15 Movies Like Trauma
Loved Trauma? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
#1
Lola's Secret
A young man's dreams come true when the sexy new maid seduces him. But she has a secret that leads to trouble.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.
#2
Cannibal Holocaust
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.
#3
Madness
An escaped convicted murderer invades the cottage of a man, his wife and the wife's sister, whereupon he proceeds to torment this already dysfunctional trio with rape and violence.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.
#4
Cleaner
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Trauma.
#5
Reminiscence
Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman named Mae. What begins as a simple matter of lost and found becomes a passionate love affair. But when a different client's memories implicate Mae in a series of violent crimes, Bannister must delve through the dark world of the past to uncover the truth about the woman he fell for.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Trauma.
#6
Suspiria
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.
#7
Convent of Sinners
Convent of Sinners is the story of Susanna, a young girl who is raped by her own father and sent to a convent for her sins, where she falls in love with a priest. The other nuns, however, are jealous and angry, they want Susanna for themselves, and accuse her of being possessed by the Devil.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.
#8
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.
#9
The Holy Boy
A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.
#10
Craving Desire
Luigi, who is engaged to a rich bourgeois, Cinzia, meets his lovely cousin, Sonia, at the cremation of their grandmother. Six months later, Sonia moves in and enters his life, and gradually succeeds in seducing him. Sonia upsets his life. Now, Cinzia is jealous but he can not resist the seductress.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.
#11
Africa Blood and Guts
A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering different types of wild animals.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.
#12
Solace
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Trauma.
#13
The Big Fake
Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his signature ends up everywhere — even in the history of Italy.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.
#14
The Home
A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to his own past and upbringing as a foster child.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Trauma.
#15
The Smile of the Fox
Mark, a hitman haunted by his past as a corrupt Miami cop and the death of his wife and son, prepares for his next killing. Gradually he becomes fascinated by the beautiful prostitute who lives in the next apartment and they embark on a passionate affair. Their dreams of a life together are complicated by her pimp being a drugs baron; before they can escape he must die, but things are never that simple...
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Trauma.