Movies and TvShows featuring "health-issues" theme.

My Big Fat Fabulous Life is a reality TV show that chronicles the life of Whitney Thore, a plus-size dancer who embraces body positivity while navigating the challenges of relationships, career, and self-acceptance.

AJ Johnson encourages her clients to live their best lives by examining the hard truths that have kept them stuck in unhealthy situations. In collaboration with trained mental health professionals, AJ Johnson uses her natural instinct of nurturing people's suffering to exude positivity in a genuine effort to improve people's lives. Clients are aided in doing the work that will improve their lives, whether looking for love, looking to overcome insecurities or looking to figure out their next big step.

Sicko is a documentary film by Michael Moore that explores the flaws in the American healthcare system. The film critiques the high cost of medical care, the lack of access to healthcare for many Americans, and the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on healthcare policies. It also highlights the benefits of universal healthcare systems in other countries.

Why Did I Get Married Too? is a comedy, drama, and romance movie released in 2010. The story revolves around four couples who gather for their annual vacation in the Bahamas. However, conflicts and secrets among the couples start to surface, putting their relationships to the test.

The Merchant of Four Seasons follows the life of a fruit salesman in Munich who is dealing with alcoholism, an unhappy marriage, and disappointment in his life. As he tries to navigate his problems, he faces disdain from his domineering mother and finds solace in heavy drinking. The film explores themes of self-destructiveness and the struggles of working-class life.

This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the results of "fooling around" with "loose women" overseas. Actual victims of such sexually transmitted diseases as syphilis and gonorrhoea are shown, along with the physical deterioration that accompanies those diseases.

Maisie is a captivating documentary that follows the life of a drag queen named Maisie as she navigates the challenges of old age and health issues. Through intimate interviews and stunning performances, Maisie's story unfolds, capturing the heart and resilience of a marginalized community.

In 2014, the authorities in Flint, Michigan chose to cut costs and change the city’s domestic water supply from the great Lakes to the Flint River. Soon tap water was running brown, people were falling ill and it was clear that something was seriously wrong. Anthony Baxter (You’ve Been Trumped) has followed the situation over six years of denial, evasion, betrayal and hypocrisy in which the city’s poorest residents have suffered the most. The result is shocking and sad as it illuminates the inequalities of the modern world and celebrates the solidarity of ordinary people.

Safi is about to move, while Ramona needs to find a way to talk about her sorrow. Lilja struggle with a mother suffering from mental illness, while Jacob got to believe in himself in his search for love.

After a series of mysterious and debilitating allergic reactions to food, a young woman joins a radical community of people who claim to be nourished by light.

"Fag End" is an astute representation of the metaphorical death of a mother. The movie revolves around a girl named 'Tania', a victim of smoking and alcohol abuse, going through the process of In vitro fertilization. When it comes to alcohol and smoking, an abuser is overlapped with the tendencies of both alcoholism and chain smoking wherein one is subjected to intense cravings, followed by untoward mental as well as physical detention. Things go downhill one morning, as she relapsed the night before and she suffers a miscarriage. Does it not leave us with the raucous screams of the unborn?

In Montreal, front-line workers work hard to provide appropriate care to the most vulnerable citizens in our society.