Trauma Movies

A look at the lives and trauma surrounding three people living in a southern town.

Margarita is found, naked and bloody in a luxurious house and is promptly taken to a mental institute. The doctors and nurses meant to take care of...

A young Pina was traumatized when her family was murdered while she had her first menstruation. She grows up into a serial killer transforming...

Filmmaker Stephen Hosier takes a journey with Richard Csanyi, his childhood friend, as he investigates the life and death of his twin brother Attila,...

Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's short story, 'Sonny's Blues.'

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

Having enabled a loss that now torments her, a woman enters an adult store in search of redemption. Adapted from a short story by Christos Tsiolkas.

The life of a respected sheriff's deputy spirals out of control as he questions God's will after witnessing his partner gunned down by an unknown...

Rena is a victim of rape as a young woman. This trauma becomes a lifelong tragedy for her. Years later, when she meets the man who brought this game...

On Christmas Eve, while families celebrate together, Pedro, a night security guard haunted by loneliness and memories of a shattered past, works his...

Explore the world of injured US soldiers - their loss, pain, redemption and rise as they return to an America which is ill-equipped for them. When a...

In the suburb of Lille, Stéphane holds a tobacco shop with his father, Maurice, a retired military officer. Although feeling trapped in his...

After some personal trauma, Wilson Walmsley is invited to work as a substitute teacher in a suburban public high school. He finds lack of authority...

A car crash is replayed as a victim's narration shifts from disbelief to pain. Colourization and motion-controlled footage suggest the feeling of...

Huiju learned of her biopsy test results, but lied to her mum about them. Feeling guilty about the lie, she embarks on her journey to find cancer...

A lonely woman's prank phone call leads to an unexpected friendship with a grieving widow.

An amateur theatre after-party leads to 26 charges being pressed. A man must confront his fragmented memories as he's pried and prodded for details...

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

Photographers Brooke Konrad and Tanner Behlman travel to rural, abandoned buildings to capture the inherent beauty of long-forgotten locations, but...

Brian, a young child, has been traumatized by the punishments of his alcoholic and violent mother. One day, while trying to defend himself against...