- List of films portraying paedophilia or sexual abuse of minors
This article presents a list of films portraying pedophilia or sexual abuse of minors. The attraction or abuse may be to a single specific individual or to several children. The pedophilic attraction or sexual abuse may be central to the plot or incidental.
Films where the victim of the sexual attraction or abuse is a girl are listed after the ones where the victim is a boy.
This article lists films. There are equivalent lists of books, songs and works for the theatre.
Both children and adolescents
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*"American Beauty" 1999, directed by
Sam Mendes , starringKevin Spacey andAnnette Bening . The main character is obsessed with his daughter's 15-year-old friend (played byMena Suvari )B
*"The Butterfly Effect", a boy discovers (over time) that his best friend was being sexually abused by her father, and eventually remembers that he was asked to perform sex acts with her in front of a camera.
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Bastard Out of Carolina (film) ", a young girl from Carolina is sexually abused by her stepfather and eventually raped on screen.C
* "Chinatown", 1974, directed by
Roman Polanski , written byRobert Towne .* "A Clockwork Orange" Full of sexual abuse from a sex and drug addict with his mischief friends that later betray him
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* "Dreamchild", 1985, directed by Gavin Millar, developed from the television play "Alice" by
Dennis Potter , and based on the life of Charles Dodgson/Lewis Carroll "Erotic innocence" byJames R. Kincaid , Duke University Press 1998]
* Deliver Us from Evil, 2006, directed by Amy Berg:The true story of Catholic priest FatherOliver O'Grady who abused both boys and girls. [cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/27/griffin.priestabuse/ | title=Priest makes 'most honest confession' of his life | author=Griffin, Drew | coauthor=Johnston, Kathleen | accessdate=2007-09-10 | publisher=CNN.com ]E
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Eban and Charley ", 2000, directed by James Bolton:A 29-year-old forms an intimate relationship with a 14-year-old boy [ [http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/archives/online_features/bolton.php Filmmaker "James Bolton's Eban and Charley, J.T. Leroy] ]* "
The Exterminator ", (1980), In this film, John Eastland, (a.k.a."The Exterminator") raids a child prostitution ring killing the ringleader and a state senator from New Jersey while setting a young boy free who was bonded to a bed. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080707/keywords]F
* "For a Lost Soldier" is listed under "
Voor een verloren soldaat ", A young boy falls in love with a Canadian soldier, although the relationship becomes sexual, it's unclear if the soldier is in love with the boy.
* "Fire Walk with me - Twin Peaks" is listed under "Twin Peaks "G
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Georgia Rule ", a young woman, Rachel, confesses to her family that her step-father molested and raped her from age 12 to 14.
* "The Girl Next Door (2007 film) "
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* "Happiness", 1998, directed by
Todd Solondz :A respected psychiatrist and family man is a predatory abuser of his young son's friends.Davies, Jon. Imagining Intergenerationality: Representation and Rhetoric in the Pedophile MovieGLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies - Volume 13, Number 2-3] [http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/38/adultkids.htm Bright Lights Film Journal "Boys on the Side A Survey of Adult/Youth Relationships in Movies and TV", Gary Morris] ]
* "Hard Candy", 2006, directed byDavid Slade starring Patrick Wilson andEllen Page . A young woman poses as a 14-year-old to track down pedophiles who sexually solicit children ininternet chat room s.
* "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things ", 2004, directed by and starringAsia Argento withDylan and Cole Sprouse , from the novel "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things", byJT LeRoy I
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In a Dark Place ", a chilling ghost story about two orphaned children whose nanny confronts her tormented past. Directed byDonato Rotunno .* "
Inside Diasy Clover " (1965), Daisy, a 15 year old, falls in love and marries a man at least 10 years older than her. Shortly after the marridge ends, Daisy begins a romance with her manager, who is at least 40.J
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* "Lolita", 1962, directed by
Stanley Kubrick , starringJames Mason and its 1997 remake, directed byAdrian Lyne , and starringJeremy Irons "Erotic innocence" byJames R. Kincaid , Duke University Press 1998]
* "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane ", 1976, directed byNicolas Gessner "Erotic innocence" byJames R. Kincaid , Duke University Press 1998] Rynn is a 13-year-old, whose neighbor Frank - a pedophile, tries constantly to seduce her.
