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''[[1900]]'', ''Nineteen Hundred'', [[1976]] film directed by [[Bernardo Bertolucci]] ''[[Les amitiés particulières]]'', [[1964]] [[French]] film, released in English as ''This Special Friendship'' based on the novel ''[[Les amitiés particulières]]'', published in the UK as ''Special Friendships'' and in the [[USA]] as ''Secret Friendships'' by [[Roger Peyrefitte]]A boy falls in love with a much younger schoolboy who is also loved by a priest
* ''Amor Estranho Amor'', released in English as ''Love Strange Love'', [[1982]] [[Brazilian]] film directed by Walter Hugo Khouri and starring [[Xuxa]]
A prostitute seduces a 12-year-old boy
* ''Angyali üdvözlet'', released in English as ''The Annunciation'', [[1984]] [[Hungarian]] film directed by András Jeles
* ''[[Antwone Fisher]]'', [[2002]], directed by [[Denzel Washington]], based on [[Antwone Fisher]]'s autobiographical story ''Finding Fish''
* ''Big Boys Don't Cry'', [[1993]], directed by James Becket
* ''[[The Boys of St. Vincent]]'', [[1992]], directed by John N. Smith and its sequel
* ''[[The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later]]'', [[1993]], directed by John N. Smith
The two films chronicle abuse by priests at an orphanage in [[Canada]] and are based on true events
* ''The Boy Who Cried Bitch'', [[1991]], directed by Juan José Campanella
* ''Bump in the Night'', [[1991]], directed by Karen Arthur and starring [[Christopher Reeve]], based on the novel ''[[Bump in the Night]]'' by [[Isabelle Holland]]
* ''Burning Secret'', [[1988]], directed by Andrew Birkin
* ''[[The Butterfly Effect]]'', [[2004]], directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber
* ''[[Capturing the Friedmans]]'', [[2003]] documentary directed by [[Andrew Jarecki]]
The controversy surrounding the conviction of a father and son for the abuse of children who came into their home for computer classes.
* ''Child Abuse'', [[1976]], short, directed by R. Durrell Robinson
* ''Child's Cry'', [[1986]], directed by Gilbert Cates
* ''[[The Conformist]]'', [[1970]], directed by [[Bernardo Bertolucci]], adapted from ''[[The Conformist]]'' by [[Alberto Moravia]]
* ''Cries from the Heart'', [[1994]], also known as ''Touch of Truth'', directed by Michael Switzer
* ''Deliver us from Evil'', [[2006]], directed by Amy Berg
The true story of [[Catholic]] priest Father Oliver O'Grady who abused both boys and girls
* ''La discesa di Aclà a Floristella'', released in English as ''Acla's Descent into Floristella'', [[1992]], [[Italian]] film directed by Aurelio Grimaldi
* ''Do You Know the Muffin Man?'', [[1989]], directed by [[Gilbert Cates]]
* ''Duvar'', released in English as ''Güney's The Wall'' or ''The Wall'', [[1983]] [[Turkish]] film directed by Yilmaz Güney
* ''Eban and Charley'', [[2000]], directed by James Bolton
A 29-year-old forms an intimate relationship with a 14-year-old boy
* ''Gossenkind'', released in English as ''Street Kid'' and ''Streetchild'', [[1992]], directed by Peter Kern
* ''[[Happiness]]'', [[1998]], directed by [[Todd Solondz]]
A respected psychiatrist and family man is a predatory abuser of his young son's friends
* ''[[The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things]]'', [[2004]], directed by and starring [[Asia Argento]] with [[Dylan and Cole Sprouse]], from the novel ''[[The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things]]'', by [[JT LeRoy]]
* ''I Know My First Name Is Steven'', also released as ''The Missing Years'', [[1989]], directed by Larry Elikann
The true story of Steven Stayner's life after being kidnapped at the age of seven and his abuse over seven years.
* ''Indictment: [[The McMartin Trial]]'', [[1995]], directed by Mick Jackson
The true story of the [[McMartin]] family who were wrongly accused of the molestation of preschool children
* ''Isä meidän'', released in English as ''Our Father'', [[1993]], [[Finnish]] film directed by Veikko Aaltonen
* ''The Jaundiced Eye'', [[1999]], directed by Nonny de la Peña
* ''Judgment'', [[1990]], directed by Tom Topor
* ''Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story'', [[1999]], directed by Stephen Tolkin
* ''Just Ask My Children'', [[2001]], directed by Arvin Brown
The story of wrongfully accused parents from the [[Kern County child abuse cases]]
* ''Just, Melvin: Just Evil'', [[2000]], documentary directed by James Ronald Whitney
* ''Kids Don’t Tell'', [[1985]], directed by Sam O’Steen
