Child Abuse Movies

Penn State football icon Joe Paterno went from revered patriarch to reviled pariah. A look back, now, ten years after the Penn State sex abuse...

A man stuck in time of his greatest trauma grew up suppressing it in order to avoid being judged; thinking that it was all his fault. Years of...

In 19th century France, an escaped convict seeks redemption while caring for a young woman whose mother he once protected, and aligning himself with...

Life is not easy for 11-year-old Allan living in South Jutland during the early 1970s. His mentally unstable father frequently threatens suicide and...

18-year-old Kathleen is fresh out of foster care. Her departure coincides with the death of her biological mother, so she returns to her hometown to...

Remake of Wes Craven's 1991 horror comedy.

A man fails to acknowledge the teenagers he mistreated when they were small children.

Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls and immediately begins to try to make a difference in the lives of some of...

America Undercover looks at the phenomenon of Satanism in the World. It talks to practitioners of Satan worship and interviews those who claim that...

Clark Can't gets into a dangerous situation with his abusive adoptive father Jonathan Can't.

The true story of a young teenage girl whose mother is incarcerated for murder. Living in a Catholic Children's home run by an order of nuns, she...

Mrs. Doray sits with a Juvenile Court Judge to learn more about problem children and what to do about them. One of the cases involves 13 year old...

The movie recalls children who suffered mental and physical harm both during the last century, particularly in religious orphanages, and during the...

A shocking exposé of the deplorable conditions and abuses from the Willowbrook State School for children with intellectual disabilities.

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian...

Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who is making a documentary about physical child...

A social worker starts working with a shy, withdrawn 6 year old whom she believes is the victim of sexual abuse.

The film follows five years in the life of a young girl as she struggles against an onslaught of good intentions. From her first encounter with the...

In the intensive care station, the young doctor, Miranda Schwarz, is feeling morally conflicted about having to save her tormentor's life.