Moral Injury Resources: Films
The following list offers a small selection of films that depict PTSD, moral injury, or both. Considering PTSD and moral injury through film can help people better understand how symptoms manifest while providing examples that may help people talk about what they are experiencing.
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) – Combat trauma and moral injury in WW II veterans
- Coming Home (1978) – Combat trauma and moral injury in Vietnam veterans
- The Deerhunter (1978) – Combat trauma and moral injury in Vietnam veterans
- The Accused (1988) – Noncombat PTSD and moral injury from sexual assault
- Born on the Fourth of July (1989) – Combat trauma and moral injury in Vietnam veterans
- Jackknife (1989) – Combat trauma and moral injury in Vietnam veterans
- The Fisher King (1991) – Noncombat PTSD
- The Prince of Tides (1991) – Adult effects of childhood trauma, moral injury (suicidality)
- Schindler’s List (1993) – Noncombat moral injury
- The War at Home (1996) – Combat trauma and moral injury in Vietnam veterans
- Missing in America (2005) – Combat trauma and moral injury in Vietnam veterans
- Gran Torino (2008) – Combat trauma and moral injury in Korean War veterans
- In the Valley of Elah (2008) – Combat trauma and moral injury in OED/OIF/OND veterans
- Brothers (2009) – Combat trauma and moral injury in OED/OIF/OND veterans
- Manchester by the Sea (2016) – Noncombat moral injury
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) – Noncombat moral injury