Movies about Sexual Assault
Explore films and series about sexual assault — Surviving, and being disbelieved. Watchin ranks titles by how strongly they explore this theme, so you can find something that fits how you feel tonight.
Watchin ranks 117 films and series about sexual assault by how strongly each one explores the theme, using a taste model built on viewer ratings rather than genre labels.
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- Silenced (2011)
- The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
- Memories of Murder (2003)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
- The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
- Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018)
- Unbelievable (2019)
- Big Little Lies (2017)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
- Two Women (1960)
- Mystic River (2003)
- Mysterious Skin (2005)
- The Innocent (2021)
- Sleepers (1996)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- Talk to Her (2002)
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
- Athlete A (2020)
- 13 Reasons Why (2017)
- 3096 Days (2013)
- Promising Young Woman (2020)
- Bad Education (2004)
- The Experiment (2001)
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Common questions
What are the best movies about sexual assault?
Watchin's highest-ranked films and series about sexual assault include Silenced, The Handmaid's Tale and Memories of Murder. Ranking reflects how strongly each title explores the theme, not how recent or popular it is.
How does Watchin decide which titles are about sexual assault?
Each title is scored against sexual assault as a life topic from its story, themes and emotional tone, then ranked by audience rating among titles with enough ratings to be reliable. Titles below 250 ratings are excluded so the list is not dominated by obscure entries with a handful of perfect scores.
How many films and series about sexual assault are there?
Watchin's catalogue contains 117 titles about sexual assault that meet the ratings threshold. The full ranked list is free to browse.