Childhood Trauma Movies

A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose...

After being put on a supposedly uninhabited island as a form of behavioral rehabilitation, a high school senior finds that he's not alone on the...

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved...

A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.

Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a...

A psychology student who experienced night terrors as a child must face the chilling realization that her nightmares were not all in her head.

A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares overtake him as...

After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing...

A young cattle farmer is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious beef trader.

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape...

A young woman accepts a job on a property with a traumatic history. Upon her arrival, she soon realizes that the nightmares of her childhood are...

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's...

Mi-ja, who has been taking care of a retired teacher, Ms. Park, invites several of her former students to her house 16 years after their graduation....

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet,...

Dr. Jenny Isaksson is a psychiatrist whose temporary position at a mental hospital offers only modest responsibilities. With her husband out of the...

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who...

A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.

As a mysterious planetary alignment sets the sky on fire, two brothers are reunited with a childhood friend.