Weight loss movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant weight loss movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, humorous, emotional, psychological, feel good and realistic films and TV shows about / with weight loss, female protagonist, friendship, body image, obesity, love and romance, self esteem, identity, satire and friends plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, Canada, Belgium and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as weight loss: Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019), Life After Fat (2013), Lbs. (2004), Little Miss Perfect (2016), Insatiable (2018), Huge (2010), Lying to Be Perfect (2010), She's Ramona (2015), Anzhelika (2014), South Park: The End of Obesity (2024).
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, sincere, feel good ...
Plot:
weight loss, escapades, friends, marathon, running, dream, transformation, female protagonist, society, direction and purpose, ambitious woman, runner ...
Place:
new york, philadelphia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Life After Fat is a comedy-drama web series filmed in New York City, focusing on Maddie, a 24 year old thrift store employee who loses 90 lbs over the course of a year. For the first time in her life, she feels noticed, and attractive, which ends up ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
self discovery, physical appearance, city life, feminism, weight loss, women, self esteem, introspection, fat woman, strong female presence, twentysomething life, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A 315-pound man decides to kick his food addiction by moving to the country.
Style:
uplifting, humorous, sincere, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
weight loss, starting over, addiction, hopes, misfit, obsessive quest, negligence, cooking and food, leaving home, diet, obesity, melancholy ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An overambitious high school freshman tries to control her life by controlling her weight.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspense, thought provoking
Plot:
anorexia, self harm, weight loss, eating disorder, student, teenager, high school, family problems, peer pressure, teenage girl, child illness, social problems ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A bullied teenager turns to beauty pageants as a way to exact her revenge, with the help of a disgraced coach who soon realizes he's in over his head.
Style:
ironic, cynical, dark comedy, twisted, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
beauty pageant, teenager, overweight, teenage girl, classmate classmate relationship, weight loss, eating disorder, high school, revenge, bullying, lawyer, fat girl ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Huge is a short lived American drama series that aired on the ABC Family television network. The series is based on the young-adult novel of the same name by Sasha Paley. The hour-long drama series revolves around eight teens sent to a summer weight ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
summer camp, fat girl, teenage girl, overweight, weight loss, camp counselor, self discovery, social relations, love and romance, misfit, youth, physical appearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
By day, Nola Devlin (Poppy Montgomery) is an unassuming, frumpy magazine editor who is overlooked and teased by her coworkers. When the sun sets, though, and she is behind the glow and anonymity of her computer screen, she becomes the famous and ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
cinderella story, weight loss, looking for love, life turned upside down, friendship, couples, disorder, love and romance, hidden identity, workplace, physical appearance, lie ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled with moral abuse by her mother, sister and friends, calling her silly offensive names referencing her overweight. When she became an adult, things didn’t ...
Style:
entertaining, light, funny, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
female protagonist, overweight woman, weight loss, overweight, magic, changing lives, humour, lifestyle change, romantic relationship, bullying, obesity, empowerment ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
A miracle happens, Angelica, a student of journalism suddenly loses 50 kilograms overnight.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
overweight, dream girl, body transformation, overweight man, love and romance, obesity, double life, destiny, changing lives, university, dream, fat woman ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
The advent of new weight loss drugs has a huge impact on everyone in South Park. When Cartman is denied access to the life-changing medicine, the kids jump into action.
Style:
adult animation, dark comedy, controversial, satirical, black comedy ...
Plot:
weight loss, satire, irreverent, chaos, social commentary, public health, addiction, small town, pop culture, political satire, consumerism, misadventure ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An overweight high school student is relentlessly bullied due to weight. Out of the blue, she wins a trip to New York, where she sheds 80+ pounds and then returns home to take revenge on her tormentors.
Style:
sex comedy, slapstick, romantic comedy, period piece, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
weight loss, revenge, bullying, female protagonist, humiliation, empowerment, transformation, high school, makeover, deception, friendship, prank ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Kim Young Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. Even though he comes from a wealthy family background, he suffered a devastating injury during his childhood days. Now, he overcomes his problems with patience and stubbornness. Meanwhile, Kang ...
Style:
captivating, light, dorama, humorous, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
weight loss, destiny, rise to the top, female protagonist, lifestyle, dream, friendship, trip, couple relations, friends, travel, jealousy ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
An overweight, young woman, who finds it hard to land a husband, learns to accept her 'Size Sexy' figure and leads an awareness campaign against a dubious slimness centre.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thought provoking, entertaining, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
weight loss, female protagonist, obesity, satire, overweight woman, self acceptance, acceptance, social satire, love and romance, love interest, unfulfilled love, lifestyle change ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Three fat guys get into diverse troubles as they decide to undergo weight-reducing surgery.
Style:
non-linear, light, captivating, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
obesity, bullying, changing lives, friendship, physical appearance, weight loss, hospital, male friendship, self esteem, empowerment, social commentary, branding iron ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Following the death of his father, Lyle Bennett sets out on an extreme weight loss journey in the hopes of reaching health and happiness. His goal will push him past his physical limits and test the strength of his mental and emotional stability.
