Expert: Mel - 4/26/2006

Question
Hi! I am doing a report for a psychology class on anorexia nervosa. I was wondering if you knew of any movies that focues on this topic? thanks.  

Answer
Hello Cait,

This is a topic that doesn't seem to have been covered very much by the film industry. I have managed to put together the following list for you, but most of them were made for TV, and a couple are documentaries.

Catherine (1988) TV film, also known as "An Anorexic's Tale: The Brief Life of Catherine"

The Best Little Girl in the World (1981) (TV)

For the Love of Nancy (1994) (TV)

Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (1997) (TV Documentary)

The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) (TV)

301, 302 (1995)

The Famine Within (1990 Documentary)

When Friendship Kills (1996) (TV)

A Girl Is a Girl (1999)

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story (1996) (TV)

Thin (2006)

Maybe (2003)

Briciole (2005) (TV)


Hope that's of some help to you. Cheers........Mel.