Movies: Body image

Subjects of Desire is a thought provoking film that examines the cultural shift in beauty standards towards embracing (or appropriating) Black aesthetics and features, deconstructing what we understand about race and the power behind beauty....

An average gay guy discovers a magic website that can change him into the fantasy man he desires, but there is a price to pay....

A hep teen hears a tune on the jukebox at the malt shop and calls his girl; She rounds up a crowd and soon the whole place is jumping....

Macie (Jen Santos) is a twenty-three year old woman with IDD (Individual with Developmental Disability) stuck in the middle of a feud between her sisters Abby (Maria Sole), a recovering alcoholic trying to become a more active member in Macie's life ...

A look at past diary entries reveals a teenage girl's struggles with body image and depression...

A personal reflection on hands, the word "tear," and caring for oneself that experiments with sound, silence, and definitions....

Two childhood girl friends, Zoe and Nat, face the tumultuous changes of transitioning from middle to high school as their friendship drifts apart. Zoe, a cancer survivor, joins the crew team which exacerbates her body image & mental health struggles....

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

Documentary in which singer Alesha Dixon, concerned about the increasing pressure on women to conform to an ideal body type, investigates the practice of airbrushing and retouching that has become a staple of magazine photos. Keen to discover whether...

An insecure, porn-addicted guy desperately tries to find a sexual partner through a dating site for gay men, while struggling with complexes regarding his body and size....

Six extra-ordinary people from around the world reveal their bodies and share their secrets in a unique experiment in search of their inner selves....

A theater actor with crippling body image insecurities must face his greatest fears when he is asked to perform nude on stage in his dream role....

After years of wanting to look like those who grace the covers of magazines, Frances ends up making headlines in a different way....

Francisco is unhappy about his body....

Two actresses take us through a series of 'raps' and sketches about what it means to be beautiful and black....

In Swole I continue to document my commitment to an intensive and transformative gym and diet regimen, as well as the communities that form around such activities, sustaining themselves through texting and sharing videos and photos on social media. I...

A socially awkward girl uses the local swimming pool as a wormhole into fantasy. She dives underwater where she imagines herself as a marine creature, alternately graceful and predatory. (As described by Simon Sellars, 2008) Created as part of the SB...

A woman is tormented by her compulsion to stay thin....

Penis extension surgery is a booming business in the UK and we have exclusive access to a clinic that promises to make your manhood wider and longer for £7,000. Truck driver Leon is about to go under the knife for a second time to get an even bigger ...

A girl gets sent a demeaning note from an anonymous source....