* "L.I.E. ", 2001, directed byMichael Cuesta :Howie, a 15-year-old boy, discovers that his best friend, Gary, is a boy prostitute to Big John, a retired military officer. After Gary and Howie rob Big John's house, Big John proposes that Howie can pay for the stolen items by having sex with Big John. [cite web | url=http://www.i-reports.info/m/M200201.html | title=interrogation report: L.I.E. (movie review) | author=Jeffress, Terry | accessdate=2008-07-10 | publisher=www.i-reports.info ]
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* "La Mala Educación", released in English as "
Bad Education ", 2004, a Spanish film directed byPedro Almodóvar :Two boys fall in love and are also abused by a priest at their school.Davies, Jon. Imagining Intergenerationality: Representation and Rhetoric in the Pedophile MovieGLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies - Volume 13, Number 2-3]* "
Mysterious Skin " 2004 directed byGregg Araki , from the novel of the same name byScott Heim :Two adolescents molested as young boys have very different memories of their experiences.Davies, Jon. Imagining Intergenerationality: Representation and Rhetoric in the Pedophile MovieGLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies - Volume 13, Number 2-3]* "Mystic River" : One of the film's central characters, Dave Boyle (
Tim Robbins in an Academy Award winning performance) was molested as a child and still shows severe psychological issues from the event.N
* "Notes on a Scandal", an Art Teacher has an affair with one of her 15-year-old students.
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* "Oude Tongen", ("Old Tongues"),
1994 in film , directed by Gerardjan Rijnders [ [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/308/6934/987 British Medical Journal, Views and reviews "Just another nightmare?" T Sheldon, April 9, 1994] ]P
* "Pretty Baby", 1978 directed by
Louis Malle and starringBrooke Shields "Erotic innocence" byJames R. Kincaid , Duke University Press 1998] Violet, a 12-year-old girl, is arranged to have her virginity sold before prostitution is made illegal.Q
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* "Running Scared", 2006, directed by
Wayne Kramer [ [http://www.filethirteen.com/reviews/runningscared/runningscared.htm FileThirteen.com Review of Running Scared (2006)] ]* Sex Crimes and the Vatican (2006), documentary filmed for the BBC Panorama Documentary Series which details how the Vatican has used
Crimen sollicitationis secret document to silence allegations of sexual abuse by priests and how Crimen sollicitationis was enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became the Pope. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/5389684.stm BBC, Panoroma "Sex crimes and the Vatican"] ]
* "Sleepers", 1996 film directed byBarry Levinson , based on the book "Sleepers" byLorenzo Carcaterra "Erotic innocence" byJames R. Kincaid , Duke University Press 1998]
* "Sin City", (2005) based on the graphic novel. Amongs the many separate stories, one features a young, powerful man who kidnaps, tortures, rapes, and murders young girls. 8 Years after he is denied a 11-year-old girl, he tracks her down to finish the job.
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* "Soft Like Me " (1996 , by Jeffrey Erbach), short macabre movie depicting boys enslaved by men on a farm. [http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/19960909/5623.html Special Report: Toronto International Film Festival: Diary: Soft Like Me] ; by Teressa Iezzi Sep 9, 1996. Quote from the review:The film, set in a mythical time and place, takes place on a farm where adult society has enslaved a group of boys to perform manual farm labor as well as other physical tasks for their fleshy overseer... .."There are different elements of cannibalism, pedophilia, murder, slavery - all happening in one camp - and hope is crushed under all those things," explains Erbach.
