Films depicting emotional abuse in relationships

[Anonymous]

I know Gaslight is one. Which I recommend for anyone who has experienced gaslighting. Personally I’m most interested in films featuring covert emotional abuse. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.

[Serenity]

-Sleeping with the Enemy
-If Someone Had Known
-Sleeping with the Devil
-Nil by Mouth

[betterdays]

Yes I’ve seen sleeping with the enemy. They were also once something on tv not really a film called murdered by my boyfriend. I also watched it at the freedom programme. X

[SilkyHalide]

Yes betterdays the TV film you mention is very good. Also Murdered by my father is a very thought provoking one to watch. Both seem very real and not dramatised. Obviously normal films are a bit 2 dimensional compared to the realities of DV
The murdered by films are true or are based on true stories and feel very accurate in thier depictions.

[Anonymous]

Burning Bed with Farrah Fawcett is another one. X

[Anonymous]

I remembered one, Legend (2015) the relationship with one of the Kray twins and his wife. My ex never sexually abused me but I still related to her in general. The funny thing is that after watching that film my ex half joked/half being sad about it asked if if ‘that was me?’ referring to abused female character (sorry I can’t remember their names) it was more a retorical question though and I don’t know if he really meant it.

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