Style:
emotional, independent film, realistic, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
weight loss, obesity, grief, mental health, male protagonist, struggle, father son relationship, determination, obsession, identity, family drama, perseverance ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chubby is the nickname of Kevin, a 12 years old kid already weights 100 kilos (220.46 lb). If he keeps devours fries, pastries and ice cream everyday, he's gonna have heart attack sooner or later unless he decides to change his diet to turn ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, inspirational, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, bittersweet, youth, physical appearance, friends, teaching the ways of the world, power relations, misfit, obesity, weight loss, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Sammi Cheng plays Mimi Mo, a young exchange student to Japan who met and fell in love with a budding pianist, Kurokawa, played by Rikiya Kurokawa. Kurokawa eventually leaves to study music in the USA and returns to Japan as a famous musician. ...
Style:
humorous, touching, semi serious, realistic, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fall in love, against the odds, unlikely couple, looking for love, couples, farce, body transformation, weight loss, female protagonist, heartwarming, self esteem, makeover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, china, tokyo, asia
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207
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A gay disabled teenage boy changes into the body of a beautiful woman, so that he can be loved.
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, social, serious, sad ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, couple relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, love, weight loss, tragedy, husband wife relationship, cross dressing, retreat ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
"Muffin Top: A Love Story" is the story of Suzanne (Cathryn Michon) a Women's Studies Pop Culture professor at Malibu University, who studies images of women in the media for a living, and yet is made insecure by the constant parade ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
singleness, looking for love, love and romance, physical appearance, couples, female protagonist, self discovery, self esteem, social commentary, empowerment, midlife crisis, divorce ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Zhen Yuan Yuan is a plump girl who fell in love with her high school senior named Ruan Dong Shen but they were separated due to some misunderstanding. Many years later they were once again reunited in their adulthood. Now Yuan Yuan had slim down and ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, romantic, emotional, heartfelt ...
Plot:
in love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, second chance, love and romance, husband wife reunion, love affair, lovers reunited, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love story, couple relations ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
As a cosmetics company employee deals with insecurities about her body image, she considers a transformation for a chance at a promotion.
Style:
romantic drama, uplifting, romantic comedy, emotional, rom com ...
Plot:
self esteem, self acceptance, female protagonist, insecurity, weight loss, empowerment, makeover, identity, social commentary, transformation, friendship, urban ...
Place:
indonesia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Plum Kettle, ghost-writer for the editor of one of New York’s hottest fashion magazines, struggles with self-image and sets out on a wildly complicated road to self-acceptance. At the same time, everyone is buzzing over news reports about men, ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, disturbing, humorous, poetic ...
Plot:
fat girl, diet, satire, porn, violence, discrimination, sexism, revenge killing, obesity, social satire, overweight, ghost writer ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Over the course of a week-long beachside getaway, Amy, having recently undergone dramatic weight loss, finds herself wrestling between loyalty to her best friend Kim and her attraction to Kim's new boyfriend.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, sensual, rom com
Plot:
love triangle, female friendship, love interest, problem, male female relationship, love story, girlfriend, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, couple relations, love affair, female protagonist ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Magdy is searching for true love, so when he finds his childhood friend Dina on Facebook he tries to get closer to her. He is afraid that she would refuse him as he is very obese. So on their first meeting he told her that he is Magdy's cousin
Style:
semi serious, satirical, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
obesity, loneliness, satire, comedian, arab, relationship problems, relationships, obese, lifestyle, loner, empathy, self esteem ...
Place:
cairo egypt
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fitness buff Hutch Daily is a foul-mouthed 27 year-old with the maturity of a pre-teen. After refusing to find employment or his own apartment, his mom gives him two choices: move to the homeless shelter or work at his uncle’s fat camp. Though he ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
camp, satire, training camp, workplace, obesity, grownups, obese, workplace situations, irony, overweight man, lifestyle change, coworker ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
Style:
bleak, captivating, emotional, teen, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
eating disorder, illness, anorexia, mental health, therapy, suicide, psychology, stepmother, mental illness, self harm, sister sister relationship, pregnancy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
arizona, los angeles, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.
Style:
psychological, classic horror, surreal, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satanic cult, devil, pregnancy, paranoia, satanism, satanic ritual, witchcraft, secret society, supernatural horror, coven, occult, antichrist ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1965, year 1966, year 1968 ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, persia, eastern europe, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Australia, Singapore
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
Style:
surprise ending, thrilling, psychological, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
photographer, war photographer, world war two, nazi concentration camp, female photographer, female nudity, world war, soldier, photojournalism, military, journalism, wartime ...
Time:
year 1941, 1930s, year 1944, year 1942, year 1945 ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, munich germany, normandy, london
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Ten contestants appear on a competitive reality show geared toward weight-loss. As the competition grows more intense, they realize that they're losing more than just weight; they are losing competitors. Are the contestants dropping out ...
Style:
slasher, bleak, disturbing, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
serial killer, nude, masked killer, society, killing spree, escapades, heroes, violent, revenge, maniac, fear, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 15-year-old girl, born in a boy's body, dreams of becoming a ballerina and will push her body to its limits in order for her dream to succeed.
Style:
thought provoking, sentimental, uplifting, rough, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ballerina, transsexual, teenager, trans woman, dancing, transsexuality, gay, sexual attraction, ballet school, lgbt, transgender, first sexual experience ...
Time:
2010s, 90s
Place:
antwerp, belgium
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