Childhood Trauma Movies

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make...

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

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...

While hooking up at a party, two high schoolers unearth a dark secret leading to an unexpected catharsis.

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a...

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married....

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...

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a...

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. ...

Max and Avery go on their first date after meeting on a social media app. Their evening takes a perilous turn when they end up at a local haunted...

In a bid to distract herself from an affair, a narcissistic woman befriends a cleaning lady with burn scars, but she soon discovers that the scars...

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...

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

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...

A therapist loses her grip on reality when a ten-year-old boy claims he can control her future.

A young woman accepts a job on a property with a traumatic history. Upon her arrival, she soon realizes that the nightmares of her childhood are...

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...

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

A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.