35 Movie Quotes about Domestic Violence with Audio

Updated: Oct 6, 2026

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1 This bruise was made by my wife's fist. You see?

Quote from The Invincible Armour

2 If a man hits me, he only does it once.

Nicole Kidman as Gillian Owens in Practical Magic (1998)

3 Where'd the dress come from? -Property. It was evidence in a wife-beating case.

Telly Savalas as Lt. "Theo" Kojak; Lt. Theo Kojak in Kojak

4 I saw your picture in the newspapers. You chopped your wife and daughter up into little bits. And then you blew your brains out.

Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in The Shining (1980)

5 People I know, man and his wife, got along real well for 20 years. Then one day, she upped and blew a hole in him, big enough to drive a stagecoach through.

John Wayne as Hondo Lane in Hondo (1953)

6 And what if I ever leave you? No, really! -Then I cut your throat.

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Maximillian Largo; Kim Basinger as Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again

7 Have the good manners not to hit a man until he's your husband, and until he'll hit you back.

Barry Fitzgerald as Michaeleen Flynn in The Quiet Man (1952)

8 Hey! Since you're married, we haven't seen you down here. Hey, you're Kung Fu comes second now, huh? -Hey, well that isn't quite true. He has to practice with his wife now. He just stands there while she beats him up.

Quote from Heroes of the East (1978)

9 You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not going to hurt you. I'm just going to bash your brains in. I'm going to bash them right the _ in.

Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in The Shining (1980)

10 Married couples have their quarrels. I know you didn't mean to hit her hard. So I've no reason to hate you.

Quote from Militant Eagle