Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "traumatic-childhood-experience"

1. It (I) (2017)

R | 135 min | Fantasy, Horror

In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis

Votes: 609,449 | Gross: $327.48M

2. Jojo Rabbit (2019)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi

Votes: 443,552 | Gross: $33.37M

3. Redeeming Love (2022)

PG-13 | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Sold into prostitution as a child, Angel knows nothing but betrayal. Can her heart ever be mended? Based upon the novel by Francine Rivers.

Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Eric Dane, Famke Janssen

Votes: 14,598

4. Lion (2016)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama

A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Director: Garth Davis | Stars: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar

Votes: 251,993 | Gross: $51.74M

5. Chained (I) (2012)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A young man held prisoner by a cab-driving serial killer must make a life or death choice between following in his captor's footsteps or breaking free.

Director: Jennifer Lynch | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Eamon Farren, Evan Bird, Julia Ormond

Votes: 21,034

6. The Lazarus Effect (2015)

PG-13 | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A group of medical researchers discover a way to bring dead patients back to life.

Director: David Gelb | Stars: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters, Sarah Bolger

Votes: 46,260 | Gross: $25.80M

7. À l'aventure (2008)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A sexually unsatisfied young woman decided to pursue various sexual experiments and scenarios.

Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Carole Brana, Arnaud Binard, Nadia Chibani, Lise Bellynck

Votes: 2,334

8. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

R | 79 min | Horror, Thriller

Little Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself.

Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. | Stars: Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Robert Brian Wilson

Votes: 18,857 | Gross: $2.49M

9. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas

Votes: 10,753

10. The Boogey Man (1980)

R | 82 min | Horror

Through the reflection in the mirror, a girl witnesses her mother's boyfriend's murder.

Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Suzanna Love, John Carradine, Ron James, Nicholas Love

Votes: 5,140 | Gross: $4.50M

11. Visiting Hours (1982)

R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller

A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.

Director: Jean-Claude Lord | Stars: Michael Ironside, Lee Grant, Linda Purl, William Shatner

Votes: 4,864 | Gross: $13.26M

12. Bullhead (2011)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama

Sint-Truiden, Belgium. Jacky, a young cattle farmer who is constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef trader.

Director: Michaël R. Roskam | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian

Votes: 24,339 | Gross: $0.15M

13. The Last Circus (2010)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A young trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.

Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang, Manuel Tallafé

Votes: 15,255 | Gross: $0.04M

14. A Short Film About Killing (1988)

Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama

A soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

Votes: 22,488

15. Wacko (1982)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.

Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Stella Stevens, George Kennedy, Julia Duffy

Votes: 1,444

16. Christmas Evil (1980)

R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller

A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.

Director: Lewis Jackson | Stars: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick

Votes: 8,589

17. Neverwas (2005)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A psychiatrist searches for insight into the life of his father, who was an acclaimed children's author. But he is shocked when his journey leads him to believe that the fantasy-land his father wrote about might actually exist.

Director: Joshua Michael Stern | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte

Votes: 6,983

18. The Last Porno Show (2019)

90 min | Drama

Wayne, a struggling method actor, inherits the city's last porno cinema from his estranged father Al. Seeing this as an unconventional opportunity to reconcile their relationship, Wayne ... See full summary »

Director: Kire Paputts | Stars: Nathanael Chadwick, Mickey Vos, Victoria Dunsmore, Amaan Morrell

Votes: 149

19. Truth or Dare? (1986)

Not Rated | 90 min | Horror

Mike Strauber catches his wife Sharon in bed with his best friend Jerry. He gets mad and takes off to embark on an adventure of murder and self-mutilation in demented games of truth or dare.

Directors: Tim Ritter, Yale Wilson | Stars: John Brace, Mary Fanaro, Bruce Gold, A.J. McLean

Votes: 780

20. Boogeyman II (1983)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror

Lacey travels to Hollywood, to the home of a film director, where she brings along the last surviving haunted mirror shard from the end of the first movie as proof to her horrifying experiences.

Directors: Bruce Pearn, Ulli Lommel, Paul Willson | Stars: Suzanna Love, Ulli Lommel, Shannah Hall, Sholto von Douglas

Votes: 1,213

21. After the Night with Valerie (2019)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A recovering amnesiac's memories are replaced by fantasies he believes actually occurred.

Director: Alex M Garnett | Stars: Lorelei Linklater, Sam Stinson, Carly Christopher, Jordan LeuVoy

22. The Shock Labyrinth (2009)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

A group of teenagers take a sick girl to a hospital only to find out it is a horrific labyrinth.

Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Yûya Yagira, Misako Renbutsu, Daniel Garcia, Ai Maeda

Votes: 1,178

23. Blue Drop (2007)

TV-14 | 26 min | Animation, Fantasy, Mystery

All the blue drop stories revolve around a war between humanity and the Arume, an alien race consisting soley of women. Both manga series are set after the war while the anime is set before... See full summary »

Stars: Akiko Yajima, Miyuki Sawashiro, Satsuki Yukino, Akeno Watanabe

Votes: 161

24. Trans Kids: It's Time to Talk (2018 TV Movie)

47 min | Documentary

Stella O'Malley considers the huge rise in the numbers of young people embarking on gender transition, through the prism of the gender identity issues that she experienced when she was a child.

