Trauma Movies

The work of Leiden professor Bastiaans on dealing with the trauma of war victims attracts the attention of filmmaker Louis van Gasteren. He decides...

Sana suddenly awakes and is transported to a dream world by someone or something? What she experiences will change her life in the real world...

Xin Tan has the ability to create happiness for others through sound, but after using it three times on the same person, his life will be bound to...

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

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

In seclusion at La Quinta del Sordo, Goya confronts illness, memories, and haunting visions, exorcising his demons through the Black Paintings...

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...

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

Guinevere begins having disturbing nightmares about her boyfriend. As the dreams grow more vivid and frequent, she gradually loses the ability to...

A retired police officer, despondent over the loss of his family, contemplates a dramatic decision which will change his life forever, until he meets...

While telling her daughter a bedtime story, Mailin pieces her memories back together. What could have been a fairy tale turns out to be the story of...

After surviving a car accident, thirteen-year-old Edvin isolates himself from friends and family. When his father forces him to go to rehabilitation,...

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

A mother and daughter rent a house for a getaway after suffering a sudden and tragic loss, little do they know the house is run by a secret cult.

A musician's growth beyond a cult.

Behind the closed doors of the Copenhagen-based women's shelter, the women and children are slowly recovering after having escaped domestic violence....

The film is described as “an allegory of the gun crisis in the United States.” Its plot follows two Pittsburgh police partners and best...

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

Erika is mentally bruised and starts group therapy with people seeking absolute anonymity.

In this Afro-surrealist tale, Coltrane, a gifted saxophonist haunted by trauma, struggles to stay paid and relevant in Harlem’s speakeasy...