Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "botched-abortion"

1. Dirty Dancing (I) (1987)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.

Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes

Votes: 256,493 | Gross: $0.62M

2. Revolutionary Road (2008)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald, Jonathan Roumie

Votes: 225,026 | Gross: $22.91M

3. The Cider House Rules (1999)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance

A compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo

Votes: 104,820 | Gross: $57.55M

4. Happening (2021)

R | 100 min | Drama

An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.

Director: Audrey Diwan | Stars: Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet Klein, Luàna Bajrami, Louise Orry-Diquéro

Votes: 11,569

5. Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)

Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a model dies during an abortion, a series of murders begins, starting with her doctor. The killer wears a suit and a black motorcycle helmet. Will anyone discover the killer's identity before the entire agency dies?

Director: Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Nino Castelnuovo, Femi Benussi, Solvi Stubing

Votes: 3,106

6. 10 Rillington Place (1971)

GP | 111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood

Votes: 9,784

7. Vera Drake (2004)

R | 125 min | Crime, Drama

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Richard Graham

Votes: 26,859 | Gross: $3.75M

8. Criminal Law (1988)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A Boston defense attorney gets his wealthy client off for murder, then suspects him of killing again.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young

Votes: 4,624 | Gross: $9.97M

9. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)

R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.

Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger

Votes: 5,925

10. Three... Extremes (2004)

R | 125 min | Horror

An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.

Directors: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike | Stars: Bai Ling, Lee Byung-hun, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau

Votes: 20,873 | Gross: $0.08M

11. If These Walls Could Talk (1996 TV Movie)

R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller

The movie examines the abortion issue through three stories set in different eras: 1952, 1974 and 1996.

Directors: Cher, Nancy Savoca | Stars: Demi Moore, Shirley Knight, Catherine Keener, Jason London

Votes: 5,026

12. Hanger (2009 Video)

91 min | Horror

A pregnant prostitute is forced to have a brutal abortion in a dark back alley, an act of sheer violence that will eventually lead to a bloody revenge.

Director: Ryan Nicholson | Stars: Debbie Rochon, Dan Ellis, Nathan Dashwood, Ronald Patrick Thompson

Votes: 1,103

13. The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)

R | 118 min | Drama, Romance

Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.

Director: Carlos Carrera | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón

Votes: 14,428 | Gross: $5.71M

14. The Nanny (1965)

Unrated | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller

There's just something not quite right when Bette Davis stars as an English nanny. And is her 10-year-old charge an emotionally disturbed murderer or just an insolent brat?

Director: Seth Holt | Stars: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett, James Villiers

Votes: 6,784

15. Story of Women (1988)

108 min | Drama, History, Romance

A housewife in Nazi-occupied France struggles to make ends meet when her husband returns home after being wounded in the war.

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Marie Trintignant, Nils Tavernier

Votes: 5,747 | Gross: $0.44M

16. The Road to Ruin (1934)

Passed | 62 min | Drama

A young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.

Directors: Dorothy Davenport, Melville Shyer | Stars: Helen Foster, Nell O'Day, Glen Boles, Robert Quirk

Votes: 341

17. Blondi (2023)

87 min | Drama

The misadventures of a woman who was a teenage mother, while her son seeks to build a future for himself.

Director: Dolores Fonzi | Stars: Dolores Fonzi, Carla Peterson, Rita Cortese, Toto Rovito

Votes: 992

18. Warning Shot (1966)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

During a stakeout, an L.A. cop kills a doctor who presumably pulled a gun but the coroner's inquest finds no gun, forcing the cop to look for it to clear his name.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker

Votes: 1,021

19. Our Time (1974)

PG | 90 min | Drama

A student at Penfield Girls' School falls in love with a male student in 1955. They are deeply in love but meet difficulties and disapproval on every corner.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Pamela Sue Martin, Betsy Slade, Parker Stevenson, George O'Hanlon Jr.