* ''A Kind of Hush'', [[1999]], directed by Brian Stirner, based on Richard Johnson's autobiographical novel ''Getting Even'', now published as ''[[A Kind of Hush]]''
* L.I.E, a 2001 film starring [[Paul Dano]] and [[Brian Cox]] as "Big John". The film stands out for its portrayal of Big John as a person with genuine fatherly feelings. The film earned a [[NC-17]] rating, and showed in very few theaters during its initial release.
* ''Lakki'', also released as ''Lakki: The Boy Who Grew Wings'', [[1992]], [[Norwegian]] film directed by Svend Wam
* ''The Lost Son'', [[1999]], directed by [[Chris Menges]]
* ''Lust och fägring stor'', released in English as ''All Things Fair'', [[1995]], [[Swedish]] film directed by [[Bo Widerberg]]
* ''La Mala Educación'', released in English as ''[[Bad Education]]'', [[2004]], a [[Spanish]] film directed by [[Pedro Almodóvar]]
Two boys fall in love and are also abused by a priest at their school
* ''[[The Man Without a Face]]'', [[1993]], directed by and starring [[Mel Gibson]] and also starring [[Nick Stahl]], based on the novel ''[[The Man Without a Face]]'' by [[Isabelle Holland]]
A disfigured teacher with a mysterious past forms a friendship with a troubled 12-year-old boy.
* ''[[Mysterious Skin]]'' [[2004]] directed by [[Gregg Araki]], from the novel ''[[Mysterious Skin]]'' by [[Scott Heim]]
* ''[[Mystic River]]'', [[2003]], directed by [[Clint Eastwood]] and starring [[Kevin Bacon]], based on the novel ''[[Mystic River]]'' by [[Dennis Lehane]]
The lives of four men who were childhood friends come together again. One boy had been abducted by pedophiles when playing in the street with the others
* ''[[The Night Listener]]'', [[2006]], directed by Patrick Stettner, starring [[Robin Williams]], [[Toni Collette]] and [[Rory Culkin]], based on the novel ''[[The Night Listener]]'' by [[Armistead Maupin]]
* ''Pregi'', [[2004]], released in English as ''The Welts'', a [[Polish]] film directed by Magdalena Piekorz
* ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'', [[1991]], directed by [[Barbra Streisand]]
* ''[[The Reflecting Skin]]'', [[1990]], directed by [[Philip Ridley]]
* ''Return to Innocence'', [[2001]], directed by Rocky Costanzo, based on the novel ''Return to Innocence'', [[1999]] by Gary M. Frazier
* ''[[Running Scared]]'', [[2006]], directed by [[Wayne Kramer]]
* ''[[Running with Scissors]]'', [[2006]], directed by Ryan Murphy and based on the memoir ''[[Running with Scissors]]'' by [[Augusten Burroughs]]
* ''Sapore del Grano'', released in the [[USA]] as ''The Flavor of Corn'', [[1991]], an [[Italian]] film directed by Gianni da Campo
* ''[[Say Uncle]]'', [[2005]], directed by and starring [[Peter Paige]]
* ''[[Sleepers]]'', [[1996]] film directed by [[Barry Levinson]], based on the book ''[[Sleepers]]'' by [[Lorenzo Carcaterra]]
* ''Smukke dreng'', released in the [[USA]] as ''Pretty Boy'', [[1993]], [[Danish]] film directed by Carsten Sonder
* ''[[Song for a Raggy Boy]]'', [[2003]], directed by Aisling Walsh, starring [[Aidan Quinn]], based on ''Song for a Raggy Boy'' written by Patrick Galvin
The true story of one teacher's fight to stop sexual abuse in an Irish Reformatory School
* ''[[Le Souffle au coeur]]'', [[1971]], released as ''[[Murmur of the Heart]]'' in the USA and ''Dearest Love'' in the UK, directed by [[Louis Malle]]
* ''Tras et crystal'', released in English as ''In a Glass Cage'', [[1987]], a [[Spanish]] film directed by Agustí Villaronga
* ''Torzók'', released in English as ''Abandoned'', [[2001]], [[Hungarian]] film directed by Árpád Sopsits
* ''Twist of Faith'', [[2004]], directed by Kirby Dick
* ''Der Unhold'', a [[German]] film released in English as ''The Ogre'', [[1996]], directed by Volker Schlöndorff
* ''Unspeakable Acts'', [[1990]], directed by Linda Otto and featuring [[Joseph Mazzello]], based on the novel ''Unspeakable Acts'' by Jan Hollingsworth
* ''La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant'', released in the [[USA]] as ''The Fire that Burns'', [[1997]] [[French]] film, directed by Christophe Malavoy, based on the play by [[Henry de Montherlant]]
* ''La Virgen de los sicarios'', released in English as ''Our Lady of the Assassins'', [[2000]], directed by Barbet Schroeder
* ''Vito e gli altri'', ''Vito and the Others'', [[1991]], [[Italian]] film directed by Antonio Capuano
* ''[[Voor een verloren soldaat]]'', [[1992]], released in the [[USA]] as ''For a Lost Soldier'' from the novel by [[Dutch]] author Rudi van Dantzig
* ''Whipping Boy'', [[1996]], directed by Di Drew from the novel ''Whipping Boy'' by Gabrielle Lord

