Movies and TvShows featuring "abusive-stepmother" theme.

Bullied by his father to grow up, a teen fights between the love of his step-mother over his father's life.

Maria is an orphan girl who suffers from her stepmother's wickedness. She then decides to escape in search of the fringes of the sea and takes a long walk through Brazilian folk tales. On his journey, he meets several fantastic characters.

A lawyer's seemingly perfect life is turned upside down when she begins a sexual relationship with her teenage stepson, leading to a series of consequences that threaten to tear her family apart.

Ming Wang is an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan in India, who was blinded by her stepmother, Wang must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth, the Cultural Revolution.

In Higher Ground, a troubled teen girl named Emma is sent to a strict boarding school in the mountains. As she navigates the challenges of teenage life and tries to overcome her eating disorder, she forms unexpected friendships and finds solace in the beautiful surroundings. With the help of a dedicated mental health professional and the support of her new friends, Emma begins to heal and find her higher ground.

Father Frost is a Russian fairy tale about a spoiled brat who is transformed into a bear and learns valuable life lessons. With the help of Father Frost, the young girl discovers the importance of love, kindness, and true happiness in a world filled with magic and winter wonder.

Amar Prem is a story about affection and loneliness. It revolves around a female protagonist who becomes a prostitute due to her abusive stepmother and the death of her mother. The movie explores themes of sadness, happiness, and the search for love in the midst of adversity.

Bliss tells the story of a Turkish village torn apart by cultural conflict and the struggle of a young woman to seek justice for the crimes committed against her. As she confronts deep-rooted misogyny and patriarchal values, she navigates through personal trauma and societal pressure, challenging the status quo. The film delves into themes of honor, family relationships, repressed memory, and the fight for women's rights.

A penniless musician is unwittingly forced to trade places with a look-alike diamond merchant/thief causing a comedy of errors by everyone involved.

In Happy Times, a bachelor named Zhao is forced to find a girlfriend to appease his boss and secure a job. He pretends to be blind while dating a blind woman and gets entangled in a web of lies. As his deception deepens, Zhao's girlfriend's obsession with white panties becomes a challenge to their relationship. Meanwhile, Zhao's obese aunt has her own romantic troubles. Based on a novel, Happy Times showcases the hilarious and unexpected ways love and deceit intersect.

Desdemona lives on an isolated island with her strange family: her father Mario, her stepmother Dulcinea and her mentally challenged sister Paulova. As the only inhabitants on the island loneliness and desolation engulf all members of her family. Desdemona tries to ward off her boredom by taking long walks along the beach or engaging in acts of self-gratification. She often tries to seduce her own father Mario to engage in acts of a sexual nature. Their daily routine is interrupted by the arrival (by boat) of a robust male stranger who brings friction into Desdemona's family.

Mabel Domingo (Kris Aquino), the owner of a high-class, but creepy, antique shop, only wants herself and her mother to move on from the tragic past of losing her sister as she carries the guilt of causing her death. She meets Ivan Galvez (Dingdong Dantes), a rich and successful architect who only wants to find the perfect wife and mother for his young daughter Angel to finally have a complete and happy family after his ex-wife left for him for another man.

The well-known story of Cinderella.

Kulwant Rai's horse carriage runs over a child, and as a result, she loses her vision.

A little girl wittness the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Arore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.

Abused by his older brother and step mother, a highschool student takes drastic steps to regain his independence.