Overweight woman movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant overweight woman movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic, melancholic and sexy films and TV shows about / with overweight woman, female protagonist, obesity, fat woman, love, women, adaptation, woman, mentor and fantasy world plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as overweight woman: Avida (2006), Fat Slags (2004), Big is Beautiful (2012), Real Women Have Curves (2002), The Daughters of Fire (2018), Behold Homolka (1970), Phat Girlz (2006), She's Ramona (2015), Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), Bad Boy Bubby (1993).

List of overweight woman movies

 5.6
 689
Avida (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The kidnapping of a plump billionaire's dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. The wealthy woman takes advantage of the situation to make them fullfil her last wishes.
Style: surreal, semi serious, humorous, absurd, psychedelic ...
Plot: overweight woman, criminal heroes, drug abuse, sex, addiction, surrealism, absurdism, nothing goes right, elderly, deaf, older woman younger man sex, dwarf ...
Time: 21st century
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 2.0
 4K
Fat Slags (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.
Style: parody, erotic, double entendre, slapstick comedy
Plot: overweight woman, sexual humor, obesity, toilet humor, vulgar, accidental killing, female protagonist, exhibitionist, delusion, nun, romantic rivalry, castration ...
Time: 2000s
Place: afghanistan, london
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Big is Beautiful (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A resort for individuals who want to lose weight is helps several women discover friendships, acceptance with body image and hard truths.
Style: feel good, humorous, sentimental, realistic, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: overweight woman, physical appearance, friendship, introspection, resort, obesity, therapy, best friend, friends, strong female presence, women, bare chested male ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Real Women Have Curves (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college.
Style: touching, clever, captivating, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, overweight, mother daughter relationship, first sex, dressmaker, youth, culture clash, women, physical appearance, factory, husband wife relationship, dating ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, new york, latin america
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The Daughters of Fire (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Three women meet by chance at the end of the world, in Argentinian Patagonia, and set out on a polyamorous journey, caught up in the search for new kinds of relationships, far from possession and pain. They become the Daughters of Fire, a band ...
Style: sexy, erotic, realistic, intense, visually appealing ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: female masturbation, lesbian teen, female homosexuality, strong sexual content, lesbian threesome, unsimulated sex, explicit sex, real sex, skinny dipping, lesbian sex, lesbian, sex ...
Place: argentina, patagonia
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 7.3
 773
Behold Homolka (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: This light comedy finds a Czech taxi driver taking his family on a weekend outing in the country. His wife, daughter-in-law, son and two grandchildren are the passengers who disturb the solitude of two young lovers. While the women attend the horse ...
Plot: argument, father in law daughter in law relationship, quarrel, overweight woman, grandparents, family life, one day, smoking, father son relationship, anger, husband wife relationship, female nudity ...
Place: czechoslovakia, prague
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 3.4
 10K
Phat Girlz (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two plus-sized ladies meet the men of their dreams in the most unexpected of ways.
Style: humorous, inspirational, black comedy, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: overweight woman, fashion, life philosophy, prejudice, friendship, follow your dream, looking for love, self discovery, lifestyle, introspection, african american, female protagonist ...
Time: year 2006
Place: usa, africa, nigeria, california
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 6.2
 226
She's Ramona (2015)
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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Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A slim uneducated guy is pressured into an arranged marriage with an overweight college girl. The mismatched couple is challenged to compete in the annual wife-carrying race.
Style: sweet, touching, melancholic, scenic, romantic ...
Plot: overweight woman, love, wedding, strong female character, family drama, love story, dysfunctional marriage, race issues, storytelling, dysfunctional family, solitude, odd couple ...
Time: year 2015, 90s
Place: berlin germany, india
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 7.3
 16K
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force ...
Style: disturbing, surreal, dark comedy, sexy, black comedy ...
Plot: incest, mother son incest, self discovery, sex with mother, sexual harassment, torture, captivity, dark humor, mistaken identity, life is a bitch, family problems, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, oceania, adelaide south australia, new zealand
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 5.6
 164
The Sweeties (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Mariagrazia, Chiara and Letizia are inseparable friends forced to come to terms every day with the hated extra kilos, looks of disapproval from their schoolmates and giggles in the school hallways. Mariagrazia suffers for the confrontation with her ...
Style: ironic, humorous, entertaining, funny, captivating ...
Plot: cyberbullying, overweight woman, social problems, friendship, high school life, society, obese, humour, teenage life, girlfriend, irony, group of friends ...
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 4.9
 57K
Tammy (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother.
Style: humorous, road movie, funny, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: road trip, on the road, female protagonist, grandmother granddaughter relationship, nothing goes right, mentor, escapades, unemployment, alcoholism, alcoholic, niagara falls, overweight woman ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, louisville kentucky
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 6.8
 6K
Look at Me (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: This is the story of human beings who know exactly what they'd do if they were somebody else, but can't handle being themselves very well, who are very simply struggling to find out who they are.
Style: stylized, lyrical, semi serious, sincere, humorous ...
Plot: friendship, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, music, parents and children, writer's life, family problems, couples, chess, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, overweight woman ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, tokyo
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Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.
Style: feel good, sweet, romantic, funny, light ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: love, love triangle, love and romance, love story, thirtysomething life, couples, looking for love, christmas, opposites attract, workplace romance, holiday, happy ending ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, united kingdom, europe, britain
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Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
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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 6.6
 42K
Last Holiday (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, rom com, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: holiday, terminal illness, vacation, female protagonist, food, cooking, quitting a job, human nature, black woman, hotel, love and romance, restaurant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: central europe, indiana, czech republic, austria, europe ...