Pedophilia is a minor theme in some films, including:

* ''Clay Farmers'' [[1988]] directed by A.P. Gonzalez
* ''[[Hearts in Atlantis]]'', [[2004]], directed by Scott Hicks, from the [[Stephen King]] novel, ''Hearts in Atlantis''
* ''[[If...]]'', [[1968]] directed by [[Lindsay Anderson]]
* ''Lamb'', [[1986]], directed by Colin Gregg
* ''[[One Hour Photo]]'', [[2002]], directed by [[Mark Romanek]] and starring [[Robin Williams]] and [[Dylan Smith]]
Sy (Robin Williams) was abused by his father as a child
* ''A Perfect World'', [[1993]], directed by [[Clint Eastwood]] and starring [[Kevin Costner]], [[Clint Eastwood]] and T.J Lowther
* ''Vers le sud'', released in English as ''Heading South'', [[2005]], directed by Laurent Cantet
One of the women is tempted to spend some time with a 12 year-old boy.
Some commentators have implied that there are pedophile overtones in the following movies:

* ''[[Birth]]'', [[2004]], involving Anna ([[Nicole Kidman]]) and 10-year-old Sean ([[Cameron Bright]]) [[[[1]]]][[[[2]]]]
* ''[[Finding Neverland]]'', [[2004]], directed by Marc Foster
The story of [[J.M. Barrie]]'s friendship with the Llewelyn-Davies boys who inspired him to create [[Peter Pan]], including [[Peter]] ([[Freddie Highmore]])
[[Michael Jackson]] was acquitted of [[child sexual abuse]]. Films that cover the story include:

* ''Michael Jackson and the Boy He Paid Off'', [[2004]], directed by Helen Littleboy
* ''Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story'', [[2004]], directed by Allan Moyle
* ''Behind the Scenes at the Michael Jackson Trial'', [[2005]]

The film ''[[Clownhouse]]'' was directed by [[Victor Salva]] and released in [[1989]]. The lead role was played by 12-year-old child actor Nathan Forrest Winters. Salva was convicted in 1989 of molesting Winters and of capturing the mutual [[oral sex]] on video. Salva served fifteen months in a California state prison.[[[3]]]

== Adult/girl ==

Movies with child sexual abuse or pedophile theme or content involving girls include:

