list of ed media (i didn’t write this)
movies where ED(s) are the main focus:
Criminally Insane [Crazy Fat Ethel] (1975)
The Best Little Girl In The World (1981)
The Brief Life Of Catherine (1988)
The Secret Life Of Mary Margaret (1992)
For the Love of Nancy (1994)
Danse avec la vie [Dance With Life] (1995) - French
Dying to be Perfect (1996)
When Friendship Kills [A Secret Between Friends] (1996)
Hunger - Sehnsucht nach Liebe [Hunger - Addicted To Love] (1997) - German
Schlank bis in den Tod [Slim Until Death] (1997) - German
Sharing the Secret (2000)
Primo Amore [First Love] (2004) - Italian
Briciole (2005) - Italian
Malos Habiticos [Bad Habits] (2007) - Spanish
The Solitude of Prime Numbers (2010) - Italian
Maledimiele (2011) - Italian
Starving In Suburbia [Thinspiration] (2014)
Abzurdah (2015) - Spanish
Crazy Fat Ethel (2016) - Criminally Insane (1975) remake
Little Miss Perfect (2016)
Taste Of Emptiness (2018) - Japanese
Swallow (2020) - about Pica
Dying In Plain Sight (2024)
Movies where ED(s) are not the main focus but one or more characters have one:
Heathers (1989) - heather duke is bulimic
On The Edge Of Innocence (1997)
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999) - graphic b/p scenes, retelling of
Requiem For A Dream (2000) - not necessarily an ED but extreme dieting, addiction to diet pills, obsession with losing weight
Fat Girl (2001) - "Á ma sœur" French, not necessarily about ED's but plays on the one skinny beautiful sister and one fat ugly sister trope
Strings (2004) - German, puppetry film, one puppet portrays anorexia
Welcome To The Quiet Room (2007) - Japanese
Black Swan (2010) - main character but more implied than fully showing she has an ED)
Vincent Wants To Sea (2010) - German
Caroline and Jackie (2012)
Compulsion (2013) - Canadian adaptation of 301, 302
Men, Women, & Children (2014)
The Road Within (2014) - English adaptation of Vincent Wants To Sea
The Neon Demon (2016) - implied eating disorder, models
Dalida (2016) - french biopic about Italian singer Dalida who had bulimia towards the end of her life
Killing Of A Sacred Deer (2017) - not necessarily an ED but people stop eating and get tubed
Things Seen & Heard (2021)
Dancing On Glass (2022) - one main character shows signs of AN
Documentaries about ED(s) or mentioning ED(s):
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1988)
How I Got Lost In Candyland (1992)
Breaking Point: Eating Disorders, The Deadly Secret (2004)
The Stockholm Solution (2005)
Starving for Perfection (2006)
I Am A Child Anorexic (2006)
I Am A Boy Anorexic (2006)
The Truth About Size Zero (2007)
Cutting Edge - Dana: The 8 Year Old Anorexic (2008)
Chloe: Diary Of An Anorexic Girl (2009) -available on YouTube-
Don't Call Me Crazy (2013) - Beth has an ED
AMY (2015) -mentions Amy Wine houses' ED
Emma Wants To Live (2016)
Karen Carpenter: Goodbye To Love (2016)
Diabulimia: The Worlds most Dangerous Eating Disorder (2017)
Human Eating Disorder (2017)
Simply Complicated (2017) -mentions Demi Lovato's ED
Diana In Her Own Words (2017) -mentions Princess Diana's ED
A Peace Of Nourishment (2018)
In My Mind: Anorexia (2018)
Down The Rabbit Hole (2019)
Rocketman (2019) -mentions Elton John's bulimia, scene of binging and purging
Miss Americana (2020) -mentions Taylor Swift's ED
Spencer (2021) - Princess Diana biographical drama includes purging scenes
Anorexia 2023 (2023) - it’s about women with end stage EDs, you can find on youtube
TV Shows with ED(s), eating habits, dieting and weight loss as the main focus:
Supersize Vs Superskinny Kids
My Diet Is Better Than Yours
Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition / Extreme Weight Loss
Tv Shows with certain characters that have ED(s): (includes some one episode characters)
Red Band Society - Emma (anorexic)
Dance Academy - Kat (bulimic), Abigail (anorexic)
Degrassi - Emma (anorexic), Katie (bulimic), Kathleen (anorexic). (Tristan - restricting and a "cleanse" - and Toby - purging - were both on their way to developing eating disorders but are not technically as said to having one.)
Skins - Cassie (anorexic), Mini (restriction and body dysmorphia)
Beverly Hills 90210 - Kelly (anorexic)
Pretty Little Liars - Hannah (bulimic)
Coronation Street - Bethany (exercise, diet pills, restriction)
Tiny Pretty Things - Oren (bulimic)
Gossip Girl - Blair (bulimic)
Insatiable - Patty (binge eating)
Flesh And Bone - Mia (anorexic)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Terry has compulsive eating issues
Popular - Brooke (anorexic)
Make It Or Break It - Kaylie (anorexic), Lauren purges in first episode then never again
Waterloo Road - Harry (bulimic), Dale (anorexic), Preston (Bulimia), Tasha Lefton (Diabulimia)
As The World Turns - Lily, Faith (diet pills for both
Emmerdale - Priya (anorexic)
American Horror Story - Madison (talks about purging)
Doctors - Howard (bulimic)
Home And Away - Shannon(anorexic), Matilda (bulimic)
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - Dennis (orthorexic, anorexic) and Mac has possible BDD
Arrested Development - Tobias (EDNOS/bulimia)
The Office - Kelly Kapoor (restricting) (more so 2 episodes, but it's listed in the individual episode part!)
