Trauma Movies

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

A boxer tries to recover from the memories he brought back from war.

Benjamin tells his ex-girlfriend, Angie, that he joined a cell of left-wing terrorists to get revenge on her former boss, who owns a right-wing radio...

A troubled young man comes to terms with a recent traumatic event that has sent him spiraling out of control.

A rock singer, escaping from her abusive boyfriend, forms an unlikely friendship with a struggling photographer with scars of his own.

After moving to a small mountain community, a troubled writer entangles himself in a new neighbor's abusive family situation.

After numerous military operations, Major Müller can't find a way back into civilian life. Following his urge to communicate, the Major is looking for...

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

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

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold th...

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

A young woman comes to a remote island to get away from it all, taking refuge at a modern studio utopia. Her stay is jarringly interrupted by an acous...

This film is a collection of my experiences more than it being a visual poetry, my trauma, how i cope and my journey.

a lone survivor of a travelling expedition tries to outrun his past, but that may not be the only thing catching up to him..

At a Halloween party a man's traumatic past is reawakened when he sees someone who looks identical to his former abuser.

Haunted by flooding memories of their parents' verbal abuse, an insecure person decides to stop reflecting and start living the life they never knew t...

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian children...