Childhood Trauma Movies

Charlie Davis is a young woman recently released from a Minnesota psychiatric ward following a suicide attempt. After a move across the country to...

After her parents tragically died in a car crash, Lily is adopted and raised by Jeff, the driver of the other car. Jeff's young wife did not survive...

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 bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.

In this quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality after the sudden death of her older brother,...

It seems innocent enough. Struggling young artist Daniel King is invited by his childhood friend Natasha...

Athena was abused by her father during her childhood. Years later, without answers and marked by the absence of justice, she decides to take matters...

Meet the real Paris Hilton for the very first time as she embarks on a journey of healing and reflection, reclaiming her true identity along the way.

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...

Connects seven stories of children facing different forms of violence, exploring how unresolved childhood trauma can lead to struggles in adulthood,...

Heta ysyryre gueteri jahasata. Translating from guaraní: Many ways to go! Olga inhabits this world. Just like every day, Olga gets up to have...

A man attending a funeral in his hometown comes face-to-face with his past when he is confronted with memories of mistrust, adultery, abuse, and a...

A story of a fragmented friendship finding new ground, director Daniel Stine’s feature film debut Virginia Minnesota begins with a young woman...

A daughter returns to her childhood home for a meal, which her mother will only endure if she gets her daughter's severed eyeball in return.

Two sisters try to survive the war by isolating themselves inside the house after their parents have disappeared. Through strange messages and clues,...

A man returns to the childhood town where his brother was abducted 20 years earlier.

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...

Carter, afflicted all his life by a repressed childhood trauma, begins to break through new barriers in his identity and tries to escape his...

A Lebanese boy gets separated from his family during the civil war and ends up in Sweden.