Top 20 movies like 144
Top 20 Movies like 144
- 1. Sleeping with the Enemy
- 2. Buhe Bariyan
- 3. Lessons on the Improper Use of Objects
- 4. Walls
- 5. No One Would Tell
- 6. Dating Vietnam
- 7. Eggshells
- 8. The Fire We've Built
- 9. Diary of a Mad Black Woman
- 10. My Happy Marriage
- 11. Mark’d
- 12. Abigail
- 13. Four Lives
- 14. Funny Cow
- 15. The Color Purple
- 16. Mauve
- 17. Anything, Anything
- 18. The death of the minotavr
- 19. Void
- 20. I brist på bevis
1. Sleeping with the Enemy
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
It has an average vote of 6.495 on TMDB.
2. Buhe Bariyan (Buhe Bariyan)
A group of women fight patriarchy and societal values. Prem Kaur, a new police officer, uncovers dark secrets and becomes a beacon of hope for the womenfolk.
3. Lessons on the Improper Use of Objects (Lecciones sobre el uso incorrecto de los objetos)
Three objects are used in a manner in which they weren't supposed to be. Something unprecedented happens: armed with a voice and conscience, these objects will reflect on the absurd arguments that support domestic violence.
4. Walls
A teenage boy named David is afraid of being transparent. When David's best friend, Johnathan, notices his abuse at home, David must overcome his fear of rejection in order to embrace his friend's support.
5. No One Would Tell
Single mom Laura Collins has had a history of rocky relationships, so when her daughter Sarah begins dating the popular and charismatic Rob, Laura is thrilled with what she sees. But it soon becomes clear that Rob has a darker, possessive side. Then Sarah goes missing.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
6. Dating Vietnam (Dating Vietnam)
A Vietnamese girl is forced into prostitution by her abusive German husband.
It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
8. The Fire We've Built (El fuego que hemos construido)
A teenager plans her own kidnapping with the help of her boyfriend and her best friend. They dream of going to live in the United States to have the baby they are expecting; however, the situation gets out of control and she becomes a victim of her own game.
9. Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seemed to have everything – money, a beautiful mansion – the American Dream. However, as Helen prepares to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary, her life takes an unexpected twist when she comes home to find her clothes packed up in a U-Haul van parked in the driveway. Charles is divorcing her and kicks her out. Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, an old woman who doesn't take any lip from anyone. Madea helps Helen through these tough times by showing her what is really important in life. Helen is forced to rediscover love, life and religion on her pursuit for happiness.
It has an average vote of 6.559 on TMDB.
10. My Happy Marriage (わたしの幸せな結婚)
An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander. But the two learn more about each other, love may have a chance.
It has an average vote of 7.183 on TMDB.
11. Mark’d
An experimental look into the world of emotional abuse through the eyes of Macy.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. Abigail
A woman must confront the darkness in her own home in this short horror film.
13. Four Lives (Cuatro Vidas)
Aimed at the cause of domestic violence victims with traits of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, this film presents the reality of four women victims of the phenomenon of violence under the manifestations of different types of mistreatment.
14. Funny Cow
A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
15. The Color Purple
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
It has an average vote of 7.031 on TMDB.
16. Mauve
Mauve is the color palette Monet used to represent his wife Camille Doncieux on her deathbed. It's also the color palette of suffering and complex trauma; of visible and invisible bruises, from the female gaze. MAUVE, “La piel malva” in its spanish title, is an audiovisual diptych about the depth of the emotional wounds of domestic violence; the same one that the surrealist Dora Maar lived with the minotaur Picasso. "Mauve" was a finalist in the Filminuto category of the Mobile Film Latam of the Conservatorio Audiovisual de Colombia in 2022.
17. Anything, Anything
Natalie navigates an abusive relationship while trying her best to convince her concerned friend that she is fine.
18. The death of the minotavr
The death of the minotavr talks about the concept of the heroine's journey. Suffering, horror and exhaustion lead the protagonist to a process of transformation, abyss and expiation, because only murdering to minotaur and everything he represents is possible to return to life. From the female gaze, it shows the depth of the emotional wounds caused by domestic violence; the same one that the surrealist Dora Maar lived and that ask why, as a society, instead of killing the minotaur, we blindly continue to send him women only to be devoured and ask them why they simply did not fight, why they did not try get out of the labyrinth.
19. Void (Void)
A lonely and failed musician gets to know a young woman who lives in a next-door apartment, a victim of sexual and domestic abuse by her husband. On the anniversary of her mother's death, the woman shares a dish of fish soup with him and they spend some time together. The man knows about her victimhood and he feels sorry for her. One day when her husband is not at home, he comes and comforts her. But their relationships takes a different turn when her husband unexpectedly comes back.
20. I brist på bevis (I brist på bevis)
A drama about the manager Håkan Dahlin who has just been discharged from a clinic where he was treated for his alcoholism. In an outbreak of jealousy, Dahlin abuses his wife Inga and after that he is forcibly interned again. Inga is a nurse and she is now moving to a mountain village to work at a district clinic. During an emergency visit, she encounters her childhood sweetheart, the doctor Gunnar, and old feelings between them begin to flare up again.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
