Movies that may trigger traumatized people.
This list will cover dark and sad topics. Children and people who are abused. People who come from dysfunctional families. Families struggling with drug/alcohol abuse. Hopefully, they will have triumphant outcomes.
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- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsJulie HarrisJena MaloneTed LevineAfter her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsJudy DavisJamey SheridanLauren HewettA young girl goes to live with her father and stepmother in the Australian outback after her mother's death. Stars Judy Davis and Jamey Sheridan. From the Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection.
- DirectorScott WalkerStarsNicolas CageVanessa HudgensJohn CusackAn Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
- DirectorMaggie GyllenhaalStarsOlivia ColmanJessie BuckleyDakota JohnsonA woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
- DirectorDavid L. HuntStarsNeal McDonoughLeslie EasterbrookChristopher SeverioThe story of Brandon Burlsworth, possibly the greatest walk-on in the history of college football.
- DirectorAlex ChappleStarsEmily DeschanelDavid BoreanazMichaela ConlinThe search for Broadsky intensifies as he manages to kill one of the Squints. Angela and Hodgins name their baby. Booth struggles to protect those closest to him, which leads to an unexpected situation.
- DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsEmily DeschanelDavid BoreanazMichaela ConlinThe team puts their beloved psychologist to rest. But before they can, they need his help to find his killer who can help them get even closer to who is behind the conspiracy.
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsUta HagenDiana MuldaurChris UdvarnokyA series of gruesome accidents plague a small American farming community in the summer of 1935, encircling two identical twin brothers and their family.
- DirectorJoshua ShreveStarsToby NicholsTim MeadowsRobyn LivelyLucas Simons, an 11 year-old filmmaker, is obsessed with death after the loss of his brother. When Lucas accidentally captures a mysterious presence in one of his films, he inadvertently becomes a YouTube phenomenon, and must learn to live life in the spotlight while also learning how to once again start living life to its fullest.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsJoseph CottenDarren McGavinPhilip CareyA somewhat different take on Custer's motivation that changed him from a defender of Native-American rights into a politically-driven, headline-seeker chastiser of the Sioux during the 1870s.
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsJane FondaDonald SutherlandCharles CioffiA small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsGeoffrey RushFamke JanssenTaye DiggsAn amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsPeter BreckConstance TowersGene EvansBent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.
- DirectorJason BatemanStarsJason BatemanNicole KidmanKathryn HahnA brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsAidan QuinnKate BeckinsaleAnthony AndrewsA skeptical professor visits a remote British estate to debunk allegations of psychic phenomena, but soon finds himself haunted by a ghost from his own past.
- DirectorBen LewinStarsDakota FanningAlice EveToni ColletteA young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her 500-page manuscript to a "Star Trek" writing competition at Paramount Pictures.
- DirectorJeff BarnabyStarsMichael GreyeyesElle-Máijá TailfeathersForrest GoodluckThe dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.
- DirectorSilvana ZancolòStarsLaurence BelcherHayley J WilliamsBeth WinsletMaurice is a young boy who can connect with the dead -his twin brother, Jacques, who was killed at birth. But Jacques does not want to return to the living: he wants his parents to join him in the afterlife.
- DirectorJonathan HeapStarsDavid LipperDina MeyerBree WilliamsonAfter the death of a much despised patriarch, a mysterious box shows up during the reading of the will, forcing the family to reckon with each of their own deadly sins.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDenzel WashingtonLiev SchreiberMeryl StreepIn the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
- StarsSarah GadonEdward HolcroftRebecca LiddiardGrace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsCherEric StoltzSam ElliottA teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
- DirectorAlex IordachescuStarsGuillaume DepardieuAlysson ParadisCarlo BrandtAt the prime of his life, Jonathan Vogel suffers a motorcycle accident that changes his life. He loses a leg and later on he's abandoned by his wife. But when an eminent medicine professor creates a revolutionary treatment, to which Jonathan is selected for being the perfect candidate for the experiment, he finds a new hope to continue living and possibly get his wife back.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMatthew ModineNicolas CageJohn HarkinsAfter two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.
- DirectorGiuliano MontaldoStarsNicolas CageRicky TognazziPatrice-Flora PraxoIn 1936, when Ethiopia is being invaded by the Italian army, Lieutenant Silvestri sets off for the nearest camp hospital to take care of a toothache. En route he meets a young Ethiopian girl, which leads to a tragic course of events that devastates his entire life.
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsDavid HasselhoffStepfanie KramerRandolph MantoothJack the Ripper is on the loose in Lake Havasu, AZ, and it's up to a local detective (David Hasselhoff) to stop him.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsRichard DixRussell WadeEdith BarrettThird Officer Tom Merriam accuses Captain Will Stone of being a homicidal maniac, but no one believes him.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsKiefer SutherlandKevin BaconJulia RobertsFive medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.