Childhood Trauma Movies

"The Monsters in My Home" focuses on the work Carme Artero, a foster mother from Majorca, Spain, who has devoted her time to setting up a foundation...

A young man, severely addicted to drugs due to childhood abuse, has his life impacted even further after a meeting with his dealer goes horribly...

Hundreds of refugee children in Sweden, who have fled with their families from extreme trauma, have become afflicted with 'uppgivenhetssyndrom,' or...

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

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold...

Benny Lane won't take the pain, nor agony of his lonely/pathetic life any longer! Benny makes a drastic choice to kidnap a loner named Ford Burchett,...

In the past, Kurumi Usushima (Yuto Nakajima) wanted to become a ballerino, but he is now a detective. Kurumi Usushima and his senior detective, Takao...

After losing her job, Charlie is forced to return to her childhood home. Tensions rise as long since disposed of memories are brought once again to...

The story follows a gay man as he confronts the psychological trauma and homophobic conditioning inflicted by his strict religious upbringing....

Kira finds it difficult to wake up, as sleep paralysis and psychological trauma from her childhood keep her in an endless cycle of nightmares.

Set in the pastoral mountains of northern Iran, eight-year-old Sahand has been rendered mute by the loss of his mother during the war. He is taken...

Original work from director Irie Yu of Memoirs of a Murder and the "8000 MILES: SR Saitama's Rapper" series. Set in a provincial city, the story...

5 years old Yang spends an afternoon with his mother on a shopping trip. When he throws a tantrum after feeling neglected, she decides to punish him...

Days before his birthday and weeks before his wedding, Tate Bradley, a twenty-five year old, African-American man attempts to commit suicide. He...

A young woman travels to the Teddy Bear Motel after seeing it in her dreams. Between the allure of the motel’s portal into childhood and the...

Sixteen year-old Bobby is emotionally damaged by his mother's early death. He accidentally causes a nun's death, unleashing a chain of supernatural...

Preschool to Prison is a compelling examination of how the United States public school system is built and operated like prisons. Zero-tolerance...

A short film based on a real interview with a kid survived the 2006 war on Lebanon.

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

A young girl retraces her relationship with her mother while they bake a pie together. Until she starts to remember what she seemed to have forgotten.