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...

After a brief encounter with another boy at age 11, Ari Wallenmeier is forced to undergo Conversion Therapy. Now 35 years old and “fixed", Ari...

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

Trapped in their own thoughts, a young person whose life and identity have always been shaped by others must confront their traumas to finally become...

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

A female college student went missing. The police questioned her two closest relations about the girl's whereabouts.

A little cat witnesses the passing of his family.

The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and...

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

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...

A young woman deals with a traumatic event and a sinister corner in her bedroom.

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

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...

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

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...

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...

Humans are story-telling creatures. By thinking, we all unconsciously "author" a self-story in our heads. Most often, the characters and plot of our...

A short amateur stop-motion animation about self-harm. Watch on YouTube: ito can't sleep

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