Similar Movies:

Jesy Nelson: "Odd One Out"

Little Mix star Jesy Nelson goes on a journey of rehabilitation as she opens up about abuse she has suffered at the hands of cyberbullies and its effects on her mental health.

View

movie

Jesy Nelson: "Odd One Out"

2019

Subjects of Desire

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.

View

movie

Subjects of Desire

2021

The Butch Factor

What does mean to be gay and be a man? There's no straight answer for sure. From the Castro culture of the 1970s to today’s Bears and gym rats, this fascinating investigation of gay men and sexuality blows the lid off old stereotypes and showcases a battalion of interviewees including muscle men, rodeo riders, rugby players and cops. The men speak candidly on topics from homophobia to metrosexuality to embracing effeminacy as they reveal what it means to be a gay man in America today.

View

movie

The Butch Factor

2009

Naked on the Inside

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.

View

movie

Naked on the Inside

2008

Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image

A documentary about body image and the industry leaders challenging society's unrealistic and dangerous standards of beauty.

View

movie

Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image

2017

Gap-Toothed Women

A charming valentine to women born with a space between their teeth, ranging from lighthearted whimsy to a deeper look at issues like self-esteem and societal attitudes toward standards of beauty. Interviews were conducted with over one hundred women, including model Lauren Hutton and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

View

movie

Gap-Toothed Women

1987

FLOAT!

With depth, intimacy, and humor, FLOAT! captures filmmaker Azza Cohen's magnetic grandma’s life-affirming journey learning to swim at 82, inspiring audiences to defy societal expectations of aging and to boldly look forward at every stage.

View

movie

FLOAT!

2023

Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit

The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.

View

movie

Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit

1925

NINA G: STUTTERER INTERRUPTED

This one-of-a-kind comedy special showcases the comedian's riotous stand-up performance, exploring everything from the Disability experience to her Italian-Catholic upbringing to body image issues and more.

View

movie

NINA G: STUTTERER INTERRUPTED

2023

Swole

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 learn the vocabulary of my new community.

View

movie

Swole

2017

Perfect Image?

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

View

movie

Perfect Image?

1989

Alesha: Look But Don't Touch

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 these images simply celebrate the female form or whether they make harmful, unrealistic demands on women and society, her journey sees her sitting in on 18-year-old Ellie's boob job, hearing fashion mag insider Liz Jones and celeb mate Cheryl Cole complain about the beauty industry and appearing on a front cover with her own body beautiful untouched.

View

movie

Alesha: Look But Don't Touch

2008

The Penis Extension Clinic

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 penis, something his girlfriend says is unnecessary. We also meet Michael who thinks he would have had more successful relationships if he’d been more confident about his body, that’s why he’s about to put himself through penis extension surgery at the ripe old age of 64.

View

movie

The Penis Extension Clinic

2016

Cultura de la Delgadez

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

View

movie

Cultura de la Delgadez

2019

My Personal Funhouse Mirror

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

View

movie

My Personal Funhouse Mirror

2023

Made Over in America

In the age of surgically enhanced beauty and reality television, how do we perceive body image? MADE OVER IN AMERICA combines the style of reality television with experimental film to weave together the voices of producers and consumers, surgeons and their patients, clinical psychologists, media theorists, and youth who are coming of age in a culture where bodies seem to be customizable. Together they form a picture of how the desire for a better self operates within consumer culture and how this desire is fed by media, the makeover industry and culture at large.

View

movie

Made Over in America

Phat Girlz

Two large women struggle to find love and acceptance in a culture where thin is in. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they meet the men of their dreams in completely unexpected ways.

View

movie

Phat Girlz

2006

Head Over Heels

Ordinary single girl Amanda Pierce unexpectedly finds herself sharing an awesome Manhattan apartment with four sexy supermodels. Determined to bring Amanda into their world, the models give her the ultimate makeover. The plan works fabulously as Amanda connects with next door charmer Jim Winston. That is, until one night while spying on him, Amanda thinks she sees the man of her dreams committing a cold blooded crime.

View

movie

Head Over Heels

2001

Pretty Ugly People

Lucy has always used food to escape life's problems, but when this self-titled "fat friend" lures her group of old college buddies to the Montana wilderness, she reveals a new self - skinny, beautiful and still flawed.

View

movie

Pretty Ugly People

2008

Mask

A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

View

movie

Mask

1985

Embrace

Duration: 1 h 30 m | 2016

Buy on:

Rent on:

Ads on:

Stream on:

Similar Movies:

Jesy Nelson: "Odd One Out"

Subjects of Desire

The Butch Factor

Naked on the Inside

Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image

Gap-Toothed Women

FLOAT!

Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit

NINA G: STUTTERER INTERRUPTED

Swole

Perfect Image?

Alesha: Look But Don't Touch

The Penis Extension Clinic

Cultura de la Delgadez

My Personal Funhouse Mirror

Made Over in America

Phat Girlz

Head Over Heels

Pretty Ugly People

Mask