Votes: 327 | Gross: $0.45M

20. Blood Craft (2019)

TV-MA | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

Two sisters who suffered abuse as children at the hands of their sadistic father decide, after his death, to use witchcraft to bring his spirit back to get revenge.

Director: James Cullen Bressack | Stars: Madeleine Wade, Augie Duke, Michael Welch, Dave Sheridan

Votes: 272

21. Greenwich Village Story (1963)

Approved | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A struggling writer dumps a pregnant dancer for a well-off socialite. Later, he realizes his true feelings and opts to make amends.

Director: Jack O'Connell | Stars: Robert Hogan, Melinda Cordell, Tani Guthrie, James Frawley

Votes: 34

22. A Wedding (2016)

98 min | Drama

Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir.

Director: Stephan Streker | Stars: Lina El Arabi, Sébastien Houbani, Babak Karimi, Neena Kulkarni

Votes: 1,692

23. Hostile Takeover (1988)

R | Thriller

A man takes three co-workers hostage while working overtime on Thanksgiving weekend. He has no demands.

Director: George Mihalka | Stars: David Warner, Michael Ironside, Kate Vernon, Jayne Eastwood

Votes: 227

24. Port of Call (1948)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

A suicidal factory girl out of reformatory school, anxious to escape her overbearing mother, falls in love with a sailor who can't forgive her past.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Nine-Christine Jönsson, Bengt Eklund, Mimi Nelson, Berta Hall

Votes: 2,762

25. The Doctor and the Girl (1949)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, Romance

Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendency to continue to direct the lives of ... See full summary »

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Glenn Ford, Charles Coburn, Gloria DeHaven, Janet Leigh

Votes: 503

26. The Alley Tramp (1968)

X | 69 min | Drama

A teenage girl sets out on a sexual odyssey of having affairs with various men including her mother's secret boyfriend.

Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Julia Ames, Jean Lamee, Lisa Bourdon, Marie Delmonde

Votes: 303

27. Men in White (1934)

Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance

An idealistic doctor must make some hard choices between his dedication to the profession and his personal life.

Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Elizabeth Allan

Votes: 788

28. Amok (1934)

67 min | Drama

Dr. Holk leads a lonely life in a small dutch colony in the tropics. Fled from love and civilisation his only companions are alcohol and his work, which takes him to the villages ravaged by... See full summary »

Director: Fyodor Otsep | Stars: Marcelle Chantal, Jean Yonnel, Valéry Inkijinoff, Jean Servais

Votes: 137

29. Murder in Miami (2014)

Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In modern Miami, gleaming new condo skyscrapers become the backdrop to this Film Noir thriller. After several beautiful models are murdered by a disguised serial killer, a young and ... See full summary »

Director: Will Vázquez | Stars: Joseph Myers, Caroline Gutierrez, Oscar A. Diaz, Andy Sottilare

Votes: 78

30. Pink Moon (2015)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama, Romance

In a society where heterosexuals are persecuted and abortion is forbidden, two teens are forced to hide an unintended pregnancy before their secret romance is exposed.

Director: Sal Bardo | Stars: Brandon Tyler Harris, Cole Johnston, Adam Jepsen, Sandy York

Votes: 193

31. Musée Eden (2010– )

60 min | Crime, Drama, History

L'histoire débute en 1910, à Montréal, dans un quartier malfamé, où plusieurs assassinats sont commis sans qu'on puisse mettre la main sur les coupables. Deux jeunes Manitobaines, Camille ... See full summary »

Stars: Mariloup Wolfe, Laurence Leboeuf, Éric Bruneau, Vincent-Guillaume Otis

Votes: 109

32. Nothing as It Seems (2016)

20 min | Short, Comedy

A young filmmaker, Oliver, and his girlfriend, Ruth, confront an aging actress, Maggie, and her loyal husband, Ben, at a park in Los Angeles claiming to want Maggie for their new short film... See full summary »

Director: William Crain | Stars: Josh Breslow, Lizzie Maxwell, Jill Saunders, Michael White

33. History of a Secret (2003)

95 min | Documentary

A young woman tries to understand the real circumstances of the death of her mother.

