Movies and TvShows featuring "binge-and-purge" theme.

Sharing the Secret is a drama movie that follows a teenage girl as she struggles with bulimia and the pressure to keep her condition a secret. The film explores themes of parent-child relationships, peer pressure, and the importance of seeking help. Through therapy sessions and the support of her friends and family, she learns to confront her illness and find healing.

Thin is a documentary film that follows the lives of four young women in a residential facility for eating disorders. It provides a glimpse into their struggles with body image, self-esteem, and mental health.

What we present to the world is a carefully curated version of reality. Girls Will Be is a powerful visual meditation on this topic, exploring the all too au courant themes of image obsession, social pressure, and shame. This "anti-fashion" fashion film eschews traditional narrative structure, instead presenting viewers with a dreamy tableau that viscerally juxtaposes the "perfect" images rampant on social media with the grotesque reality that often lurks beneath these lovely facades. In Girls Will Be, viewers get an uncomfortably firsthand close-up of the loss of innocence of a teen girl as her desire to be accepted by peers—and by extension society— makes her vulnerable to their perversely warped value system.

Alone and confused in a surreal army work camp, Sophie is befriended by Ana who offers comfort and advice. However, as the reality around Sophie grows more absurd, the boundary between friend and foe becomes blurred.

In Cold Water, a dysfunctional family gathers in a cabin in the wilderness for a weekend getaway. As tensions rise, the family members confront their past traumas and struggle to find connection and healing in the isolated setting. The film explores themes of repression, family relationships, and the search for identity.