Childhood Trauma Movies

In the past, Kurumi Usushima (Yuto Nakajima) wanted to become a ballerino, but he is now a detective. Kurumi Usushima and his senior detective, Takao...

"Slip" is the story of Sarah, a young woman who witnessed her mother's murder as a child. Now grown, Sarah is haunted by her mother's memory, her...

A story of a fragmented friendship finding new ground, director Daniel Stine’s feature film debut Virginia Minnesota begins with a young woman...

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...

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

The trembling starts in his neck when Markus gets closer to the images that have chased him for 49 years. Now he steers his motor home south, as far...

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

With his familial bookshop on the verge of bankruptcy, Simon finds himself retreating more and more to his cabin in the woods. After witnessing...

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...

Original work from director Irie Yu of Memoirs of a Murder and the "8000 MILES: SR Saitama's Rapper" series. Set in a provincial city, the story...

Khris, a shy lesbian haunted by a Greek chorus of judgmental church ladies in her head, must silence her internalized shame and confront romantic...

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...

The story follows a gay man as he confronts the psychological trauma and homophobic conditioning inflicted by his strict religious upbringing....

A bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.

Clarence is an overly aggressive basketball fanatic who assembles an unlikely team of amateur detectives to stop a corrupt businessman from...

What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A...

When Marcus was a child his mother was murdered. His father blamed the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the...

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

Twenty-six years after her parents' dramatic break-up, film director Nicoline Skotte takes on the task of revisiting her childhood trauma by inviting...

Marcos takes his son to the park, hiding a secret about the most famous toy. A journey to the past connects father, son, and the dream of launching...