Traumatic memory movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant traumatic memory movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, melancholic, suspense, captivating, tense and thrilling films and TV shows about / with traumatic memory, trauma, isolation, investigation, small town, revenge, coming of age, moral ambiguity, psychological drama and family drama plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as traumatic memory: Retaliation (2017), Us (2019), The Combination: Redemption (2019), Floodlights (2022), Welcome Matt (2021), Time Still Turns the Pages (2023), Motherhood (2022), The Light of the Moon (2017), Karla (2025), En komikers uppväxt (1992).
Best films
New films
| Us (2019) | 6.8 | |
| The Combination: Redemption (2019) | 4.8 | |
| The Thing About Harry (2020) | 6.8 | |
| Karla (2025) | 7.3 | |
| Nope (2022) | 6.8 |
List of traumatic memory movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An adult victim of childhood sexual abuse confronts the horrors of his past
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Plot:
male rape victim, male nudity, sex scene, trauma, childhood trauma, revenge, bare butt, haunted by the past, boy, rage, storytelling, traumatized man ...
Time:
21st century
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387K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
doppelganger, murder, home invasion, amusement park, panic, african american, fear, husband wife relationship, evil twin, traumatic childhood, childhood memory, black family ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, year 2019, 80s
Place:
usa, california
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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
Is relevant?
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: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Matt, a well known writer and director, suffers a traumatic experience, that leads to him being deathly afraid to go outside. Therefore he decides to attempt to write, direct, and star in a feature film, all from his apartment.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, satirical, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
isolation, traumatic memory, confined space, psychological trauma, agoraphobia, filmmaking, social isolation, traumatic experience, satire, post traumatic stress, director, isolated place ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
High school teacher Cheng looks back to his repressed childhood memories, as he finds an anonymous suicide note in the classroom. He strives hard to prevent another tragedy from happening, meanwhile facing a series of family problems, his wife is ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic, poignant ...
Plot:
teacher, suicide, memories, domestic abuse, school, school teacher, student, memory, problem, traumatic memory, life is a bitch, coming of age ...
Place:
hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Sayaka, a high school student, kills herself but the reason behind her suicide is unknown. She appeared to have led a normal life with her family. Her mother Rumiko seemed to have raised Sayaka with love and care. In reality, that does not seem to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot:
incident, secrets, mother love, schoolgirl, mother and daughter, mother daughter relationship, mother child relationship, family problems, traumatic memory, family relations, parents and children, family conflict ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand
Story:
Based on the best-selling book 'My Story' this feature length drama goes beyond the headlines to tell an intimate story about secrets and one woman's struggle to have them heard. In 1993 Louise Nicholas made her first shocking ...
Style:
emotional, serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
rape, rape victim, accusation, rape accusation, sexual assault, trauma, social problems, tragic past, sexual abuse, rape and revenge, traumatic memory, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new zealand
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a New York City woman is sexually assaulted while walking home one evening, she struggles to accept the truth and rediscover the intimacy within her relationship.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, sad
Plot:
sexual assault, relationships, architect, male female relationship, problem, traumatic experience, relationship problems, couple relations, crime victim, victim, psychological trauma, traumatic memory ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Is relevant?
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Twelve-year-old Karla testifies in court. She makes serious accusations against her own father, who should have guaranteed her safety. Judge Lamy supports her in this difficult trial and becomes her most important confidant.
Plot:
sexual abuse, courtroom drama, child abuse, taboo subject, female protagonist, traumatic memory, resilience, moving, bravery, isolation, coming of age, small town ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 135 min.
TV show
Story:
Juha Lindström grows up in the 1970s in a peaceful suburb to Stockholm called Sävbyholm. Sävbyholm seems peaceful enough on the surface but underneath a lot of problems exist. The grown-up Juha is a famous comedian who cannot forget his ...
Style:
melancholic, psychological, dark, period piece, retro
Plot:
grownups, trauma, childhood, coming of age, suburbs, bullying, comedian, friendship, small town, flashback, identity, regret ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Falklands War soldier missing, believed dead, turns up claiming amnesia.
Style:
bleak, intense, independent film
Plot:
falklands war, soldier, amnesia, british military, post war, ostracism, cowardice, desertion, traumatic memory, trauma, alienation, abuse ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A pharmacist (Cemal Hunal) who lives in an Anatolian city with his mother and daughter had a terrible case in his pharmacy shop while he was on duty with his assistants. He both mentally and physically goes through a trauma. He stays in a coma for ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, crime thriller, intense, tense ...
Plot:
pharmacist, revenge, flashback, hospital, coma, psychological trauma, dark humor, post traumatic stress, traumatic memory, small town, retribution, daughter ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dutch working mother, Stella, was supportive of international mission in Uruzgan, even if that meant missing her husband Jurre for months. After her brother is killed in action there, nothing can return life to normality, not even the return home of ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, tense, reflective
Plot:
grief, trauma, loss, mourning, family tragedy, working mom, ptsd, traumatic memory, character study, trial, moral ambiguity, homecoming ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Fukami Hiroki's younger sister was killed by a friend. Hiroki then meets the killer's sister, Toyama Futaba, 15 years after the incident. Both of their families have been burdened with grief, but through their meeting they struggle to find ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
grief, family relations, healing, life is a bitch, family problems, mourning, family drama, relationship problems, relationships, loss of sibling, life & death, family life ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The film is composed around a violent incident, happened in 1956. Upon hearing the news that the Russians were approaching, the dwellers of the Home for the Disabled armed themselves. Followed by stares by people living in the area they marched ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, political, bleak, tension ...
