My Skinny Sister (2015), Bigger, Stronger, Faster (2008), Paradise: Hope (2013), Lbs. (2004), The Full Monty (1997), Come as You Are (2019), Real Women Have Curves (2002), To the Bone (2017) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Body Image movies.
Storyline: An adolescent girl discovers her older sister is hiding an eating disorder.
Plot Keywords: drama, coming of age, family, sisters, adolescence, sweden, female director ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This documentary presents the pervasive use of steroids in sports as an indication of the American obsession with winning at all costs. The Bell brothers have been sucked into the world of performance-enhancing drugs, thinking this is their ticket to realizing the American dream. Interviews with politicians, doctors, bodybuilders and coaches raise the question: Do the ends really justify the means? Because in the mad dash to win, an entire culture may be poised to lose.
Plot Keywords: documentary, sports, usa, family, brothers, health, ethics ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A chubby, virginal teen (Melanie Lenz) at a weight-loss camp develops a crush on her doctor (Joseph Lorenz) and becomes determined to seduce him.
Plot Keywords: youth, coming of age, first love, sexual awakening, european cinema, social class, self-discovery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An obese man (Carmine Famiglietti) moves away from home and into the woods in a bid to lose weight and beat his addiction to food.
Plot Keywords: independent film, drama, american film, self-discovery, new york, social issues, personal growth ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the decaying steel mill town of Sheffield in Northern England, friends Gaz and Dave, both now unemployed and on the dole after the closure of most of the town's steel mills, steal scrap metal from the closed mills to supplement their meager income, often with Gaz's twelve year old son, Nathan, on the days Gaz has custody. Still, Gaz is behind in child support payments to his ex-wife, Mandy. When Mandy threatens to sue for full custody in that Gaz can't support Nathan in any way, Gaz, seeing the long line up of women clamoring to get in to see a touring Chippendales styled dance troupe, thinks he can solve his financial and thus custody problems by forming his own male exotic dance troupe with some of his fellow un- or underemployed ex-mill workers. In addition to Dave, he has in mind middle-aged Gerald, their former foreman who has not told his spending-happy wife Linda that he has been unemployed for six months, and Lomper, a mild-mannered security guard who they just met in the ...
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, british film, unemployment, male friendship, working class, midlife crisis ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Three young men with disabilities hit the road with a jaded nurse driver to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs. Remake of the acclaimed Belgian film 'Hasta La Vista'.
Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, lgbtq+, road movie, disability, sexuality, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager on the verge of becoming a woman. She lives in the predominately Latino community of East Los Angeles. Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college. Torn between her mainstream ambitions and her cultural heritage she agrees to work with her mother at her sister's downtown LA sewing factory. Over the summer she learns to admire the hardworking team of women who teach her solidarity and teamwork. Still at odds with what her mother expects of her, Ana realizes that leaving home to continue her education is essential to finding her place proudly in the world as an American and Chicana.—smbuvideo
Plot Keywords: coming of age, feminism, family dynamics, cultural conflict, self-identity, mother-daughter relationship, working class ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ellen is a 20 year old woman struggling with anorexia nervosa. In the midst of family problems and her own fears, she is accepted into a group home run by an unusual doctor. Through the people she meets and the journey she takes, Ellen follows a path of self discovery and acceptance that will lead her to a surprising place she never would have thought possible
Plot Keywords: mental health, recovery, family drama, therapy, self-destruction, depression, rebellion ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Marks family is a tightly-knit quartet of women. Jane is the affluent matriarch whose 3 daughters seem to have nothing in common except for a peculiar sort of idealism. Setting the tone of vanity and insecurity, Jane is undergoing cosmetic surgery to alter her figure, but serious complications put her health in real danger. Former homecoming queen Michelle, the eldest daughter, has one daughter of her own and an alienated, unsupportive husband. Elizabeth, the middle sister, has an acting career that is beginning to take off, but is timid and insecure, and habitually relieves her trepidation by taking in stray dogs. Only the youngest sister, Annie, an adopted African American 8-year-old, stands a chance of avoiding the family legacy of anxious self-absorption. If only her intelligence and curiosity will see her through what promises to be a confusing adolescence. Each of the women seeks redemption in her own haphazard way.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: family, women, self-esteem, mother-daughter relationship, coming of age, comedy, drama ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An overweight freshman (Charlie Talbert) who pines for a pretty cheerleader is the target of a high-school quarterback's cruel prank.
Plot Keywords: high school life, bullying, self-acceptance, first love, family dynamics, single parent family, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 11-year-old Gerald "Gerry" Garner lives in Long Island, New York, and he's overweight. Gerry's parents Maury and Mrs. Garner decide to send Gerry to Camp Hope, a camp for overweight boys. The camp is owned by kindly Harvey Bushkin and his equally kind wife Alice Bushkin. When the Bushkins file for bankruptcy the camp has to be sold, it is bought by a wacko named Tony Perkis. Tony plans to force the campers to lose as much weight as they can, and he also intends to document the marathon shedding of weight and use it for an infomercial for his slenderizing program. In the eyes of the campers, Tony has made Camp Hope a living hell. As Gerry and counselor Pat Finley lead the efforts to overthrow Tony, the campers prepare for the Apache Relay against arch rival Camp MVP. The Apache Relay is a kind of race in which Camp Hope has never defeated Camp MVP before.
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, sports, teen, coming of age, humor, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rose and Gregory, both Columbia University professors meet when Rose's sister answers Gregory's "personals" ad. Several times burned, the handsome-but-boring Gregory believes that sex has ruined his life, and has deliberately set out to find and marry a woman with absolutely no sex appeal. Greg thinks he's found what he's looking for in Rose, a plain, plump English Lit professor who can't compete with her gorgeous mother and sister. More out of mutual admiration and respect than love, Greg and Rose marry. Greg assumes that Rose understands that he is not interested in a sexual relationship. He's mistaken, and their marriage is nearly destroyed when Rose tries to consummate their relationship. While Gregory is out of the country on a lecture tour, Rose diets and exercises to transform herself into a sexy siren in a last-ditch attempt to save her marriage.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, drama, romantic comedy, marriage, relationships, self-discovery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Ma Soeur! is a provocative and shocking drama about sibling rivalry, family discord and relationships. Elena is 15, beautiful and flirtatious. Her less confident sister, Anais, is 12, and constantly eats. On holiday, Elena meets a young Italian student who is determined to seduce her. Anais is forced to watch in silence, conspiring with the lovers, but harbouring jealousy and similar desires. Their actions, however, have unforeseen tragic consequences for the whole family.—Blackstar
Plot Keywords: drama, coming of age, french cinema, female director, growing up, sisters, sexual awakening ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zajac, a social media celebrity surrounded by loyal employees and admirers, who is really looking for true intimacy.
Plot Keywords: dance, social media, mental health, loneliness, modern life, polish cinema, documentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world.
Plot Keywords: documentary, dance, inspirational, art, breakthrough, race, gender ...
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