man hostage. As the night unfolds, secrets unravel, and a single gunshot echoes through Los A...

In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many yea...

Compulsively embracing his brooding homosexuality, the Smiling Man walks the final circle.

A family is fragmented after events caused by a daughter brought up badly by her parents: a man with bad habits, and a mother who comforts too much.

A young man looks back at his past as he gets ready to leave his childhood apartment.

A son brings his girlfriend to meet his father for the first time, but a cordial afternoon soon takes a violent turn when intentions on both sides are...

Two brothers, raised by a chess master, must battle head to head in the world's most competitive chess tournament.

A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's...