Traumatic Childhood Movies

Claire and her husband find themselves moving back into Claire's childhood home only to have the abusive and traumatic memories of her mother come...

The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his...

A troubled young woman inherits a cabin filled with memories, but revealed secrets of the past ruin her hopes of a fresh start.

Years after a tragic event unfolds, Noah finds his long lost childhood teddy bear. Shortly after finding it, Noah starts to realize that the bear has...

The carefree and somewhat idyllic life of a ten year old boy named Marijan is violently interrupted when war ravages his small town of Dalj and his...

Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.

A powerful true story about the journey of a troubled teenage girl who finds healing in the most unlikely of places, and who must choose to either...

A filmmaker unearths a pervasive history of multigenerational trauma in her Italian-American family. As decades of secrets, home movies, and...

Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the...

When suspicious bruising is found on Lisa's son, Bobby, she is forced to confront her own childhood trauma to prevent him from being taken by a...

A man estranged from his family confronts the painful memories of his childhood and the struggles of growing up with an autistic sibling, forcing him...

A game becomes deadly serious! An insane cop hunts down five students in a shopping mall after closing time. His life is ruined as he was...

Plagued by a hidden childhood trauma that is destroying his life, an obsessive-compulsive MMA fighter moves to Fire Island and pretends to be gay in...

The main character of the film, Akif, escapes from an orphanage to find his mother. On this painful journey, with an uncertain ending, the...

A musician's growth beyond a cult.

A man from an upper class family is manipulated into laundering drug money by his brother.

Life is not easy for a young woman with no parents--her mother died and her alcoholic father abandoned her. Nevertheless, she climbs her way out of...

After losing her job, Charlie is forced to return to her childhood home. Tensions rise as long since disposed of memories are brought once again to...

Explores the emotional highs and lows of Theo Fleury’s journey, both on and off the ice. A seven-time NHL All-Star, Olympic gold medalist, and...

The film follows Michael Moskowitz’s work with a New York-based therapist named Kirkland Vaughns, one of the few African-American Freudian...