The brutal gang rape scene in 1988's The Accused lasts only three minutes — but at the time of the movie's release, it was considered one of the longest, most graphic and boldest portrayals of sexual assault in the history of film. Loosely based on the 1983 gang rape case of Cheryl Araujo, a 21-year-old woman attacked on a pool table in a New Bedford, Mass., bar while others looked on, The Accused was one of the first films to explore some of the complex issues around rape — including victim blaming and the responsibility of bystanders — that remain...