Boyhood
A celebrated drama filmed over 12 years, following Mason from age 6 to 18 through divorce, blended families, adolescence, and young adulthood. Emotional weight comes primarily from a sustained domestic-abuse storyline and pervasive strong language, with moderate substance use by both adults and teens.
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A stepfather is discovered standing over his wife, who is on the ground crying; he dismisses it as an accident. This is the first visible sign of physical domestic abuse.
The abusive stepfather drinks at the dinner table, breaks glass tumblers beside each family member, and throws dishes at his stepchildren; the mother's face shows visible bruising. The scene is frightening and confrontational.
The stepfather lines up the children to interrogate them, then blocks the mother and children from leaving; the mother eventually flees with her kids while he shouts at them.