Abuse Movies/Dramas

This list includes any movie/drama that shows one of its characters suffering from physical, mental, or sexual abuse.

⚠ ⚠ Trigger warning! All or most of the films on this list handle difficult subjects that some viewers may be sensitive to. I will try to include this symbol '⚠' beside any films that contain particularly disturbing scenes.

Geegee16 May 19, 2020

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1. Silenced

Korean Movie - 2011

10

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2. Bring Me Home

Korean Movie - 2019

10

Ugh, this one will tear your heart out. A boy is kidnapped and treated like a work horse among other unspeakable things.
3. A Christmas Carol

Korean Movie - 2022
4. 4th Place

Korean Movie - 2016

8.0

A horrible coach goes way overboard with his idea of discipline.
5. Black Stone

Korean Movie - 2015

10

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A soldier is sexually assualted by his superior.
6. Split

Korean Movie - 2016

10

A talented autistic boy is recruited to play high stakes bowling. His skills earn him the attention of some violent thugs.
7. To Each His Own

Japanese Movie - 2017

9.0

A suicidal young man suffers under the tyrannical rule of his boss.
8. Hitoya no Toge

Japanese Drama - 2017, 6 episodes

5.5

Episode 1 - An honest corrections officer tries to maintain his moral code amidst a corrupt prison system.
9. A Stray Goat

Korean Movie - 2017

9.0

School bullying.
10. M.Boy

Korean Movie - 2019

7.5

Severe school bullying.
11. Bleak Night

Korean Movie - 2011

10

A friendship falls apart and one of the friends gets physically abusive with the other.
12. Antonio's Secret

Filipino Movie - 2008

⚠ S/A victim
13. Days of Wrath

Korean Movie - 2013

8.5

School bullying
14. All Night Long 2

Japanese Movie - 1995

⚠ Gore and sexual abuse
15. Shoot My Heart

Korean Movie - 2015

7.0

A staff member at a mental hospital mistreats one of his patients.
16. With Prisoners

Hong Kong Movie - 2017

8.0

Mistreated prisoners.
17. Hokuto

Japanese Drama - 2017, 5 episodes

8.0

A boy is severely mistreated by his parents.
18. Concrete

Japanese Movie - 2004

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19. A Bloody Aria

Korean Movie - 2006

6.5

Physical assault/bullying
20. Slice

Thai Movie - 2009

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21. I Am Trash

Korean Movie - 2016

7.0
22. The Effect

Thai Drama - 2019, 3 episodes

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23. Playboy (and the Gang of Cherry)

Thai Movie - 2017

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24. Night Flight

Korean Movie - 2014

School bullying
25. Better Days

Chinese Movie - 2019

9.5

School bullying
26. Double Mints

Japanese Movie - 2017

9.5

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27. Sanaeha Diary Series: Buang Sanaeha

Thai Drama - 2017, 11 episodes

Episode 3
28. Irresistible Love: Secret of the Valet

Chinese Movie - 2016
29. A Round Trip to Love Part 2

Chinese Movie - 2016
30. No Way Out

Filipino Movie - 2008

7.5

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31. A Courtesan with Flowered Skin

Japanese Movie - 2014

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32. Rinne no Ame

Japanese Special - 2010, 1 episode
33. Shinjuku Triad Society

Japanese Movie - 1995
34. Punch Lady

Korean Movie - 2007

5.0

domestic violence
35. Criminal Minds

Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes

Episodes 9 and 10.
36. Voice

Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes

Episode 3
37. Bedevilled

Korean Movie - 2010

domestic violence
38. Student A

Korean Movie - 2018
39. The Neighbor No. 13

Japanese Movie - 2005

7.0

The main character is severely bullied as a kid by his classmates and seeks revenge as an adult.
40. Friend

Korean Movie - 2001
41. Who's That Knocking at My Door?

