THEME EXPLORATION

child trauma

44 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
1999 · M. Night Shyamalan
Appunti su un fatto di cronaca
Appunti su un fatto di cronaca
1953 · Luchino Visconti
Cute Devil
Cute Devil
1982 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Henry
Henry
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation
2015 · Cary Joji Fukunaga
Boy
Boy
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum
2023 · Émilie Brisavoine
Fragile
Fragile
2005 · Jaume Balagueró
Hope
Hope
2013 · Lee Joon-ik
The Monkey
The Monkey
2025 · Osgood Perkins
Death in Love
Death in Love
2008 · Boaz Yakin
Hellbreeder
Hellbreeder
2004 · Johannes Roberts
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 · David Lean
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
Dorothea Angermann
Dorothea Angermann
1959 · Robert Siodmak
M
M
1931 · Fritz Lang
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky
El espiritu de la colmena
El espiritu de la colmena
1973 · Victor Erice
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Capernaum
Capernaum
2018 · Nadine Labaki
Festen
Festen
1998 · Thomas Vinterberg
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
The Silences of the Palace
The Silences of the Palace
1994 · Moufida Tlatli
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Tabu
Tabu
2012 · Miguel Gomes
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
Bullhead
Bullhead
2011 · Michaël R. Roskam
Cemetery of Splendor
Cemetery of Splendor
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
Satan's Slaves
Satan's Slaves
2017 · Joko Anwar
Rat Mouse Thief
Rat Mouse Thief
1999 · Sebastián Cordero
The Sin
The Sin
1965 · Henry Barakat
36 Fillette
36 Fillette
1988 · Catherine Breillat
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now
1973 · Nicolas Roeg
Furie
Furie
2019 · Lê Văn Kiệt
Honeymoon
Honeymoon
2013 · Jan Hřebejk
Men Don’t Cry
Men Don’t Cry
2017 · Alen Drljević
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
Adam's Sake
Adam's Sake
2026 · Laura Wandel
Daughter of Nectar
Daughter of Nectar
2026 · Lin Chun-ni
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2026 · Quentin Tarantino
Midsommar
Midsommar
2019 · Ari Aster
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lynne Ramsay Scotland

Her films like 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' unflinchingly explore psychological trauma and fractured childhood experiences through innovative visual storytelling.

 Ari Aster United States

His horror films 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' deeply examine generational trauma, childhood loss, and inherited psychological damage within family structures.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His compassionate films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Nobody Knows' tenderly depict vulnerable children navigating poverty, neglect, and emotional survival with poetic realism.