Films about abortion

Films about abortion
List of the best films about abortion according to the audience: Never Rarely Sometimes Always, October Baby, To the Bone, First Reformed, The Kitchen, Unplanned, Unpregnant, Saint Frances, Monday, The Glorias.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama
CountryUSA

OCTOBER BABY is the coming of age story of a beautiful and naive college freshman who discovers that her entire life is a lie and sets out on a road trip with a host of misfits to discover herself and the answers she craves.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:29

A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
Duration02:20

A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

Markimdb: 5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:20

Jennifer's thirtieth birthday party is supposed to be a special day. But what starts out as a day of celebration quickly spirals into a most ill-fated day Jennifer wishes she could forget, in this ensemble comedy set entirely in a kitchen.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA

As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, Abby Johnson was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women on their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a woman's right to choose led her to become a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood, fighting to enact legislation for the cause she so deeply believed in. Until the day she saw something that changed everything.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

At the start of the summer, Bridget has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in affluent Evanston, Illinois — nannying a six-year old.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genremelodrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Greece, USA

A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?

Markimdb: 5.7
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUSA

An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark on modern history. A nontraditional chronicle of a trailblazing life.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA

The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genremelodrama, drama, musical, music
CountryItaly, United Kingdom, USA
Duration02:14

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

As the 15th anniversary of a fatal high school shooting approaches, former pupil Diana McFee is haunted by memories of the tragedy. After losing her best friend Maureen in the attack, Diana has been profoundly affected by the incident - her seemingly perfect life shaped by the events of that day.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, documentary
CountryUSA

In her first comedy special post-health scare, Sarah Silverman shares a mix of fun facts, sad truths and yeah-she-just-went-there moments.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA, France

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA

Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popular jock facade for so long, as his troubled father Lee has a gambling addiction that threatens to derail his dreams both on and off the court.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

Angie Rossini, an innocent New York City sales clerk from a repressive Italian-American family, engages in a short-lived affair with a handsome jazz musician named Rocky Papasano. When Angie becomes pregnant, she tracks down Rocky hoping he'll pay for her abortion. Rocky agrees to help, but after seeing the unsanitary abortion facility, he refuses to let Angie go through with the procedure and attempts to make her an honest woman.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

A teacher tries to overcome his frustration teaching a high-school that seems to be full of flunkies.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

    This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA, Germany, Japan
    Duration01:52

    Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA

    For years, Ollie has illicitly helped the struggling residents of her North Dakota oil boomtown access Canadian health care and medication. When the authorities catch on, she plans to abandon her crusade, only to be dragged in even deeper after a desperate plea for help from her sister.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

      Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration02:09

      A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out on a journey to find him.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      Deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex, marriage, religion and family — in the 1990s. Directed, written, produced by and starring Edward Burns.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:54

      A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, film noir
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      An all-female rock group finds fame, love, and drama when they move to LA in order to claim the lead singer’s inheritance.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his home town as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law convinces his blue-collar dad to send him to a Connecticut prep school. The one saving grace of the new school is Jane, a fellow student Tim falls for immediately.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryAustralia

      A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell bent on tearing them apart.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror
      CountryJapan, France, China
      Duration01:33

      An actor named Kosuke plays the role of Iemon in a stage version of Yotsuya Kaiden and his new lover Miyuki plays Oiwa. However, as they delve deeper into their respective performances, the line between fantasy and reality becomes obscured until the murderous, vengeful themes of the play bleed into their own relationship.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, fantasy
      CountryTaiwan

      A story about a video of a group of people going hiking and a mysterious little girl in a red dress following them.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:24

      An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrehorror, comedy
      CountryUSA

      Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers Mister Malevolent and Mystic Woman who have seven moralistic horror stories to tell.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:47

      A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama
      CountryRomania, Poland, France
      Duration01:05

      At the dinner table one night, a close-knit Romanian family is upset by a startling revelation.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime, film noir
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genredrama, history
      CountryUSA

      Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genremelodrama, drama, sport
      CountryUSA, Canada

      A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      The popular 1980’s dance movie that depicts the life of an exotic dancer with a side job as a welder who true desire is to get into ballet school. It’s her dream to be a professional dancer and now is her chance. The film has a great soundtrack with an Oscar winning song.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      The latest battle in the eternal war between Good and Evil has come to New Jersey in the late, late 20th Century. Angels, demons, apostles and prophets (of a sort) walk among the cynics and innocents of America and duke it out for the fate of humankind.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Mexico

      An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:43

      In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His best friends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect over his lifestyle.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:38

      Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Veronica expecting their first child, Burt's parents decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:24

      In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker for her aging mother, turns to tarot card reader Christine for spiritual aid. Christine grapples with her own angst due to her lover's debilitating illness. Meanwhile, a bank manager deals with an unwanted pregnancy, two sisters pursue romantic interests and a housewife gets back into the dating game.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:33

      Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses to eat any food Nanny's prepared or take a bath with her in the room. He also demands to sleep in a room with a lock. Joey's parents -- workaholic Bill and neurotic Virgie -- are sure Joey is disturbed, but he may have good reason to be terrified of Nanny.




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