Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "self-abuse"

1. The Homesman (2014)

R | 122 min | Drama, Western

Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.

Director: Tommy Lee Jones | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto

Votes: 35,924 | Gross: $2.43M

2. Nowhere (1997)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Follows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles high school students and the strange lives they lead.

Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Chiara Mastroianni

Votes: 10,304 | Gross: $0.03M

3. Novitiate (2017)

R | 123 min | Drama

Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.

Director: Maggie Betts | Stars: Melissa Leo, Lisa Stewart, Alyssa Brindley, Chelsea Lopez

Votes: 5,081 | Gross: $0.58M

4. Becket (1964)

PG-13 | 148 min | Biography, Drama, History

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's.

Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi

Votes: 15,913

5. Matador (1986)

NC-17 | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It is just one of the problems of one of the characters that unexpectedly collide in this film.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Eva Cobo

Votes: 12,983 | Gross: $0.21M

6. Catfish (2010)

PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary, Drama, Mystery

Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.

Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Nev Schulman, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost, Angela Wesselman-Pierce

Votes: 43,783 | Gross: $3.23M

7. The Devil's Playground (1976)

107 min | Drama

Fred Schepisi's first feature is this lushly photographed period drama detailing a young boy's coming-of-age in a strict Catholic seminary in 1950s Australia.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate

Votes: 1,318

8. Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)

Unrated | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.

Director: John Maybury | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton

Votes: 4,009 | Gross: $0.34M

9. Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

When the kinetic Rory moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael, a young man with cerebral palsy and nearly unintelligible speech. Somehow, Rory understands Michael, and encourages him to experience life outside the confines of home.

Director: Damien O'Donnell | Stars: James McAvoy, Steven Robertson, Romola Garai, Alan King

Votes: 16,056 | Gross: $0.02M

10. Snakes and Earrings (2008)

Not Rated | 123 min | Thriller

19 year old Rui finds life deeply disappointing until she falls in love with Ama in Shibuya, Tokyo. She was attracted by his piercings so decided to have her tongue pierced too. Pain is the... See full summary »

Director: Yukio Ninagawa | Stars: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kengo Kôra, Arata Iura, Ennosuke Ichikawa IV

Votes: 864

11. From Afar (2015)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Romance

Armando, a 50 year man, seeks young men in Caracas and pays them just for company. One day he meets Elder, a 17 years boy that is the leader of a criminal gang, and that meeting changes their lives forever.

Director: Lorenzo Vigas | Stars: Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva, Jericó Montilla, Catherina Cardozo

Votes: 4,067 | Gross: $0.03M

12. Bloom (I) (2003)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance

Adapted from James Joyce's Ulysses, Bloom is the enthralling story of June 16th, 1904 and a gateway into the consiousness of its three main characters: Stephen Dedalus, Molly Bloom and the extraordinary Leopold Bloom.

Director: Sean Walsh | Stars: Stephen Rea, Angeline Ball, Hugh O'Conor, Neilí Conroy

Votes: 404

13. Shuttlecock (2020)

TV-MA | 105 min | Drama

During a memorial for his father, WW II hero Major James Prentis confesses a dark family secret to his son, something he has harbored for more than 20 years.

Director: Andrew Piddington | Stars: Alan Bates, Lambert Wilson, David Oakes, Kenneth Haigh

Votes: 122

14. Only the Night (2005)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance

Cecile and Julien begin their new life together. Julien works long hours in a video library, a world full of pictures. Coming home late one night, he encounters a young, beautiful, ... See full summary »

Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Ludivine Sagnier, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Bruno Todeschini, Florence Loiret Caille

Votes: 522

15. Socket (2007)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

Dr. Bill Matthews is struck by lighting. While recovering at the hospital where he works, he begins an intimate relationship with Dr. Craig Murphy, who invites Bill to join a strange group of lightning survivors.

Director: Sean Abley | Stars: Derek Long, Matthew Montgomery, Alexandra Billings, Rasool Jahan

Votes: 612

16. De Vijver (2014)

18 min | Short, History, Horror

Christiane and her ill mother live in a castle together with her strict aunt. On the premises, there's a big pond that hides a secret. Although she is not allowed to come near it, it has a big attraction on Christiane.

Director: Jeroen Dumoulein | Stars: Xenia Borremans, Sara De Bosschere, Kirsten Pieters, Tibo Vandenborre

Votes: 75

17. Pin/Do (2014)

Short, Drama

Grief. Guilt. Despair. Pain. Having to live on through painful existence, haunted by torturous memories, Pin's life is a toxic web of hazardous emotion. This is her coping mechanism. ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Tully | Star: Aisling Bodkin

18. Big Sky (2020–2023)
Episode: Nowhere to Run (2020)

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

Cassie and Jenny search for the missing girls. Danielle, Grace and Jerrie plot their escape.

Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, Brian Geraghty, Dedee Pfeiffer

Votes: 944

19. Hannibal (2013–2015)
Episode: ...And the Beast from the Sea (2015)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

With a full moon approaching, Jack and Will are certain that Francis Dolarhyde will strike again but they lack a solid lead; Alana gives Hannibal a chance for redemption.

Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh Dancy, Caroline Dhavernas, Gillian Anderson

Votes: 4,507

20. Man in an Orange Shirt (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2017)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Sixty years later the widowed Flora's grandson, veterinarian Adam, surfs the net for casual, one-off sex with male partners. When Flora gifts him the cottage where Michael and Thomas lived ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Samuels | Stars: Julian Morris, Vanessa Redgrave, Flaminia Cinque, David Gyasi

Votes: 323