Trauma Movies

A man vents about his unraveling life to his best friend, unaware that the truth of their conversation extends far beyond his own perspective.

A daughter pushes at the bounds of her relationship with her mother as she unpicks the psychological consequences of the violence she suffered.

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

Two ordinary women who accidentally committed a crime wanted to cover up their tracks. However, the internal conflict they faced as women in the eyes...

A film that delves into director Jean Carlomusto's family history by trying to find out if the rumors about her grandmother's death -- trying to rid...

Between psychosis, delusions of persecution and trauma, A finds himself at an interface between past and present after a stay in hospital. What is...

On the brink of his wedding, Ethan returns to his birth mother’s home, only to face an uninvited guest whose ties to his past refuse to stay...

Dealing with the aftermath of a botched robbery, three kids are forced to face the traumas of their lifestyle.

She'll come back, the black turkey

Man and boy play a futile game of chess in the middle of nowhere. An internal struggle between what is and what can no longer be.

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

A young woman confronts her trauma while on a date in a "Dating in the Dark"-format.

Many years ago, in a nearly deserted town at the foot of a mountain, lives Agostino with his wife Nina and his son Giovanni. The mountain rises up...

With the loss of her mother imminent, a young woman realises that she must comfort another with similar traumas.

Vincent, a veteran who recently returned home from war, must deal with the onslaught of PTSD while simultaneously coping with the news that his...

After the death of his mother, Carlos returns to his childhood home. During a long night, Carlos is confronted with the many neighbors of his...

Having learned that she has a terminal illness, a woman takes a final vacation only to discover a dreamlike triptych of fear, trauma and murder.

A woman grapples with the traumatic childhood memory of losing one of her baby teeth.

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