* ''[[Aftermath]]'', also known as ''A Long Way Home'', [[2001]], directed by Lorraine Senna
* ''Árvácska'' released in English as ''Nobody's Daughter'', [[1976]], directed by László Ranódy
* ''[[Bastard Out of Carolina]]'',[[1996]], directed by [[Anjelica Huston]] from the novel ''Bastard Out of Carolina'' by [[Dorothy Allison]]
* ''[[Closet Land]]'', [[1991]], directed by Radha Bharadwaj
* ''Daddy'', [[1973]], written and directed by [[Niki de Saint Phalle]]
Saint Phalle is sexually abused by her father
* ''The Dangerous Stranger'' is a [[1950]] classroom movie about 'stranger danger'
A police officer tells children about the dangers of accepting rides or presents from strangers
* ''Deliver Us from Evil'', [[2006]], directed by Amy Berg
The true story of [[Catholic]] priest Father Oliver O'Grady who abused both boys and girls
* ''[[Dolores Claiborne]]'', [[1993]], directed by Taylor Hackford, from the book ''[[Dolores Claiborne]]'' by [[Stephen King]]
* ''Dreamchild'', [[1985]], directed by Gavin Millar, developed from the television play ''Alice'' by [[Dennis Potter]], and based on the life of Charles Dodgson/[[Lewis Carroll]]
* ''The Fall before Paradise'', [[2005]], directed by Steven Gillilan
* ''Fallen Angel'', [[1981]], directed by Robert Michael Lewis
* ''[[The Final Cut]]'', directed by Omar Naim
* ''For My Daughter's Honor'' aka ''Indecent Seduction'' [1996 in film|1996], directed by Alan Metzger.
* ''[[Freeway]]'', [[1996]], directed by [[Matthew Bright]]
* ''Frühreifen-Report'', [[1973]], an [[Austrian]] film directed by [[Ernst Hofbauer]]
* ''The Good Mother'', also known as ''The Price of Passion'', [[1988]], directed by [[Leonard Nimoy]], from the novel by Sue Miller
A man innocently allows a 6-year-old girl to touch him
* ''[[Hard Candy]]'', [[2006]], directed by David Slade
* ''Her Desperate Choice''[[1996]], directed by Michael Scott.
* ''Indictment: The McMartin Trial'', [[1995]], directed by Mick Jackson
* ''Innocence'', [[2004]], directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
* ''[[Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]]'',directed by [[Mira Nair]]
* ''Kids Don’t Tell'', [[1985]], directed by Sam O’Steen
* ''Liar, Liar'', also known as ''Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter'', [[1992]], directed by Jorge Montesi
* ''[[Lolita]]'', [[1962]], directed by [[Stanley Kubrick]]
* ''[[Lolita]]'', [[1997]], directed by Adrian Lyne
* ''[[M]]'', [[1931]], directed by [[Fritz Lang]] and starring [[Peter Lorre]]
* ''To Monon, tis zois tou taxidion'', (''To Mόνον της Zωής του Tαξείδιον''), [[2001]], directed by Lakis Papastathis, a [[Greek]] film released in English as ''The Only Journey of his Life''
* ''Monsoon Wedding'', [[2001]], directed by Mira Nair
* ''La Niña santa'', [[2004]], released in English as ''The Holy Girl'', directed by Lucrecia Martel
* ''Nine Lives'', directed by Rodrigo Garcia
* ''No Child of Mine'', [[1997]], directed by Peter Kosminsky
* ''Not in My Family'', [[1993]], also known as ''Shattering the Silence'', directed by Linda Otto
* ''The Offence'', also known as ''The Offense'', [[1972]], directed by [[Sidney Lumet]] and starring [[Sean Connery]]
* ''[[Once Were Warriors]]'', [[1994]], directed by [[Lee Tamahori]] and starring [[Temuera Morrison]], based on the [[novel]] ''[[Once Were Warriors]]'' by [[Alan Duff]]
* ''Palindromes'', [[2004]], directed by [[Todd Solondz]]
* ''Piccole Labbra'', [[1978]], released in English as ''Little Lips'', directed by Mimmo Cattarinich
* ''[[Pretty Baby]]'', [[1978]] directed by [[Louis Malle]] and starring [[Brooke Shields]]
* ''Priest'', [[1994]], directed by Antonia Bird
* ''Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story'', [[1993]], directed by Bill Corcoran
* ''Short Eyes'', [[1977]], directed by Robert M. Young, based of the play ''Short Eyes'', by Miguel Pinero
* ''[[Sin City]]'', [[2005]], directed by [[Robert Rodriguez]] and [[Frank Miller]]
Detective Hartigan ([[Bruce Willis]]) is framed for raping a 11-year-old Nancy
* ''Stop at Nothing'', [[1991]], directed by Chris Thomson
* ''[[The Sweet Hereafter]], [[1997]], directed by Atom Egoyan''
* ''[[Taxi Driver]], [[1976]], directed by Martin Scorsese and starring [[Robert de Niro]] and [[Jodie Foster]]''
* ''Ultimate Betrayal'', [[1994]], directed by Donald Wrye
* ''[[Under Suspicion]]'', [[2000]], directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring [[Gene Hackman]] and [[Morgan Freeman]]
* ''[[The War Zone]]'', [[1999]], directed by [[Tim Roth]]
* ''Wheels of Terror'', [[1990]], directed by Christopher Cain
* ''While Justice Sleeps'', [[1994]], directed by [[Alan Smithee]]
* ''[[The Woodsman]]'', [[2004]] directed by [[Nicole Kassell]], starring [[Kevin Bacon]]
* ''[[You Are Not Alone]]'', [[1980 in film]] directed by Lasse Nielsen

Pedophilia is a minor theme in some films, including:

* ''[[The Aristocrats]]'', [[2005]], directed by Paul Provenza
* ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', [[1994]], directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring [[Tom Hanks]]
* ''[[Kill Bill Vol. 1]]'', [[2003]], directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]] - during Chapter 3: the Origin of [[O-Ren Ishii]]
* ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'', [[2005]], directed by Shane Black
* ''Osama'', [[2003]], directed by Siddiq Barmak
* ''[[Silent Hill]]'', [[2006]], directed by [[Christophe Gans]]
* ''You Are Mine Forever'' aka ''In Quiet Night'', [1998 in Film|1996], directed by H. Anne Riley.

Some commentators have implied that there are pedophile overtones in the following movie:

* ''[[Léon]]'', [[1994]], directed by Luc Besson; involving Léon ([[Jean Reno]]) and 12-year-old Mathilda ([[Natalie Portman]])[[[[4]]]]

Actor and director [[Woody Allen]] was accused in 1992 by his partner Mia Farrow after she discovered his secret affair with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn. Farrow accused him of being a pedophile (Previn was 16, 35 years younger than Allen) and of abusing their seven-year-old daughter - a charge that was not upheld in court.

Director [[Roman Polanski]] fled the United States after his arrest for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. He pleaded guilty to engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

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