Childhood Trauma Movies

The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely...

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's...

A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

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...

Johnny Taylor has a big problem: he LOVES to drown good-looking girls. When he sees water and attractive females together, something in his head begs...

Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

A psychology student who experienced night terrors as a child must face the chilling realization that her nightmares were not all in her head.

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 Albert Stockwell comes home from work one day he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she has gone to see friends. After...

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 find empowerment by creating short films inspired by their trauma.

Dr. Jenny Isaksson is a psychiatrist whose temporary position at a mental hospital offers only modest responsibilities. With her husband out of the...

The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories...

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

A little girl named Cathy tries to keep her mother from making out with a man while driving one day, and she inadvertently causes her mother's death...

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

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

While going through a difficult divorce from her domineering, businessman husband, Alexandra moves back into her old childhood brownstone home, where...

A therapist loses her grip on reality when a ten-year-old boy claims he can control her future.