Childhood Trauma Movies

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...

A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose...

A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet,...

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 minor train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's reclusive bank clerk.

On his wedding day, Joseph nervously admits that his wife is not quite like other women. But his beautiful bride is more than just the "impulsive,...

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...

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

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal...

Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the most successful thrillers ever to hit the silver...

Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. ...

With formal rigour and subtly playing with genre, body and soul, this story of knots and liberation follows Lilian, who is as inscrutable as her...

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...

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

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

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

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...

Jaana, a top coach at the elite club Fokus, suffers a medical emergency under mysterious circumstances, leaving Olympic hopeful Tove in need of a new...

Battling against the legacy of childhood trauma, internalised misogyny, and the image-obsessed fat shaming of the LA music business, aspiring...

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