Director: Mariana Otero | Stars: Jean-Jacques Vautier, Thérèse Vautier, Isabel Otero, Jeanne Vautier

Votes: 65

34. When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories (1992)

28 min | Documentary, Short

The film consists of first person stories which reveal the physical, emotional and legal consequences of having or providing an abortion when it was a criminal act.

Director: Dorothy Fadiman | Stars: Dorothy Fadiman, Angela Parker

Votes: 72

35. Illegal Abortion (1966)

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Director: Robin Spry | Stars: Frank Heron, Elaine Ives-Cameron, Ken James, Bill Lynn

36. Leona's Sister Gerri (1995 TV Movie)

57 min | Documentary

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Director: Jane Gillooly | Stars: Leona Gordon, Geraldine 'Gerri' Santoro

Votes: 39

37. Pickled Punk (2006)

10 min | Short, Comedy

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Director: Jackie Torrens | Stars: Jen Adcock, Mauralea Austin, Lee J. Campbell, Steve Coats

38. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode: The Orchard Walls (1998)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A bright young teenage girl is 'farmed out' to relatives in the rural West Country during the Battle of Britain and makes many astute observations about life there.

Director: Gwennan Sage | Stars: Honeysuckle Weeks, Marsha Fitzalan, John McGlynn, Sylvia Syms

Votes: 66

39. Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1992–1996)
Episode: Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story (1992)

TV-14 | 30 min | Short, Drama, Family

A pregnant high school student undergoes an illegal abortion, with tragic results.

Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Dina Spybey-Waters, Chelsea Altman, Debra Monk, Craig Wasson

Votes: 22

40. A Haunting (2005– )
Episode: Darkness Follows (2005)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In Montreal, a couple's new home in an old townhouse proves to be haunted by the ghosts of a 15-year-old girl craving maternal love and an evil abortionist from the 1940s.

Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Kellie Fontaine, Al Goodwin, Richard Palmisano

Votes: 90

41. Ironside (1967–1975)
Episode: A Matter of Love and Death (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young woman is found dead from internal bleeding after an abortion. Using previous cases and clues provided by Ironside, Eve goes undercover to track down an abortionist who has had several other patients die.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Barbara Anderson, Don Mitchell

Votes: 60

42. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976)
Episode: A Fragile Possession (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

A model faces pressure to have an abortion.

Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Robert Young, James Brolin, Elena Verdugo, Beverly Garland

Votes: 15

43. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: Padre de Familia (2007)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Peter discovers that he is an illegal Mexican immigrant, so he is forced to take a job as a day laborer for Lois's father.

Directors: Pete Michels, James Purdum, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,738

44. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Shades of Grey (2009)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young woman's body is found in a drainage ditch clad in only a bracelet, showing signs of having undergone an abortion, and totally drained of blood.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 374

45. Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town (2010– )
Episode: Serious Shockey News (2010)

TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

After previously finding out that Larry was his biological father, Ricky learns who his birth mother is and the true story behind his birth and infancy leading to being dropped off at the ... See full summary »

Director: Kelly Makin | Stars: David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney

Votes: 52

46. Lie to Me (2009–2011)
Episode: Veronica (2010)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dr. Lightman helps a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's Disease uncover a traumatic memory from her past, and in the process discovers that there may be an "Angel of Death" working in her health care facility.

Director: Michael Nankin | Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund

Votes: 642

47. American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode: The Coat Hanger (2012)

TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The Monsignor takes on an unlikely convert. Lana secures a new piece of evidence that can exonerate Kit. Arden witnesses a miraculous return.

Director: Jeremy Podeswa | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Joseph Fiennes, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters

Votes: 4,756

48. Grantchester (2014–2025)
Episode: Episode #2.1 (2016)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sydney is arrested and released accused of sexual assault by the father of 15 year old schoolgirl Abigail Redmond citing the evidence of her unseen diary.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Al Weaver

Votes: 469