"Sleeping with the Enemy" with Julia Roberts. She escapes her abusive husband and starts a new life elsewhere in a small town, with a new love. But he tracks her down and tries to kill her and the new love, but she kills him.
So yeah, basically the same story with just different characters and setting.
I've only read one other Nicholas Sparks book and it was turned into a movie also. I can't even remember the name of it but I think Miley Cyrus was in it. It was set on a beach. That one wasn't bad.