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* "Twist of Faith ", 2004, directed by Kirby Dick:Tony Comes survived sexual abuse by a Catholic priest [ [http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0526,bk2,65389,20.html Village Voice (review of "Twist of Faith", Ben Kenigsberg] ]
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La virgen de los sicarios ", released in English as "Our Lady of the Assassins", 2000, directed by Barbet SchroederFact|date=April 2008* "
Voor een verloren soldaat ", 1992, released in theUSA as "For a Lost Soldier" from the novel by Dutch author Rudi van Dantzig.:A Canadian soldier in Europe duringWorld War II has a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy.Fact|date=April 2008W
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The Woodsman " is a 2004 film directed byNicole Kassell . The movie starsKevin Bacon as apedophile who must adjust to life after prison.Z
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The Boys of St. Vincent ", 1992, directed by John N. Smith"Erotic innocence" byJames R. Kincaid , Duke University Press 1998] and its sequel
* "", 1993, directed by John N. Smith:The two films chronicle abuse by priests at an orphanage inCanada and are based on true events. "See"Congregation of Christian Brothers
* "Capturing the Friedmans ", 2003 documentary directed byAndrew Jarecki :The controversy surrounding the conviction of a father and son for the abuse of children who came into their home for computer classes.
* "Deliver Us from Evil", 2006, directed by Amy Berg:The true story of Catholic priest FatherOliver O'Grady who abused both boys and girls
* "Do You Know the Muffin Man?", 1989, directed byGilbert Cates :Ritual satanic sexual abuse and child pornography at a day-care centre.
* "Gacy" 2003, directed by Clive Saunders:The story ofJohn Wayne Gacy , the serial child molester and murderer.
* "I Know My First Name Is Steven", also released as "The Missing Years", 1989, directed by Larry Elikann:The true story ofSteven Stayner 's life after being kidnapped at the age of seven and his abuse over seven years.
* "Indictment: The McMartin Trial", 1995, directed by Mick Jackson:The true story of the McMartin family who were wrongly accused of the molestation of preschool children."Erotic innocence" byJames R. Kincaid , Duke University Press 1998]
* "Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story", 1999, directed by Stephen Tolkin:Ellie Nesler shoots her son Willy's alleged molester during his trial."Erotic innocence" byJames R. Kincaid , Duke University Press 1998]
* "Just Ask My Children", 2001, directed by Arvin Brown:The story of wrongfully accused parents from theKern County child abuse cases
* "Just, Melvin: Just Evil", 2000, documentary directed by James Ronald Whitney:A grandfather sexually molests a number of family members
* M, a German 1931 classic byFritz Lang about the hunt for a child molester and serial killer, played byPeter Lorre . The character is allegedly based onPeter Kürten . American remake in 1951.
* "Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills", 1994, directed by Larry Elikann and "Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders" 1994, directed by Paul Schneider:The story of the Menendez brothers who murdered their parents then claimed they had been abused as children.
* "Our Fathers", 2005, directed byDan Curtis from the book by David France:Boys have been abused byJohn Geoghan and other priests. "See"Roman Catholic sex abuse cases
* "Pure Fiction", 1998, directed by Marian Handwerker:A child sex abuse ring inBelgium
* "Stevie", 2002, directed bySteve James :A documentary about Stevie Fielding, an abused boy who became an abuser himself.
* "Unspeakable Acts", 1990, directed by Linda Otto and featuringJoseph Mazzello , based on the novel "Unspeakable Acts" by Jan Hollingsworth :Sexual abuse at a Dade County daycare center; based on a true story."Erotic innocence" byJames R. Kincaid , Duke University Press 1998]ee also
* "Coming of Age: Movie and Video Guide" by Don Lort. Companion Press, 1997. ISBN 1889138029
* "The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995" by John Holmstrom. Michael Russell Publishing, 1996. ISBN 0859551784
* "Children in the Movies", by Neil Sinyard: a study of how childhood has been portrayed in films. Palgrave Macmillan, 1992. ISBN 031207574XReferences
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com The Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.advancedchristianity.com/Pages/CBS/CBS.htm Most Controversial Highlights in the 1962 Ottaviani Directive (English)]
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