Movies and TvShows featuring "fatphobia" theme.

In Idaho, 2016, Charlie, a reclusive and morbidly obese English teacher, is haunted by grief and guilt. He reflects on his past mistakes and desires to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter, Ellie. As a self-destructive shut-in, Charlie is confined to his claustrophobic apartment, where he contemplates fatherhood, reconciliation, and the power of love and forgiveness to heal the wounds of a lifetime.

Hal is a shallow man who only values physical beauty in women. However, after being hypnotized by Tony Robbins, he can only see inner beauty. He falls in love with Rosemary, an overweight woman, seeing her as slender and beautiful. When the hypnotism is broken, Hal starts to avoid Rosemary, but realizes his true feelings for her. He reconciles with Rosemary and decides to join her on her Peace Corps mission.

Set in 1990s Lincolnshire, England, My Mad Fat Diary follows the story of Rae Earl, a 16-year-old girl struggling with mental health issues and body image. Through her personal diary, she navigates friendships, relationships, and therapy in an attempt to fit in and find self-acceptance.

Sara, an overweight teenage girl, is bullied by a group of cool girls while on vacation in her village. She experiences a series of traumatic events, including witnessing the kidnapping of her bullies. As she tries to uncover the truth, she becomes entangled in a web of mystery and danger. With the help of a friend, Sara confronts her fears and fights back against her tormentors, ultimately discovering her own strength and resilience.

Stuart, a socially awkward British man, moves to Los Angeles in the hopes of finding love. He embarks on a series of misadventures and hilarious encounters as he navigates the dating scene and attempts to conquer the art of seduction.

Fatso is a heartwarming comedy-drama that follows the life of an overweight man named Sverre. He is constantly struggling with his weight and societal expectations, but finds solace in his loving friends and the challenges they face together. With humor and poignancy, this film explores themes of friendship, self-acceptance, and the importance of living life to the fullest.

My Skinny Sister is about a teenage girl named Stella who idolizes her older sister Katja. However, Stella soon discovers that Katja is battling an eating disorder. As Stella tries to navigate her own adolescent struggles, she is confronted with the difficult task of supporting her sister while also protecting her secret.

In a Latine immigrant household, a single mother is forced to confront the relationship she has with food, her body, and her daughter.

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.

Hunger Point is a movie about a woman who battles with an eating disorder and has to confront her domineering mother. She goes through a series of medical examinations, visits her sister's grave, and contemplates suicide by overdose. Throughout the movie, she deals with her dysfunctional family, including her cheating wife, and tries to rebuild her relationships with her husband, father, and grandfather.

Malos hábitos (2007) follows the story of a young girl struggling with anorexia while dealing with an abusive mother and unhealthy family dynamics. As she battles with her eating disorder, she discovers the dark secrets that lie within her family and finds solace in cooking. The film explores the themes of fatphobia, child abuse, childhood obesity, and the complex relationships within a dysfunctional family.

What is fatphobia and what can be done to overcome it? With poetic illustrations and painful, compelling testimony, Tales of Ordinary Fatphobia offers multiple examples of the psychological effects of weight-based discrimination and bullying on adolescent girls.

Singer-actor Mélissa Bédard and comedian Christine Morency examine the many prejudices and preconceived ideas about overweight people in this sensitive and authentic exploration of fatphobia.

Personal stories taken from a survey on how women's lives are affected by a culture obsessed with body image and thinness.

Lydia is an overweight sales clerk in a trendy home furnishings store, nearing 30. Though she is a member of a Fat Acceptance Group (a movement dedicated to fighting prejudice against overweight people), she is still struggling with complex feelings about her body and its place in the world. Darcy, a recovering-anorexic real estate agent in her mid-20s, is struggling with the same issues from a very different perspective.

A teenager in an English town struggles to come of age, braving sexual awakening and fighting her controlling parents by refusing to eat...until a nightmarish ghost appears that may be real, or may be a deadly creation of her starving body.

Victor turns 21 in a month. Before he turns 21, he has set two goals: to lose his virginity and to weigh less than 50 kilos.