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Movies Like The Big Story Special: Child Abuse

If you liked The Big Story Special: Child Abuse (1993), a movie, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Trafficked

    Trafficked (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10

    In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to…

  2. 2Primetime

    Primetime (2026)

    ★ 6.8/10

    In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

  3. 3Evilenko

    Evilenko (2004)

    ★ 5.8/10

    For years, Andrei Evilenko eluded the obsessive Detective Lesiev and the psychiatric profiler Aron Richter. Spurred on by his rabid fury at the gradual crumbling of his precious Soviet Union, Evilenko is a man who will…

  4. 4Hard Candy

    Hard Candy (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s…

  5. 5The Poughkeepsie Tapes

    The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10

    When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence…

  6. 6Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist (1948)

    ★ 7.6/10

    When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin…

  7. 7Eastern Promises

    Eastern Promises (2007)

    ★ 7.3/10

    A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

  8. 8Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

    Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10

    The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

  9. 9In the Blood

    In the Blood (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10

    When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

  10. 10Una

    Una (2017)

    ★ 6/10

    When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.

  11. 11L.I.E.

    L.I.E. (2001)

    ★ 6.8/10

    With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the…

  12. 12Capturing the Friedmans

    Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10

    An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children. Director Jarecki interviews people from…

  13. 13Chestnut: Hero of Central Park

    Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.

  14. 14Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

    ★ 7/10

    After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may…

  15. 15The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

    The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10

    An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

  16. 16Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play

    Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play (2002)

    ★ 6.6/10

    The fireworks begin when Madea’s family gathers for her granddaughter’s wedding. As usual, Madea rules the roost, as she and her neighbor, the wacky Mr. Brown, deliver nonstop laughs. Live, love, rejoice...it’s Madea’s…

  17. 17Case 39

    Case 39 (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10

    In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the…

  18. 18Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and…

  19. 19Shades of Desire

    Shades of Desire (2023)

    ★ 6.5/10

    After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.

  20. 20You're So Cupid

    You're So Cupid (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Fraternal twin sisters Emma and Lilly are as different as night and day. Emma, the beautiful blonde tomboy, would rather be riding a horse than anything else in the world. While Lilly, her shy redheaded twin, loves to…

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