Director: Olly Lambert | Star: Stella O'Malley

Votes: 35

25. Mitä meistä tuli (2009)

116 min | Crime, Drama

Have you ever wondered how your old schoolmates are? Perhaps the guy next to you, who is doing time in jail at the moment, still thinks you are his best and only friend. Perhaps your first ... See full synopsis »

Director: Miika Ullakko | Stars: Olli Similä, Miika Ullakko, Maria Uusikylä, Emilia Räisänen

Votes: 307

26. Renzoku bôkan (1983)

60 min | Drama

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Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Kaoru Orimoto, Ren Ôsugi, Usagi Asô, Yukijirô Hotaru

Votes: 30

27. Davy Wallace (2022)

151 min | Drama

As he graduates from college in North Carolina, a troubled, young artist must confront his traumatic childhood, with support from an older, grieving high school teacher.

Director: Drew Bowen | Star: Drew Bowen

28. Paredes de arena (2008)

15 min | Short, Drama

Lucia lives locked in her own house, tormented by an unfortunate accident of the past when she was a little girl. Without hardly to have contact with anybody, to their friend's exception ... See full summary »

Director: Francisco Lorite | Stars: Violeta Ortega, Paula Fernández, Jesús Mateo, María Lasa

29. The Abused (2008)

13 min | Short, Drama

A boy grows up in a violent household and witnesses his father kill his mother. He grows up to be an obsessive, damaged adult and continues the cycle of violence.

Director: Philip Granger | Stars: Kendall Ian Kay, Jeff Meszaros, Rachelle Weik, Morad Aytour

30. Rex (II) (2008)

22 min | Short, Drama

Lise just got seventy. A bright woman. Her peaceful life is turned upside down when she meets Frank, her granddaughter's new boyfriend. In his eyes she sees her painful past come back to life again.

Director: Berry van der Vorst | Stars: Ilja Raspe, Peter in 't Hout, Aida Mussach, Brian Smits

31. Profit (1996–1997)
Episode: Healing (1996)

45 min | Crime, Drama

As a secret merger boils, Profit realizes he has under estimated Sykes and must deal with him, Joanne, and a polygraph.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Sherman Augustus, Lisa Blount, Lisa Darr

Votes: 70

32. Push, Nevada (2002)
Episode: The Letter of the Law (2002)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

While his IRS friend, Grace, digs for more information back home, Jim finds a new possible ally, suffers from further traumatic flashbacks to his childhood, investigates the town's bank, and learns the horrible truth about Sloman's family.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Derek Cecil, Scarlett Chorvat, Melora Walters, Alexondra Lee

33. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: The Blunder Years (2001)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

A hypnotist uncovers a traumatic experience from Homer's childhood.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Steven Dean Moore | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,292

34. The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020–2021)
Episode: The Sky Is a Graveyard (2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A horrific discovery finds the group at crossroads and prompts one of them to revisit past trauma.

Director: Loren Yaconelli | Stars: Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Hal Cumpston, Nicolas Cantu

Votes: 1,358

35. Survive (2020)
Episode: The Weight (2020)

TV-MA | 9 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

Jane and Paul share their secrets, their memories, their pasts. And their feelings for each other.

Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Sophie Turner, Corey Hawkins, Jo Stone-Fewings, Marta Kessler

Votes: 93

36. Accidentally on Purpose (2009–2010)
Episode: The Love Guru (2009)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

Billie tries to live vicariously through Zack and Davis by offering up dating advice to them. However, things take a turn, when the objects of the boys' affection reveal their true intentions.

Director: Andrew D. Weyman | Stars: Jenna Elfman, Jon Foster, Ashley Jensen, Lennon Parham

Votes: 111

37. Bones (2005–2017)
Episode: The Secret in the Siege (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When evil tech genius Christopher Pelant returns to toy with the Jeffersonian team in their newest investigation, they discover that the string of murders that have been occurring are tied ... See full summary »

Director: David Boreanaz | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor

Votes: 932

38. Encounters (2023)
Episode: Believers (2023)

TV-14 | Documentary, History

In 1994, over 60 children at a Zimbabwe school claimed to have seen aliens. Years later, witnesses maintain their accounts, while others are skeptical.

Director: Yon Motskin | Stars: Judy Bates, Ralph Blumenthal, John Mack, Eric MacLeish

Votes: 172

39. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Dead Woods (2014)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sara reopens a 10-year-old family murder/suicide case when the lone surviving daughter claims to have a new memory about that fateful evening that proves that the father didn't do it.

Director: Philip Conserva | Stars: Ted Danson, Elisabeth Shue, George Eads, Jorja Fox

Votes: 409