Movies and TvShows featuring "generational-trauma" theme.

Ember and Wade navigate a city inhabited by fire, water, earth, and air residents. As they journey together, they realize they have more in common than they thought.

Swinging Safari takes place in 1970s Australia, where a group of families navigate through the challenges and absurdities of the era, including wife-swapping, open marriages, amateur filmmaking, and a blue whale that washes up on the local beach. The story is told through the eyes of a teenager who witnesses adults engaging in unconventional behavior while also experiencing his own coming-of-age journey.

In Animal, a young man, Tommy, is haunted by his father's legacy of violence as he navigates life in a tough neighborhood. When Tommy's path crosses with a notorious killer, he must confront his own demons and choose between perpetuating the cycle of violence or breaking free from it.

Dealing with anxiety and phobias, Dafni struggles to finish a drawing. As she navigates her relationship with her mother, friends, as well as a dog that she’s been asked to pet sit, her old best friend suddenly reappears after many years and wants to meet up.

After moving to a small mountain community, a troubled writer entangles himself in a new neighbor's abusive family situation.

A filmmaker unearths a pervasive history of multigenerational trauma in her Italian-American family. As decades of secrets, home-movies, and long-avoided conversations surface, a family once bound by tradition forges a new path forward.

On the night of Richard’s 55th birthday, he summons his children to come celebrate as a family. Soon after celebrating with cake, Richard enacts a generational tradition that will change the children's lives forever. As the night unfolds, Michael, the youngest, tries to avoid the celebration to the best of his ability. Sarah, the oldest, questions the tradition they are about to take part in, and her role in it. While Robert, the middle child, gets progressively more irritated as the night unfolds, trying his best to make sure nobody ruins the night he’s been looking forward to his entire life. Mary becomes conflicted as to if she wants to initiate the tradition, while Richard is trying to make sure it doesn’t fall apart.