Childhood Trauma Movies

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a...

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...

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

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...

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

Mi-ja, who has been taking care of a retired teacher, Ms. Park, invites several of her former students to her house 16 years after their graduation....

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who...

A young woman accepts a job on a property with a traumatic history. Upon her arrival, she soon realizes that the nightmares of her childhood are...

Anker is released from prison after a fourteen year sentence for robbery. Anker’s brother, Manfred, is the only one who knows where the money...

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

In this raw true story of faith and redemption, college student, Riley, runs from her painful past of abuse and religious hypocrisy. However, God has...

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

Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness...

Daniel, a successful TV journalist living life in the fast lane, has fallen into a deep depression. His seemingly perfect life suddenly collapses...

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

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his...

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

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

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