Childhood Trauma Movies

After having a chance encounter with a mysterious character, Wendy, a young working class mother, discovers that she has super powers.

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

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...

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. ...

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...

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

Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape...

After being put on a supposedly uninhabited island as a form of behavioral rehabilitation, a high school senior finds that he's not alone on the...

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 recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's...

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

A child escapes from Poland during World War II and first heads to Greece before coming of age in Canada.

A young man grapples with his past in care when he's faced with a life-changing responsibility

Its not about secrets, is hiding them.

On his 21st birthday, Peter receives an unpleasant surprise and is forced to come face-to-face with his abusive past.

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...

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,...

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