| The Lion King (1994) | 8.5 | |
| Wild Heart (2023) | 6.8 | |
| Noir (2001) | 7.2 | |
| With You, Without You (2012) | 7.3 | |
| Die Hard (1988) | 8.2 |
Traumatic past movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant traumatic past movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense and intense films and TV shows about / with traumatic past, troubled past, redemption, trauma, female protagonist, revenge, confronting the past, past, tragic past and isolation plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, Japan, Philippines and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as traumatic past: Luckiest Girl Alive (2022), Mommy's Little Girl (2016), Merhamet (2013), The Combination: Redemption (2019), Guilt & Sentence (2010), Einstein and Einstein (2013), Men Don't Cry (2017), Thou Shalt Not Hate (2020), The Face of Jizo (2004), 52-Hertz Whales (2024).
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List of traumatic past movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
Style:
psychological, emotional, tense, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
traumatic past, school shooting, painful memories, journalism, female protagonist, rape, gang rape, female journalist, confronting the past, investigative reporter, life is a bitch, undercover ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a deranged cult.
Style:
dark comedy, surreal, tense, touching, suspense ...
Plot:
pop culture, marriage proposal, threat, religion, cosmic horror, suicide, extramarital affair, golddigger, traumatic past, murder disguised as suicide, accidental killing, adultery ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of a dangerous little girl who is reunited with her natural mother after living with her controlling grandparents in a rural farmhouse in seclusion.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
psychological abuse, mother daughter relationship, creepy child, imaginary friend, obsession, childhood trauma, abuse, traumatic past, life is a bitch, family problems, relationship problems, troubled past ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A successful lawyer meets her lost childhood love after 13 years of deserting her poor hometown and abusive family. That encounter forces her to reconcile with her traumatic past and search for her lost family and their tragic fate.
Style:
emotional, exciting, entertaining, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
betrayal, poverty, small town, attorney, love, ambition, violence against women, first love, friendship, lost love, trauma, family drama ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Six years on and John is still haunted by the death of his younger brother. The choices he faces will push him to the edge like never before.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
redemption, gang, moral dilemma, boxing, traumatic past, loss of brother, traumatic memory, painful memories, life is a bitch, memories, criminal gang, fight ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The storyline is a thought-provoking drama of two lost and troubled individuals who are forever entwined after a traumatic event occurs. Janis, a twenty-year-old woman who is struggling with depression, takes the blame for Peter, who works as a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
surrealism, depression, crime and punishment, conundrum, death, murder, guilty conscience, introspection, traumatic past, character study, guilt, redemption ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A 13-year-old girl deals with the issues brought about by her family's high-priced son.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, poignant, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, adolescence, family drama, tragic past, female protagonist, troubled past, traumatic past, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, loneliness ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Germany, Croatia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The armed conflicts of the 1990s not only visibly destroyed the land of the former Yugoslavia, but also left the deepest wounds in the memory of each of its belligerent nations. There are as many different interpretations of that bleak past as there ...
Style:
psychological, art house, disturbing, intense, tense ...
Plot:
post war, war veteran, group therapy, therapy, machismo, veteran, trauma, conflict, psychotherapy, traumatic past, guilt, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
balkan, bosnia herzegovina, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Simone Segre, a renowned surgeon of Jewish origins, lives in a city in the north-east of Italy. A quiet life, an elegant apartment and no connection with his past. One day he finds himself assisting a man victim of a hit and run accident. But when ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, tension, intense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, guilty conscience, remorse, anti semitism, hit and run, guilt, accident, hate, traumatic past, psychological trauma, fascist, neo nazism ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learned that she has ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, minimal cast, retro
Plot:
atomic bomb, world war two, tragic past, troubled past, loss of family member, love and romance, loss of father, loss of family, couple relations, bereavement, traumatic past, japanese woman ...
Place:
japan, hiroshima japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Mishima Kiko was exploited by her own family. When she was little, her mother neglected her. After her mother remarried, Kiko was abused mentally and physically by her mother, stepfather, and younger stepbrother. She didn't belong to this ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, melancholic, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
domestic abuse, abuse, trauma, domestic violence, neglect, bullying, dysfunctional family, social problems, life is a bitch, traumatic past, violence, family problems ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young ex-con risks his newfound freedom to track down the estranged daughter of a fellow inmate, and unknowingly brings a devil from her past straight to her doorstep.
Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
past, daughter, traumatic past, ex convict, troubled past, secret past, haunted by the past, past coming back to haunt, tragic past, confronting the past, past life, problem ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
An aspiring director makes his way back to his hometown to visit an old fling and rekindle a previously lit fire. Unfortunately, she wants nothing to do with him...or does she?
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
forgiveness, past, african american, confronting the past, dealing with the past, african american man, african american woman, traumatic past, troubled past, dark past, love, haunted by the past ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The powerful and inspiring story of Andy Woodward, one of the first footballers to come forward with allegations of sexual abuse in the national game.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
soccer, sexual abuse, child abuse, football, whistleblower, domestic drama, traumatic memory, ex football player, football player, troubled past, painful memories, life is a bitch ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 33 min.
TV show
Story:
Hanggang Saan is a 2017 Philippine drama television series starring Sylvia Sanchez and Arjo Atayde, together with Sue Ramirez, Maris Racal, Yves Flores, Teresa Loyzaga and Ariel Rivera.
