Trauma Movies

Over the course of a single harrowing night, May, a pregnant woman trapped in a cycle of addiction, psychosis, and domestic violence goes into labor....

Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father...

Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to...

A teenage girl is forced to upend her life after accidentally getting pregnant.

In her attempt to escape her past, Huiju relocated to the UK over 11 months ago. However, even after moving to a new country, she found that her...

A bullied student sees visions of a rabbit he was forced to kill as a child, and those visions propel him into a state where his imagination causes...

In 2002, Jason Padgett was the victim of a vicious beating outside a karaoke bar in Tacoma, Washington. Upon regaining consciousness, Padgett’s...

With his parents away from home, teenager Harry agrees to let old friend Jason stay for the night in his suburban mansion, allowing buried demons...

A movie that provokes reflection on the nature of reality and the veracity of our relationships and experiences. On questions of what is real and...

A visit to their son’s grave spirals young couple’s anniversary into an absurd ordeal.

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

When she has the chance to hold her former abuser accountable for his crimes, a traumatized young woman must confront her buried trauma to reclaim...

Follows veterans and active-duty service members from varied backgrounds who come together to combat their traumas through the written word in a...

On a night of reckoning, an immigrant teen confronts her mother’s fury—and finds a mirror of her own fragility

Manon, a young woman who has just left a cult, faces the everyday uses with apprehension. She feels the gap with the people around her, who don't...

In a quiet, rural Filipino village, sibling rivalry continues through adulthood for two sisters and finally tears their family apart.

The filmmakers' 21-year-old daughter journeys from locked-down psych wards and diagnostic labels toward expansive worlds of creativity, connection,...

When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, including kaumātua who have never told their...