mistreatment
7 movies and shows
Martyrs
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Murder in the First
Fri, 20 Jan 1995
A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
Sun, 06 Jan 2019
An investigative reporter Nellie Bly, who’s on a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women’s Lunatic Asylum, and feigns mental illness in order to be institutionalized to report from the inside. The movie is an account of actual events surrounding Nellie’s stay beginning after she has undergone treatment, leaving her with no recollection of how she came to the asylum or her real identity.
An American Crime
Fri, 27 Jul 2007
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Whore
Fri, 21 Jun 1991
This melodrama investigates the life of a sex worker, in a pseudo-documentary style.
Of Human Bondage
Fri, 20 Jul 1934
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
My Man (Octopus)
Thu, 01 Dec 2016
A young woman comes back home. She gets undressed, puts on her swimsuit, and sinks into the underwater depths of her apartment. Overcomed by a baroque aquatic flora, her home has become the ecosystem of her spouse: an octopus. Until the following morning, she complies with this hostile, wet and suffocating environment that is now her everyday life with her man (octopus).