The Best Movies About Eating Disorders

Determined to finally confront her anorexia after placed in multiple rehbailitation centers in this powerful drama, Ellen (Lily Collins) sheds light on an everpresent struggle among young women worldwide. 

Beth Moss (Alison Lohman) navigates the challenges of teenage life while coping with bulimia in this televised film based on a true story.

Channeling her personal testimony into the protagonist's portrayal, Nancy Walsh (Tracey Gold) addresses her self-induced anorexia nervosa while attending college and rekindling her familial relationships in this made-for-television movie. 

Starring two-time Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby and Amy Jo Johnson, Perfect Body reveals the hidden eating disorders and physical pressures beneath the glitz and glammor of big-time gymnastics.

Two girls' vanity transforms into bulimia, resulting in a dangerous fight for their lives. 

This educational documentary follows the emotional journey of four Floridian young women struggling with anorexia and bulimia at a treatment center.

An online platform promoting starvation and thinness causes a suburban teenager to develop anorexia. 

A young woman (Winona Ryder) at a mental institution grapples with two different worlds, her inner circle and reality, while trying not to succumb to her inmates' eating disorders or perilous lifestyles. Angelina Jolie and Brittany Murphy also star in this classic film, for which Jolie won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. 

Two friends suffering from anorexia and OCD join Tourette's Syndrome stricken Vincent (Robert Sheehan) on a road trip to drop his late mother's ashes in the ocean. 

A ballerina's struggle with anorexia dangerously affects her health and talent. 

A beautiful aerobics-obsessed housewife (Meredith Baxter) secretly suffers from bulimia nervosa in '80s suburbia.

Cynthia Gibb stars as the late singer Karen Carpenter in this dynamic made-for-television biopic, who ultimately passed from eating disorders.

Two sisters combat their traumatizing upbringing by overcoming their mother's eating disorder habits. 

The Powell parents (Charles Dunning, Eva Marie Saint) try to navigate the recent anorexia nervosa diagnosis of their teenage daughter (Jennifer Jason Leigh). 

Twelve driven ballet students edure physical and emotional stress while competing for acceptance at a renowned dance company. 

This haunting short film starring Elle Fanning showcases traumatizing visuals of a bulimic teen's distorted image of herself. 

A girl entering the world of adolescence copes with older sister's eating disorder while trying to keep her dysfunctional family in line. 

Winning the Academy Award for Best Actress, Natalie Portman stars in this psychological thriller as the prima ballerina of Swan Lake, doing whatever it takes to prevent Lily (Mila Kunis) from stealing her spotlight. Her loss of appetite and self-inflicted harm ultimately blur the lines between reality and imagination. 

A cybercrime investigator cracks the case of a serial killer's force-feeding abuse towards innocent, overweight women. 

Pregnant by her father for the second time, teenager Claireece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) turns her life around when transfered to an alternative school, escaping her life of oppression to one of self-worth and healtheir choices. 

An honor student befriends junior high's queen bee, ultimately spiraling into a drug-addicted, juvenile delinquent with body issues that develop into an eating disorder. 

A cult classic that paved the way for many iconic chick-flicks, this dark comedy glorifies suicide while providing a window into the pressures of fitting into high school's notorious cliques. 

A factory worker (Christian Bale) who suffers from extreme insomnia plunges into severe paranoia, taking drastic tolls on his mental health, appetite, and eventually his weight.

A working class woman takes care of her family in London while dealing with her twin sister's eating disorder.