Childhood Trauma Movies

Claudia revisits the house where she spent summers.

A film shoot is thrown into disarray when six-year-old Emily becomes distressed during an emotionally charged scene. As tensions rise between cast...

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

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...

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 grandmother dies and leaves behind hours of secret film and audio recordings as well as an envelope with the words “Must read after my...

"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 child runs into the woods in an attempt to escape Evil.

Holotropic Breathwork is arguably one of the most powerful and effective non-pharmacological methods of psychotherapy and self-exploration. It...

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...

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...

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...

The artist Johanna Faust is about to leave her children to finally devote herself to her art again. A vague memory comes to her mind: Didn't her...

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

Unable to understand why parenting seems like a constant uphill battle, an emotionally exhausted mother who can’t connect with her two young...

When Connor is unexpectedly told he needs to find another place to stay, he's thrust into the streets of Darwin with no safety net. A chance...

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

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian...

An autobiographical, partly animated, documentary about a filmmaker striving for a better future as a survivor of childhood sexual assault.

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.