Academy Award winners that address sexual assault...
1. The Secret In Their Eyes (2009), Best Foreign Film
2. Monster (2003), Best Actress
3. Boys Don't Cry (1999), Best Actress
4. The Accused (1988), Best Actress
5. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Actor, Adapted Screenplay, & Art Direction
6. Johnny Belinda (1948), Best Actress
Can you think of other ones?
7. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Best Actor
8. Pulp Fiction (1994) Best Original Screenplay
9. Dead Man Walking (1995) Best Actress
10. The Virgin Spring (1960) Best Foreign Language Film
The Shawshank Redemption
Gone With The Wind (although it was a different time)
Deliverance (nominated but didn't win)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (he was a statutory rapist--one of the things he was in jail for was sleeping with an underaged girl)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Mystic River
ROOM just won Best Actress. The character is a woman who was kidnapped and held for years as a sex slave.
share12 Years a Slave - Michael Fassbender said he threw up after doing the surprise sex scene....
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