Despite the undeniable complicity that unites them, Manue, 11, suffers from the uncontrolled anger of her mother Isabelle. How far will this violence echo in her?
06 Nov 2009
In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
25 Oct 1998
A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
09 May 2025
During her final week of high school, a queer teenager navigates escalating tension at home and the fallout from past trauma. Encounters with friends and family force her to confront difficult truths, while moments of connection and confrontation drive her toward change. The story charts her journey through challenges, misunderstandings, and pivotal choices that reshape her relationships and future, exploring themes of resilience, identity, and the search for acceptance.
25 Dec 1955
Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.
22 Apr 2010
Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life together again afterwards.
25 Apr 2025
In an evangelical house on the outskirts of a Brazilian megalopolis, a young trans man revisits his family after years. Gradually, what could be just a Sunday lunch turns into a suffocating plot of abuse and violence.
25 Dec 1991
A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process.
20 Apr 2010
A minor train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's reclusive bank clerk.
30 Mar 1996
A man kidnaps his little girl to protect her from an abusive mother, then becomes the first man to enter a woman's underground movement.
04 Nov 2002
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.
10 Apr 2015
On a hot summer‘s day, lonely Franklin is invited to play with other kids for the first time since moving to a new village. But when the children stumble across a recently moved-in house and observe his mother, things take a drastic turn – and Franklin once again has to play a role that he is not meant for…
27 May 2023
Clinging to control after a broken marriage, an overbearing mother begins to lose her grasp on reality.
07 Feb 2015
A student moves in with a family that lives in an underground house in the middle of the forest, far from civilization. His hopes of peace and quiet are soon shattered, when it becomes apparent that both the parents and their son have a screw loose.
07 Apr 2002
Paulo, a young gay boy with an abusive mother, meets Tom, a young gay man who makes his money bedding women.
12 Jan 2004
For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled apart, Gracie will have to do the impossible and make the ultimate sacrifices to keep her family together.
06 Oct 2011
Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.
17 Sep 2021
Forgiven is based on a true life event that follows the life of an adult survivor that navigates her abusive childhood from both her mother and father.
01 Jul 2007
Seven year old Amy whose recently separated parents hold differing views on her social development is enthralled in her world of make believe. One afternoon when her father comes to visit this situation comes to a head, with disturbing consequences for Amy.
05 Oct 1967
A suburban high school teacher, fired for teaching sex education, continues to give private home sessions to her former students, leading to rumors and complications around town.
06 Oct 2023
Meet Shavon O'Brien: Her family doesn't understand her, her church ignores her, even Jesus forgets about her. With only the spirit of Sinead O'Connor to guide her, Shavon battles institutional child abuse, narcissistic group think, a talking stomach and a singing poop bucket! Shavon goes from Catholic to Crusty Punk in this very, very, very, dark musical comedy!