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40+ Powerful Movies About Pedophilia
A list of the best movies about the horrifying subject of pedophilia, ranked by movie fans with film trailers when available. Obviously this is a disgusting subject to make a film about, but sometimes the only way to spread awareness is through art. This pedophilia movie list is ordered by popularity, so only the most powerful movies about pedophilia are at the top of the list. If there are any movies about pedophilia you believe we missed, please feel free to add them to the list yourself. The films on this list are the most famous pedophilia movies of all time, so use it to find some movies that you haven't seen already.
The list you're viewing has a variety of films in it, such as The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane and Sin City.
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- 1Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella
- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Lolita is a 1997 French-American drama film written by Stephen Schiff and directed by Adrian Lyne. It is the second screen adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel of the same name and stars Jeremy ...more - 2Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon
- Released: 1978
- Directed by: Louis Malle
Hattie (Susan Sarandon), a New Orleans hooker, meets a photographer named Bellocq (Keith Carradine) at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, ...more - 3Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Peter Jackson
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family (Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz) -- and her killer (Stanley Tucci). As she ...more - 4Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Eve
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Nicole Kassell
After 12 years in prison, Walter (Kevin Bacon) returns home. Few people know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment where he's regularly visited by his parole officer (Mos Def). ...more - 5Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Jena Malone
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Anjelica Huston
Anney (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a poor single mother from the rural South, struggles to raise her young daughter, Bone (Jena Malone). They seem to find happiness when Anney marries a kindly man named ...more - 6Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Barry Levinson
Four teenage friends from Hell's Kitchen end up being sent to reform school after almost killing a man. There they are brutalized by the guards. John (Ron Eldard) and Tommy (Billy Crudup) grow up to ...more - 7Mads Mikkelsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Thomas Bo Larsen
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg
The Hunt is a 2012 Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg. The story is set in a small Danish village around Christmas, and follows a man (Mads Mikkelsen) who becomes the target of mass ...more - 8Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams
- Released: 2015
- Directed by: Tom McCarthy
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by ...more - 9Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed
- Directed by: Benedict Andrews
Una is an American-British-Canadian drama film directed by Benedict Andrews based upon the play Blackbird. A woman (Rooney Mara) confronts an older man (Ben Mendelsohn) to find out why he abandoned ...more - 10Dakota Fanning, Cody Hanford, Piper Laurie
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Deborah Kampmeier
Lewellen (Dakota Fanning) lives with her grandmother (Piper Laurie) in Alabama. Though unable to care for her himself, Lewellen's father (David Morse) tries to connect with his daughter through Elvis ...more - 11Michelle Trachtenberg, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Gregg Araki
Mysterious Skin is a 2004 Dutch-American drama film directed by American filmmaker Gregg Araki, who also wrote the screenplay based on Scott Heim's 1996 novel of the same name. The film is Araki's ...more - 12Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
In this quartet of neo-noir tales, a mysterious salesman (Josh Hartnett) narrates a tragic story of co-dependency, while a musclebound vigilante (Mickey Rourke) tears his way through the criminal ...more - 13Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith
- Released: 1976
- Directed by: Nicolas Gessner
Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs (Jodie Foster) lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady (Alexis Smith) inquires after Rynn's father, she ...more - 14Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn, Tim Heidecker
- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Max Winkler
Flower is a 2017 American drama film directed by Max Winkler. A sexually curious teen (Zoey Deutch) forms an unorthodox kinship with her mentally unstable stepbrother (Joey Morgan). - 15Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Steven Spielberg
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries ...more - 16Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
When the daughter (Emmy Rossum) of ex-con Jimmy Marcus (Sean Penn) is murdered, two of his childhood friends from the neighborhood are involved. Dave (Tim Robbins), a blue-collar worker, was the last ...more - 17Gael García Bernal, Pedro Almodóvar, Leonor Watling
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar
Bad Education is a 2004 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho and Lluís Homar, the film focuses on two reunited ...more - 18Laura Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Jason Ritter
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Jennifer Fox
The Tale is a 2018 American drama film directed by Jennifer Fox. An investigation into one woman's memory (Laura Dern) as she is forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we ...more - 19Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Taylor Hackford
In a small New England town, Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) works as a housekeeper for the rich but heartless Vera Donovan (Judy Parfitt). When Vera turns up dead, Dolores is accused of killing her ...more - 20Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: John Patrick Shanley
In 1964 the winds of change are sweeping through Sister Aloysius' (Meryl Streep) St. Nicholas school. Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a charismatic priest, is advocating reform of the school's ...more - 21Camilla Belle, Elisha Cuthbert, Edie Falco
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Jamie Babbit
After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot (Camilla Belle) moves in with her godparents, Olivia (Edie Falco) and Paul (Martin Donovan) Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina (Elisha Cuthbert), is ...more - 22Allison Williams, Logan Browning, Steven Weber
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Richard Shepard
A troubled musical prodigy and a new star pupil embark down a sinister path. - 23Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Wayne Kramer
Mafia flunky Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) is ordered to dispose of the guns that killed a pair of policemen. He hides them in his basement, where they are found by Oleg (Cameron Bright), the kid from ...more - 24Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Elpidia Carrillo
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia
The lives of nine women occasionally overlap as they deal with unfaithfulness, loss, romance and parenthood. Cancer patient Camille (Kathy Baker) has a difficult time facing her life-threatening ...more - 25Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Todd Field
Sarah (Kate Winslet) is a well-educated woman who cannot come to terms with her life as a housewife and mother. Brad (Patrick Wilson), a stay-at-home dad, is married to a beautiful filmmaker ...more
