Movies and TvShows featuring "anorexia-nervosa" theme.

Beautiful is a psychological thriller that follows the story of a young woman who becomes the target of a dangerous stalker after surviving a traumatic experience. As she struggles with her own inner demons and battles with anorexia, she must find the strength to confront her stalker and reclaim her life.

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story is a biographical drama that explores the life and struggles of Karen Carpenter, a talented singer who faced issues like anorexia nervosa and bulimia. The film delves into her obsession with perfectionism, her strained relationships, and her battles with mental and physical health. It also highlights her rise to fame as part of the musical duo The Carpenters and the tragedy of her untimely death.

In this farewell letter to Ana (aka Anorexia), I reveal the suffering associated with this illness. I express my desire to regain my freedom and vitality by sharing not only my progress but also my relapses. Through the interweaving of drawings and poetry, I share this quest for reconstruction, which I hope will help raise awareness of this mental illness and bring a little hope to people affected by it and those around them.

The story follows Lara, a 16 years old girl, and her long and exhausting battle against anorexia. But can you heal someone who doesn't believe they're sick?

The true story of Catherine Dunbar's struggle with anorexia, that began when she was 15.

In this farewell letter to Ana (aka Anorexia), I reveal the suffering associated with this illness. I sincerely express my deep desire to regain my freedom and vitality by sharing not only my progress but also my relapses. Through the interweaving of drawings and poetry, I share this quest for reconstruction, which I hope will help raise awareness of this mental illness and bring a little hope to people affected by it and those around them.

Thirteen-year-old Maruska has a few extra kilos. And with all the beautiful models, the complex starts. Her friends are climbing the steps of severe anorexia, and Maruska is facing the first stage: bulimia.

1995, São Paulo. Following the deployment of the Plano Real, Liz, 13, is sent to Ireland by her newly middle class parents on an exchange programme. From her point of view the trip is a complete failure. Liz comes back to Brazil distressed and obsessive. In the following years she develops an alimentary disorder which limits her life in all areas. How to overcome this tough reality?

This is a Dutch documentary about the last weeks of life in a Portuguese clinic for Emma Caris, a 18 year old girl who had been suffering anorexia nervosa since she was 16 years old.

A woman is tormented by her compulsion to stay thin.

"As far back as I can remember I've never been hungry". That's how begins the autobiographical story of a man - the movie maker himself - who reports both the anorexia nervosa that he went through as a child, then as a teenager, and the difficult relationship that, as an adult, he's been sustaining with foodstuff, or with the mere act of ingesting solid food.