Childhood Trauma Movies

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...

This short animation presents the haunting story of two brothers who share the scars, though not the memories, of an untold history that has driven...

Monique is a 35 year old French woman, living in New York. The daughter of a French diplomat who has remarried, Monique has no financial worries, and...

A young woman must make the choice whether to allow her abusive father back into her life.

Papa has long promised his daughter Mika that he will take her to the beach during summer vacation, but as a golf caddy he keeps getting called into...

Elena comes back to Ecuador to help her father overcome his illness. She spends most of her time between drugs and alcohol. While visiting her...

Upon suddenly learning of her imminent death, Jacqueline von Kaenel begins to search for the key to her life. Unsparingly, she looks back and...

Alice Miller (1923-2010) psychologist and researcher, became world famous for her books about child abuse and its consequences. But how was it like...

Harley, a twenty-year-old college student, visits her doctor to share how she's been feeling off lately. A recent culmination of events has caused...

In the aftermath of war, an extraordinary professor brings hope to children haunted by trauma-induced nightmares.

Unhappy with his unstimulating home life, 9-year-old Daniel yearns to be abducted by aliens. He sneaks out of his house to relive the kind of...

Nore and Jonna meet again by chance in their early twenties and move in together. In conversations, it becomes clear that Nore was never the...

A man who was abused as a child by his community returns there to take revenge.

An exploration into why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims...

Claudia revisits the house where she spent summers.

Becky looks up from her phone and her world changes forever.

A short film by Ana Cristina Barragán.

A short film about a man searching to reconcile his faith and his sexuality.

A mentally disturbed "Hamburger Killer" stalks the streets murdering unsuspecting fast food diners in this 1978 low budget comedy-horror short.

At the age of 16, Alice was a victim of abuse. Fifty years later, this repressed experience unexpectedly makes its way back into her conscience. How...