Plot:
violence, handicapped, social issues, assault, military, wartime, physical disability, society, social relations, protector, protection, resistance ...
Place:
hungary
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two young boys, Valerio and Christian, form a powerful friendship over the summer.
Style:
psychological, emotional, suspense, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
friendship, assassination attempt, terrorism, loss of innocence, family drama, coming of age, father son relationship, childhood, trauma, fear, friends, family problems ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
rome italy
Is relevant?
683
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kelby Unger is a young man from a dysfunctional family that lives with his girlfriend Amelia Gates and has sleeping problems with dreadful nightmares. When he proposes Amelia, he coincidently receives a phone call from the warden of the prison of ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, parents and children, gory, youth, homecoming, serial killer, social relations, small town life, small town, family drama, family conflict, traumatic memory ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After his release from prison, an ex-soldier embarks on a journey to reunite with his family.
Style:
emotional, realistic, intense, melancholic, dark
Plot:
journey, family drama, family reunited, second chance, ex soldier, redemption, reconciliation, ptsd, trauma, reluctant hero, moral ambiguity, traumatic memory ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
True story about a rape victim who took a stand that rape is never the victim's fault and inspired many other victims who felt shame about what had happened to them to speak out.
Style:
emotional, serious, inspirational, bleak, educational ...
Plot:
sexual assault, female protagonist, courage, biopic, resilience, strength, courtroom drama, traumatic memory, activism, social justice, legal battle, abusive husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iowa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Jordan
TV show
Story:
A socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
palestinian-israeli conflict, occupation, social problems, political intrigue, military officer, military life, soldier, israeli palestinian conflict, military, political unrest, life is a bitch, family drama ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Little boy learns of his stepmother's infidelity and later witnesses a murder... but the shocks have thrown him into a hysterical paralysis, and it's almost impossible for him to communicate anything to anybody.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, crime drama, psychological horror
Plot:
loss of innocence, murder witness, child protagonist, family secret, paranoia, claustrophobia, isolation, traumatic memory, hysteria, moral ambiguity, small town, woman in a bikini ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the true-life story of teenage bride Candra Torres who was abducted in 1975 while on a honeymoon camping trip in the High Sierras.
Style:
suspense, bleak, tense, melancholic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
abduction, kidnapping, victimization, survival, trauma, female protagonist, honeymoon, camping trip, resilience, recovery, traumatic memory, escape ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Little Ida's mother is working for the Germans during WW2, and she is also having a relationship with a German SS-officer. Ida is experiencing the problems of having a mother who is involved with the enemy, without being old enough to ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, melancholic, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, mother daughter relationship, collaboration, family drama, loss of innocence, trauma, betrayal, guilt, intimate, identity, haunting, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1940s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
23-year-old Franky is a nurse who lives with her large family in an East London borough. Obsessed with a thirst for revenge and a need to assign guilt for a traumatic event that happened 15 years before, she is unable to build any meaningful ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
lesbian, female protagonist, revenge, gay interest, fire, catastrophe, lesbian love, trauma, healing, coming of age, bittersweet, traumatic memory ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
William, Jack and Chris have been friends for as long as they can remember - until that day in April when Jack ends up under the wheels of a tractor, his body crushed, William at the wheel. Suddenly nothing is left of the boys' friendship. ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, tension, atmospheric, dramatic ...
Plot:
friendship, guilt, trauma, accident, grief, regret, loss, coming of age, adolescence, loss of innocence, male friendship, secrets ...
Place:
netherlands
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by the same name from Nicholas Evans, the talented Robert Redford presents this meditative family drama set in the country side. Redford not only directs but also stars in the roll of a cowboy with a magical talent for healing.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
horse, cowboy, ranch, animal, stallion, horse riding, riding accident, travel, rider horse relationship, true love, therapy, parent child relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montana, new york, usa, london
Is relevant?
312K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Plot unknown.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, scary, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
massacre, alien, first contact, chimpanzee, alien monster, ufo, brother sister relationship, horse, childhood trauma, eaten alive, horse ranch, alien invasion ...
Time:
2020s, year 1998, future, 90s, year 1996
Place:
california, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Jennifer Hills is still tormented by the brutal sexual assault she endured years ago. She’s changed identities and cities, reluctantly joining a support group where she begins to piece together a new life. But when her new friend’s murderer goes ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, psychological, bleak, sexual ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, vengeance, revenge, female killer, female protagonist, rape victim, mad woman, female vigilante, rapist, rape, murder, violence ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
33K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Roger Cobb is a author who has just separated from his wife. He moves into a new house and tries to work on a novel based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. Strange things start happening around him; little things at first, but as they become ...
Style:
horror comedy, creepy, scary, black comedy, slasher ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, haunted, vietnam war, zombie, husband murders wife, monster, supernatural, novelist, happy ending, missing person, corpse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, asia
Is relevant?
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