Style:
suspense, emotional, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
single mother, mother and son, mother, desperation, sacrifice, guilt, family conflict, secrets, family drama, moral dilemma, son, dark past ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It follows Marina, a young girl that has been trying to escape the ghosts that follow her after a tragic event. She goes to Edén, a clandestine company located in the middle of nature to put an end to her suffering.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
female protagonist, nature, trauma, mental health, grief, tragic past, traumatic past, introspection, troubled past, confronting the past, life is a bitch, self discovery ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After losing her parents to a mysterious fire, nine-year-old Alice Hart is raised by her grandmother June on a flower farm where she learns there are secrets within secrets. But years on, an unearthed betrayal sees Alice forced to face her past.
Style:
captivating, psychological, serious, dark, dramatic
Plot:
children, past, traumatic past, young woman, childhood memory, childhood, young girl, girl, little girl, troubled past, traumatic childhood, haunted by the past ...
Place:
sydney australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the 1960s Deep South, Phil Robertson seeks to conquer the shame of his past, addiction, and complicated family dynamics, ultimately finding redemption in an unlikely place.
Style:
serious, dramatic, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
patriarch, addiction, deep south, traumatic past, past coming back to haunt, drinking, secret past, haunted by the past, past, troubled past, confronting the past, alcoholic ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 1958
Place:
louisiana, america
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
While recovering from an abusive relationship, Joy joins her friend's therapy group on an isolated mountainous retreat. Led by a doctor with experimental methods, the group is soon forced to confront a monstrous entity.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological horror, psychological, dread, captivating ...
Plot:
confronting the past, survival, survival horror, trauma, isolation, tragic past, dark past, troubled past, haunted by the past, violence, traumatic past, struggle for survival ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Sakura runs a secondhand bookstore in Tokyo. Customers of various age ranges visit her secondhand bookstore. Deep inside this bookshop is a room called the “meeting place.” People who do not have a place to go, gather in the room. She gives them ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, entertaining, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, heartwarming, slice of life, healing, compassion, social relations, relationships, urban setting, big city, traumatic past, city life, tragic past ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Ryan mysteriously inherits a house from his biological father, a man he thought long dead, he and his pregnant fiancé travel to the property with high hopes for the future. But curiosity about his deceased father leads Ryan to uncover a dark ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, dramatic, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
inheritance, house, biological father, violence, survival, supernatural, ghost, haunting, scared, paranormal, blood, family in danger ...
Place:
pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Haunted by memories of her broken marriage and a fight with her daughter, a woman joins an intense self-help retreat when her vacation goes awry.
Style:
psychological, emotional, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female protagonist, divorce, trauma, past, retreat, self discovery, personal growth, self-help, woman, memories, painful memories, secret past ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An undercover agent goes on a dangerous mission to bring down a crime ring. Fueled by a bitter and painful past, he along with his allies faces the grueling task that will challenge his resolve and strength.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dramatic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
secret agent, secret plan, dark past, dangerous mission, special agent, criminal gang, mission, traumatic past, past, troubled past, undercover agent, agent ...
Place:
italy, japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
The Arnold Academy of Magic is a school for the elite...and Ray White is just your ordinary guy. In fact, he doesn't seem particularly skilled with magic at all, and is a bit of a klutz. Which is why he has nothing to do with the rumor that one ...
Style:
anime, exciting, tense, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Plot:
magic, school, ice, sword, sorcerer, harem, wizards and magicians, friendship, female nudity, friends, magical power, friend ...
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Jhansi, a boutique owner, is an independent woman staying with her partner and his daughter, but an amnesiac. When she saves a girl from a molester at a wedding, Jhansi’s past catches up with her and rekindles several bitter memories from her ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
amnesia, police, female protagonist, memory loss, amnesiac, dark past, policewoman, past, traumatic past, police officer, violence, graphic violence ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
After being sexually assaulted by an acquainted and incapable of dealing with the situation, a woman leaves her whole life behind and hides herself away in an isolated cabin in the mountains.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, sexualized violence, rape victim, violence against women, shame, guilt, traumatic past, tragic past, violence, psychological trauma, rape, troubled past ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 144 min.
TV show
Story:
It tells the story of a child who was kidnapped from a deep-rooted family and fell into the streets, and his struggle to reinvent himself after years later returning to his home.
Style:
emotional, intense, realistic, heartbreaking, suspense
Plot:
survival, street life, kidnapping, traumatic past, urban, resilience, identity, youth, trauma, loss, poverty, childhood ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Reincarnation goes horribly wrong releasing dark forces across time. Basia accesses parts of her mind that should never be tampered with. Past lives merge with present as her reality becomes distorted, she fights for her very existence.
Style:
psychological thriller, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
reincarnation, past life, hypnosis, female protagonist, memories, eye, supernatural, psychological manipulation, moral dilemma, problem, parapsychology, escape from reality ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
A man with a psychological disorder overcomes trauma and confronts his nemesis in a fast-paced action film with romance and unique elements, exploring themes of resilience and redemption.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, dark ...
Plot:
covert operation, male protagonist, breakup, traumatic past, moral ambiguity, investigation, anti hero, conspiracy, corruption, redemption, cat and mouse, espionage ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Boses (Voices) is the story of a musician named Ariel who offers violin lessons to a child of the slums. Through the violin, the abused child Onyok is able to get back his voice from a mute, desensitized existence. A violin teacher and his student, ...
Style:
touching, sincere, psychological, sentimental, poignant ...
Plot:
child abuse, musician, mute, violin, apprentice, prodigy, intergenerational friendship, teacher student relationship, redemption, friendship, domestic violence, traumatic past ...
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