Childhood Trauma Movies

A young man grapples with his past in care when he's faced with a life-changing responsibility

A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.

After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing...

When an eccentric stranger promises to cure his claustrophobia, a sceptical man agrees to her treatment, only to discover that escaping his fear may...

Following a traumatic event at her grandparents' house, 10-year-old Rose embarks on an obsessive quest to see and understand the forbidden world of...

While at a slumber party, twelve-year-old Olivia is blamed for the horrific and mysterious death of her friend after singing a song, created by a...

With formal rigour and subtly playing with genre, body and soul, this story of knots and liberation follows Lilian, who is as inscrutable as her...

Battling against the legacy of childhood trauma, internalised misogyny, and the image-obsessed fat shaming of the LA music business, aspiring...

On his 21st birthday, Peter receives an unpleasant surprise and is forced to come face-to-face with his abusive past.

As a child, the brutal murder of her family made Alexis regain her hearing along with synesthetic abilities. Now as an adult, she finds solace in the...

Danny is a troubled teen with a difficult home life. His parents' marriage has disintegrated, and his father's already found someone else he'd like...

In 1950s Australia, young Celia is growing up with a sense of isolation and mistrust of the world that surrounds her. Her mother and father won't let...

When his father refuses to stop reaching out, a young man groomed online at twelve must decide whether to finally let someone see what was left...

A horribly burned man escapes from a mental institution and terrorizes teenagers at a party.

A young Hacienda-owner abuses women due to his traumatic youth while his mother covers for his sadistic actions.

A much abused loner achieves success, and even wins the heart of his gorgeous co-worker, after getting early morning mysterious phone calls from...

A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.

Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some...

Six men who were sexually abused by Catholic clergy as boys become a makeshift family and find empowerment by creating films inspired by their trauma.