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Thicker than Water (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Hard-working Yuria runs a small printing company. Despite her best efforts, she can’t seem to attract the attention of Kazunari, a polite yet aloof client who is more interested in flirting with Mako, Yuria’s ditzy younger sister and employee. ...
Style: romantic, humorous, ironic, feel good, light ...
Plot: siblings, brother vs brother, sibling rivalry, sister sister relationship, brother brother conflict, brother brother relationship, virgin, liar, older brother, ex convict, parent child relationship, suicide ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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 6.7
 145K
Hairspray (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Pleasantly plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton audition to be on The Corny Collins Show – and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle and her mother plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos.
Style: rom com, romantic, teen, cute, lyrical ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, kids ...
Plot: dance, dancing, dream come true, teenage girl, artists and showbiz, fat girl, teenage love, interracial romance, racism, broadway, follow your dream, music ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 60s, year 1962, 2000s
Place: baltimore, usa, maryland
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 6.0
 8K
Skins (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A story about four spanish people who see themselves as freaks and seldom go outside...
Style: disturbing, surreal, sincere, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: body horror, loneliness, love triangle, self mutilation, outcast, surrealism, absurdism, social misfits, social problems, society, relationship problems, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, year 2017, year 2000
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 5.4
 50K
The Boss (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.
Style: parody, humorous, absurd, rom com, hilarious ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing
Plot: business, foul language, betrayal, stupidity, women, stereotypes, redemption, adaptation, female protagonist, greed, prison, fired from the job ...
Time: year 2016
Place: chicago
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My Mad Fat Diary (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: fat girl, teenage life, mental health, teenager, youth, teenage girl, depression, loneliness, teenage love, psychiatric hospital, adolescence, group of friends ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: northern england, england
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 6.3
 101
Dosukoi! Love (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ayane Sukehira (Kang Ji-Young) is an overweight woman who loves chocolate. Because of her love for chocolate, she has moved to Italy which is famous for its chocolates. There, Ayane Sukehira gets involved in an accident and she passes out. When ...
Style: semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, thrilling
Plot: japanese girl, overweight woman, body transformation, lifestyle change, changing lives, social problems, female protagonist, satire, social satire, new identity, fat man, personality change ...
Place: japan
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The Canterbury Tales (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
Style: sexy, erotic, surreal, anthology, controversial ...
Plot: hell, devil, male nudity, erotica, surrealism, poison, male pubic hair, sex scene, strong sexual content, female pubic hair, burned alive, hot guys ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, year 1971, 14th century
Place: england
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 2.4
 3K
Blubberella (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An action comedy centered on Blubberella, an overweight half-vampire woman whose footsteps cause explosions and whose dual swords are used against anyone who makes fun of her. She must face an army of undead Nazi soldiers in her valiant struggle ...
Style: not serious, humorous, exciting, light, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obesity, world war two, good versus evil, vampire, heroes, escapades, danger, overweight, female protagonist, stereotypes, superhero, zombie ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1940
Place: europe, germany
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200 Pounds Beauty (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on a Japanese manga, "Kanna-San, Daiseikou Desu," this story revolves around Kang Han-na (Kim Ah-jung), an overweight phone sex employee and secret vocalist for Ammy, a famous Korean pop singer who actually lip syncs as she cannot ...
Style: touching, humorous, romantic, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: plastic surgery, physical appearance, love and romance, looking for love, unrequited love, obesity, father daughter relationship, talent, self discovery, hidden identity, self fulfillment, changing lives ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, east asia, asia
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 6.0
 153K
Shallow Hal (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A shallow man falls in love with a 300 pound woman because of her "inner beauty".
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, kids, teens, chick flick ...
Plot: love story, overweight, relationships, fall in love, power of love, dating, womanizer, physical appearance, love and romance, soul mate, honest, adaptation ...
Time: year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa, boston, new york
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 7.4
 10K
Shrill (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Annie is a fat young woman who wants to change her life — but not her body. Annie is trying to start her career while juggling bad boyfriends, a sick parent, and a perfectionist boss.
Style: ironic, sincere, psychological, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: overweight, writers, overweight woman, female protagonist, self acceptance, blog, lifestyle change, female journalist, changing lives, lgbtq, journalism, family relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Muriel’s Wedding is P.J. Hogan’s film debut. A humorous emancipation story of an unemployed woman who evolves from a dreamer into a self sustaining successful woman. An amusing comedy that’s funny, silly, angry and serious.
Style: funny, melancholic, humorous, sweet, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: wedding, friendship, dysfunctional family, dignity, female protagonist, happy ending, destiny, women, socially awkward, small town, feminist, loss of virginity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: australia, sydney australia, bali, ethiopia, new zealand
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 6.2
 461
Heat Wave (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: One hot afternoon in the south of France, several paths are converging towards a tragic conclusion. Those involved are: Stéphane and Luigi, two cousins who have just emerged from adolescence; Georges, a retired old man; Amélie, Luigi’s ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, realistic, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unplanned pregnancy, introspection, family relations, youth, human nature, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, coming of age, elderly, naked man, hot guys ...
Time: 21st century
Place: marseille, france, europe
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Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jesse and Chester, two bumbling stoners, wake up one morning from a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car. They encounter a variety of people while looking for it, including their angry girlfriends, an angry street gang, ...
Style: not serious, funny, teen sex comedy, humorous, parody ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: stoner, stupidity, idiot, obsessive quest, teenager, cannabis, car, amnesia, dumb, friendship, ostrich, alien ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 2000s, y2k
Place: new jersey
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