Neighbours - Ringo (anorexic), Imogen (bulimic), Debbie (bulimic)
Skam (other country's versions of the show have similar characters mostly under different names) - Vilde (bulimic), Noora (anorexic)
Hollyoaks - Hannah (anorexic), Cleo (bulimic), Jason (diabulimic, anorexic, bdd), Irman (anorexic)
Eastenders - Honey (bulimic), Linda (bulimic)
Polseres Vermelles (Red Bracelets) - Cristina (anorexic) (Catalan ver. of red band society)
Glee - Marley (purges, cannot be classified as bulimia though), Rachel (tries to purge and can't)
The Wilds - Rachel (anorexic)
Awkward - Sadie (implied bulimia- "scarfs and barfs", has a food diary, mother is controlling about what she eats)
The Archers - Helen Archer (anorexic)
Drawn Together - Tootie (bulimic)
Fugget About It - Theresa (bulimic)
Stranger Things - Chrissy (bulimic)
The Crown (later seasons) - Princess Diana (bulimic)
New Amsterdam - Dr. Iggy Frome (disordered eating is what it's labelled as)
This Is Us - Kate (bine eating) and Madison (bulimic)
Girlfriends Guide To Divorce - Abby (anorexic)
Physical - Sheila (bulimic)
Never Have I Ever - Aneesa (anorexic)
The Tribe - Salene (bulimic)
Jessica Jones - Trish (forced to purge in a flashback)
The Girl From Plainville - Michelle Carter (restricts and binges, possibly AN-B/P)
Heartstopper - Charlie (anorexic)
Ginny and Georgia - Abby (bulimic) and Samantha (purges, possible bulimia)
Everything Now - Mia (anorexic)
Reality Series where contestant(s)/participant(s) had an eating disorder: (can be prior to filming, during filming, or after filming)
The Real World: Key West - Paula Meronek
The Real World: Skeletons - Violetta Milerman
Bad Girls Club Season 2 - Andrea Sharples
Bad Girls Club Season 4 - Annie Anderson
Bad Girls Club Season 9 - Ashley Dye
Americas Next Top Model Cycle 1 - Elyse Sewell (rumoured)
America's Next Top Model Cycle 1 - Shannon Stewart
Americas Next Top Model Cycle 2 - Yoanna House (rumoured)
America's Next Top Model Cycle 3 - Cassie Grisham
America's Next Top Model Cycle 6 - Joanie Dodds
America's Next Top Model Cycle 6 - Leslie Mancia
America's Next Top Model Cycle 10 - Allison Kuehn
America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 - Allison Harvard
America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 - London Levi-Nance
America's Next Top Model Cycle 13 - Amber DePace
America's Next Top Model Cycle 19 - Victoria Henley
America's Next Top Model Cycle 15 - Anamaria Mirdita
Britain's Next Top Model Cycle 5 - Jade McSorely
The Bachelorette Season 16 - Ben Smith
The Bachelor Season 19 - Britt Nilsson
The Bachelor: Listen To Your Heart Season 1 - Jamie Gabrielle
Survivor: Edge Of Extinction - Victoria Baamonde
Love Island Season 1 - Tayla Damir
Love Island Season 2 - Malin Andersson
Love Island Season 4 - Laura Crane
Love Island Season 6 - Shaughna Phillips
Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Season 5-12 - Amelia Gray Hamblin
Real Housewives Of New Jersey Season 9-12 - Jackie Goldschneider
Real Housewives Of New York Season 8 - Jules Wainstein
Dance Moms (all seasons) - Chloe Lukasiak
Fictional shows about Weight Loss or dieting that may or may not lead to ED (have yet to see some shows will update as I can narrow down categories)
TV Show episodes about ED(s): (shows that had one or more episodes about ED(s) without making it a main character plot point for the rest of the series)
Season 3, Episode 9 - Food For Thought
Degrassi: The Next Generation :
Season 2, Episode 9 - Mirror In The Bathroom (not technically an ED but Toby was on his way to developing one)
Season 5, Episode 15 and 16 - Our Lips Are Sealed (Emma)
Season 11, Episode 24 and 25 - Don't Panic (Katie)
Season 12, Episode 25 and 26 - I Want It That Way (Tristan)
Season 1, Episode 7 - The Self-Destruct Button
Season 5, Episode 1 and 2 - Weight Loss
Season 3, Episode 12 - Food For Thought
Season 3, Episode 8 - Lemons and Lemonade
Season 1, Episode 7 - Dieting
Season 1, Episode 3 - Teen Drama
Season 2, Episode 16 - Inner Beauty
Season 1, Episode 14 - Control
Season 1, Episode 11 - AKA I've Got The Blues (Trish is forced to purge by her mother in a flashback)
Season 4, Episode 8 - Shape Up (technically not an ED but on their way to developing one)
Season 3, Episode 6 - The American Dad After School Special
Season 16, Episode 3 - Sleeping With The Enemy
Season 1, Episode 8 - “9 1/2 Hours”
Season 6, Episode 20 - “Loose Ends”
Season 8, Episode 7 - “If I Should Fall From Grace”
Season 2, Episode 23 - The Hunger Artist
Season 6, Episode 15 - Today I Do
Season 1, Episode 3 - ...Or Just Look Like One
Season 2, Episode 9 - Pixies
Season 2, Episode 5 - Carrots
Season 4, Episode 10 - Der Goldene Käfig Folge 98 (German)
renegadepress (website/web series) :
Season 1, Episode 8 - A Very Thin Edge
Episode 3: Sonia and Julie
My Strange Addiction (features episodes with people with PICA - eating things that aren't food) :
Season 1 - episodes 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12
Season 2 - episodes 2, 3, 5, 8
Season 3 - episodes 2, 3, 4
Season 4 - episodes 1, 4, 5, 6, 8
Season 5 - episodes 2, 3, 6, 7