Korean Movie - 2007

7.5
42. The Fourth Portrait

Taiwanese Movie - 2010

7.5

Another sad tale about a step-father mistreating his step-son.
43. Sleeping Beauty

Korean Movie - 2008
44. River of Murder

Korean Movie - 2010
45. Cry Me a Sad River

Chinese Movie - 2018

6.0
46. Stateless Things

Korean Movie - 2012

8.0
47. The Seeds of Violence

Korean Movie - 2017

9.0

Military abuse
48. Sweet Whip

Japanese Movie - 2013

7.0

⚠ Huge trigger warning here ⚠
A woman is kidnapped and tortured
49. Le Jun Kai

Chinese Drama - 2013, 9 episodes
50. Red to Kill

Hong Kong Movie - 1994

7.5

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51. A Petal

Korean Movie - 1996

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52. Duel

Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes

6.5
53. Blind Mountain

Chinese Movie - 2007

A woman is kidnapped and forced to marry a man in a remote Chinese village
54. The Uncle

Korean Movie - 2017

9.0

A paralyzed girl is abused and bullied by despicable people
55. Prison on Fire 1

Hong Kong Movie - 1987

7.0
56. Heart of Dragon

Hong Kong Movie - 1985

6.5

Jackie Chan's brother [in the movie] is mentally handicapped. With this vulnerability, he is targeted by different people who degrade and sometimes beat him up throughout the movie.
57. My Father Is a Hero

Hong Kong Movie - 1995

The main character's son is kidnapped by some bad guys and given one hell of an ass whooping.
58. Run Boy Run

Korean Movie - 2020

School bullying.
59. The Lost Choices

Korean Movie - 2015

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60. Beautiful

Korean Movie - 2008

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A beautiful woman is stalked then assaulted in her apartment.
61. Hotel King

Korean Drama - 2014, 32 episodes

Episode 1
62. Brother of Darkness

Hong Kong Movie - 1994

Domestic abuse where the child is the victim.
63. Daughter of Darkness

Hong Kong Movie - 1993
64. Chinese Midnight Express

Hong Kong Movie - 1997

7.0

Another prison film that makes you never wanna end up on the wrong side of the law.
65. Hope

Korean Movie - 2013

This one will infuriate you! It's about a little girl's recovery after she is brutally attacked.
66. Poongsan

Korean Movie - 2011

10

Various people are exposed to torture during interrogations throughout film.
67. Steel Cold Winter

Korean Movie - 2013
68. 12th Assistant Deacon

Korean Movie - 2014

8.5

A priest has a flashback to when he was sexually abused in the military
69. A Girl at My Door

Korean Movie - 2014

Domestic violence where the child is the victim.
70. Miss Baek

Korean Movie - 2018

Domestic violence where the child is the victim.
71. 11th Mom

Korean Movie - 2007

Domestic violence where the child is the victim.
72. Derailed

Korean Movie - 2016

9.5
73. Himizu

Japanese Movie - 2012
74. Missing

Korean Movie - 2009

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A girl is kidnapped and abused.
75. Bus 44

Hong Kong Movie - 2001
76. Kanikosen

Japanese Movie - 2009

10

Workers on a Japanese fishing ship are brutalised and treated like slaves.
77. My First Client

Korean Movie - 2019

A brother and sister are terrorized by their new stepmom.
78. On Children

Taiwanese Drama - 2018, 5 episodes

Episode 2
79. Dog Eat Dog

Korean Movie - 2015

7.5
80. Dog Bite Dog

Hong Kong Movie - 2006

9.0
81. Cold Fish

Japanese Movie - 2011

7.0
82. Diary of June

Korean Movie - 2005

8.5

This is the saddest film. A boy with no comfort in the world. He is severely bullied while being abused ocassionally by his mother.
83. Mother

Thai Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
84. Silmido

Korean Movie - 2003

7.0
85. Holiday

Korean Movie - 2006

9.0

Guards abuse prisoner
86. Eien no Ko

Japanese Drama - 2000, 12 episodes

episode 01 - a cop saves a boy from his molester
87. Bangkok Kung Fu

Thai Movie - 2011
88. Goodbye Day

Korean Movie - 2007
89. The Whispering of the Gods

Japanese Movie - 2005

7.0
90. Blind Way

Chinese Movie - 2018

8.0
91. Orphan Brothers: The Wandering Boys

Korean Movie - 2016
92. Memoir of a Murderer

Korean Movie - 2017

7.0

Abusive father
93. Forgiven Children

Japanese Movie - 2020

9.0

Teenage boys with too much time on their hands take bullying too far.
94. Fragment

Korean Movie - 2018

6.5
95. Ugly People

Korean Movie - 2016

7.0

School bullying
96. Looking Up

Chinese Movie - 2019
97. Deathrow

Filipino Movie - 2000
98. Wretches

Korean Movie - 2018

8.0

School bullying
99. Monster

Korean Movie - 2014
100. Children of the Dark

Japanese Movie - 2008

7.0

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Child trafficking.