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- DirectorAnjelica HustonStarsJennifer Jason LeighRon EldardGlenne HeadlyA mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsJulie HarrisJena MaloneTed LevineAfter her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsMel HarrisDwight SchultzAshley PeldonA pastor and his wife adopt a brother and a sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They get her in treatment and try to find out the reason for this.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsMeg TillyEd Begley Jr.Michael O'KeefeJennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns on Jennifer that Mandy might be sexually abused by her father. What will she do when the court isn't favourable in Mandy's hour of need?
- DirectorJorge MontesiStarsArt HindleRosemary DunsmoreSusan HoganA young Canadian girl accuses her father of child molestation. She's upset to discover that most of the people in her life believe that she's lying about it, and struggles with the public backlash.
- CreatorNick AntoscaMichelle DeanStarsPatricia ArquetteJoey KingAnnaSophia RobbDee Dee Blanchard is overprotective of her daughter, Gypsy, who is trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her mother. Gypsy's quest for independence opens up a Pandora's box of secrets, which ultimately leads to murder.
- DirectorSandor SternStarsVeronica HamelPam DawberDaniel Hugh KellyA recently-widowed doctor moves with her daughter to start at a new hospital. A loving mother brings her son in for treatment. The doctor suspects that something is wrong and theorizes that the mother is deliberately making her son sick so she can rush him to the hospital and get attention for herself. When the doctor decides to restrict the mother's access to her son and reports her to Child Services, the mother decides to sue the doctor and the hospital. Some members of the hospital board don't agree with her diagnosis, or they think she's overreacting. Even away from his mother, the child remains sick. Is the doctor right or wrong?
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsBernadette PetersJohn GloverDan LauriaThe true story of David Rothenberg whose disturbed father set him on fire.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsBonnie BedeliaLiam AikenRachel BrosnahanA vibrant Pixar-inspired montage (think the marriage sequence in Up) in which a mother, unable to confront the heartbreak of her son leaving for college, delays his departure by making him sick. Unfortunately, she goes too far, is helpless to reverse what she set in motion, and is forced to face the unfathomable consequences of her selfishness.
- DirectorNikole BeckwithStarsSaoirse RonanCynthia NixonJason IsaacsA young woman, kidnapped when she was a child, returns home to the family she barely remembers and struggles to feel at home.
- DirectorLinda OttoStarsJill ClayburghBrad DavisSam BehrensThe story of child psychologists Dr. Laurie and Joseph Braga and their involvement in one of the worst child sex abuse scandals in the U.S.
- DirectorMichael M. ScottStarsFaith FordKyle SecorHanna HallJody is convinced, but unable to prove, that her ex-husband has been molesting their daughter Samantha. When the courts order joint custody for Samantha, Jody takes her and heads underground. The underground is a well protected system that moves her from town to town to keep her out of the hands of the courts. Her husband is relentless in having detectives try to find Jody and Sam, but after a time, Jody begins to feel comfortable and even begins to date a veterinarian she meets in a small town.
- DirectorJohn PasquinStarsVictoria PrincipalPaul SorvinoJonathan BanksA young girl is kidnapped and molested by a classmate's father. The man she identifies is arrested and jailed, but is later released on bail. He calls the girl's mother and threatens to kidnap her daughter again, and this time kill her and make sure her body will never be found. She goes to the authorities for help, but there's nothing they can do until he actually tries something. Afraid for her daughter's life, the mother decides to take matters into her own hands.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsRobert UrichMegan GallagherBrett CullenJack Bauer, a workaholic businessman, accidentally gets involved in a case of child kidnapping when he returns a doll found in the subway.
- DirectorClaudia LlosaStarsJennifer ConnellyCillian MurphyMélanie LaurentA struggling mother encounters the son she abandoned 20 years earlier.
- DirectorDaryl DukeStarsShelley LongHelen ShaverDavid McIlwraithFact based story about a woman who after 20 years starts having memories of her own molestation by her father and the murder of one of her childhood playmates by him.
- DirectorEric TillStarsBrian DennehyJoBeth WilliamsTom MasonA lawyer must defend his sister in the court of law who's accused of murdering her seemingly perfect, but in fact very abusive husband. However, she claims she didn't do it and this makes a tough case even harder and more important.
- DirectorCharles WilkinsonStarsMelissa GilbertDennis WeaverG.W. BaileySmall-town mom Sarah Jenks is falsely accused of abusing her children.
- DirectorAsia ArgentoStarsAsia ArgentoDylan SprouseCole SprouseSeven-year-old Jeremiah is pulled from his foster home and thrown into a troubled life on the road with his teenage mother, Sarah.
- DirectorBobby RothStarsRobert BlakeBeverly D'AngeloDavid CarusoThe story of the notorious American mass murderer who killed his entire immediate family to hide his personal failures and hid for decades before he was finally arrested.
- DirectorMarkus SchleinzerStarsMichael FuithDavid RauchenbergerChristine KainFive months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
- DirectorJean Guy BureauStarsPete DemeoKris MohandieRobert ScottThe case of Jaycee Lee Dugard who was abducted at age eleven from South Lake Tahoe, California. She is kept as a slave for eighteen years by Phillip Craig Garrido and his wife Nancy.
- DirectorBobby RothStarsDylan BakerLindsay FrostAmber MarshallBased on the true story of the June 2002 kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart by two people in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- DirectorAlex KalymniosStarsTaryn ManningRaymond CruzKatie SarifeA single mother, who becomes the first victim of kidnapper Ariel Castro, finds herself trapped in his home for 11 years, where she eventually becomes a friend and sister to two other women who are taken captive by Castro.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsArno FrischAngela WinklerUlrich MüheA 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
- DirectorStephen KempStarsAddison TimlinZane HoltzZelda WilliamsIn 1977, a girl is kidnapped and kept in a coffin-sized box. When her captors let her out, it's only to abuse her horribly. Will she ever escape?
- DirectorFred GerberStarsPatty DukeRichard CrennaKaty BoyerThe true story of the disappearance of Sarah Porter. With no help from the police, Sarah's parents are forced to act on their own to find her. They must battle the bureaucracy of the police department while they are searching all over town for clues to Sarah's whereabouts. When the crucial clue is discovered, Shara's father confronts her kidnapper at gunpoint.
- DirectorAlan MetzgerStarsGary ColeNicholle TomMac DavisIn Tate, Oklahoma a popular coach, Pete Nash, is accused of having a sexual relation with 14 years old Amy, one of his school's pupils.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsTeri GarrPeter WellerChristopher ColletA teenager must protect his family when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their home.
- DirectorSam O'SteenStarsMichael OntkeanJoBeth WilliamsLeo RossiWhen a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those around him, particularly his wife.
- StarsKarl MaldenEva Marie SaintBarry NewmanA retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters.