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The Accused

October 1988 •English

Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney Kathryn Murphy takes the case; however, she allows the rapists to receive a mild sentence. A distraught Sarah decides to seek punishment for the men who witnessed and encouraged the rape. To get justice, Sarah must take the stand and revisit the night of her attack.

A Spectacle

November 2023 •Indonesian

Arif, the black sheep in a family who has long been absent from any family gatherings, suddenly arrives at his uncle's celebration in a mysterious mission.

Mysterious Skin

March 2005 •English

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

Bose

August 2004 •Tamil

Former army commando Bose gets fired after he stops a rapist's attack on a student. The young woman and Bose fall in love, but then his family is kidnapped, and he discovers that the rapist has connections to terrorists.

The Prince of Tides

December 1991 •English

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process.

Sisterhood

March 2024 •French

Amina, Djeneba and Zineb are three inseparable teenagers who find themselves in hot water when they post a video on social networks identifying an assailant who attacked one of the three. The video draws a public outcry, and they will have to choose between continuing their fight or giving in to pressure.

Maryland

July 2022 •English

Two women named Mary -- both recently sexually assaulted by the same man -- meet at the police station and enter into the world that victims of assault have to endure, guided by a police constable and his colleague. As the action unfolds, it is commented on by the Furies -- a chorus of murdered women seen and heard only by the viewer. Flashes of wit and humour temper a dark and difficult subject.

Derailed

November 2005 •English

When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.

Victims

January 1982 •English

A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin stalking him.

Chicken Curry Law

August 2019 •English

When a foreign national is raped by an influential minister’s sons, she attempts to seek justice, but it only leads to an agonising and infuriating series of events.

Thelma & Louise

May 1991 •English

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

I Know What You Did

January 1998 •English

A female lawyer who specialises in defending suspected rapists is left traumatised after she herself is assaulted in her own home.

Bullet

March 1996 •English

A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former prison rival in his return to a life of crime.

She Said

November 2022 •English

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

Woman of the Hour

October 2024 •English

An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."

Jupons

Invalid date •French

2037

June 2022 •Korean

Yoon-young, a 19-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a civil servant, is framed as a murderer and imprisoned in a women's prison.

Everything Is Fine Here

Invalid date •English

25-year-old Arghavan lives with her parents in Tehran, and intends to marry her fiancé, Hesam. One day, her short stories win her a grant to attend a writing workshop in Germany. Soon before she is to leave, however, Arghavan is abducted and raped. In a strict, conservative society where young women are expected to be virgins before marriage, this is a social catastrophe. Plagued by gossip and finding little solace, Arghavan's life begins turning into a nightmare.

Factory Girl

December 2006 •English

In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.

Smalltown Girl

January 2026 •German

Nore and Jonna meet again by chance in their early twenties and move in together. In conversations, it becomes clear that Nore was never the precocious "femme fatale" who admired as well as bullied Jonna, but experienced sexual assault as a young girl. As Nore struggles to reclaim the narrative for herself, a genuine friendship develops.