Movies that deal with body images/eating disorders
Movies/tv movies deal with body image/eating disorders
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- DirectorSam O'SteenStarsCharles DurningEva Marie SaintJennifer Jason LeighA young girl develops an eating disorder, alternately starving herself or throwing up food. Her parents, angry and desperate, send her to a hospital. Unfortunately, she befriends a patient who convinces her to hide her illness.
- DirectorPaul SchneiderStarsTracey GoldJill ClayburghCameron BancroftThe parents of an anorexic woman fight to save her life.
- DirectorJames A. ContnerStarsLynda CarterKatie WrightMarley SheltonTwo friends keep their vomiting a secret until one friend almost dies.
- DirectorKatt SheaStarsMare WinninghamAlison LohmanLawrence MonosonA teenage girl who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends secretly binges and purges.
- DirectorMark HaberStarsMary-Margaret HumesKimberly McCulloughNatalija NogulichA young woman succumbs to pressure at ballet school and develops anorexia nervosa.
- DirectorTara MieleStarsLaura WigginsIzabella MikoCallie ThorneA 17-year-old dancer joins a "thinspiration" website and devotes herself to the almost religious glorification of "thin", until she becomes completely possessed by the dark world of anorexia.
- DirectorLauren GreenfieldStarsShelly GuilloryBrittany RobinsonAlisa WilliamsThe story of four women suffering from anorexia and bulimia in South Florida.
- DirectorTommy BertelsenStarsTroian BellisarioTom FeltonBen WinchellOlivia and Matthew Grey are 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. There are almost no boundaries between them; even their dreams are connected.
- DirectorMarlee RodriguesStarsKarlee RobertsLilla CrawfordIzzy PalmieriAn overambitious high school freshman tries to control her life by controlling her weight.
- DirectorSanna LenkenStarsRebecka JosephsonAmy DeasismontAnnika HallinJust as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal.
- DirectorJoan Micklin SilverStarsBarbara HersheyChristina HendricksSusan May PrattA family is pushed to its limits when one of the daughters' lives is blighted by an eating disorder.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsMeredith BaxterBen MastersGeorgann JohnsonA beautiful woman married to a successful lawyer and the perfect suburban mother turns out to be a closeted bulimic.
- DirectorMarti NoxonStarsRebekah KennedyLily CollinsDana L. WilsonA young woman, dealing with anorexia, meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
- DirectorJoseph SargentRichard CarpenterStarsCynthia GibbMitchell AndersonPeter Michael GoetzStory of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsMerrill GruverMichael EdwardsMelissa BrownKaren Carpenter's battle with anorexia nervosa and the cultural influence of the Carpenters in the 70s.
- DirectorJohn HoldsworthStarsAdele KeatingChris Ellis-StantonFidelis MorganThe rise and tragic fall of iconic American singer Karen Carpenter. An overbearing mother, complex family dynamic, and personal insecurities led this gifted singer down a dark road called Anorexia Nervosa.
- DirectorDouglas BarrStarsAmy Jo JohnsonBrett CullenWendie MalickA teenage gymnast is accepted to an elite training center in Seattle to train for the Olympics. After being criticized for her weight, she begins vomiting up her food and excessively starving herself.
- DirectorChristopher LeitchStarsSwoosie KurtzCourtney PeldonJohn AshtonA gymnast moves to a gym where the top coach in the US is and has difficulties adjusting.
- DirectorJan EglesonStarsCrystal BernardEsai MoralesCasey SanderA runner's bulimia and anorexia threaten both her dream of competing in the Olympics and her marriage to Denver's mayor.