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How to Become a Zombie

June 2017 •English

Extreme diets have become fashionable and health enthusiasts have imposed veganism to relatives and friends. Their “victims” die after having rejected some vegetables and then reawake as meat-seeker-zombies. This is the story of one of them.

Thrill of a Romance

May 1945 •English

A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.

Superjock

January 1978 •English

The story Jim and Vic, two men who go on separate fitness journeys when they realize they're overweight and at risk for heart disease.

Tampopo

November 1985 •Japanese

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

Do or Diet

February 1947 •English

Edgar's boss gives him a few days off as a reward for being promoted. His wife, Florence, mother-in-law and brother-in-law, think he has been fired for being too fat and, over his fruitless objections, put him on a strenuous reducing program that nearly kills him.

Fatso

February 1980 •English

Dominick DiNapoli is a man who loves food and is overweight as a result. After an obese cousin dies due to health problems, Dominick's sister Antoinette sets out to help him lose weight. Although he has a hard time trying to slim down, Dominick finds inspiration when he meets and falls for shop owner Lydia. Can he get up the courage to ask her out, or will he go back to the comfort of overeating?

Thank You for Smoking

September 2005 •English

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.

Coughs and Sneezes

January 1945 •English

This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.

The Best Dumplings in Melbourne

January 2023 •English

A comedy-adventure short film about three friends who decide to embark on the most impossible adventure in Melbourne...to find the best dumplings.

Lying to Be Perfect

June 2010 •English

Nola Devlin is an unassuming, frumpy magazine editor who is overlooked and teased by her coworkers. Though, when she is behind the glow and anonymity of her computer screen, she becomes the famous advice columnist Belinda Apple. Nola’s friends, tired of being overworked and overweight, band together to create the Cinderella Pact, vowing to lose pounds by following the advice of Belinda Apple. When her secret identity is threatened, Nola is forced to take her own alter ego’s advice. But, as the group of friends drops dress sizes, their real issues are exposed, and better-than-expected life changes begin to blossom.

Fatty Issues

October 1990 •English

The cloak and dagger antics of a girl alone at home on a diet - weighing raisins, fiddling the scales, changing the definition of 'fruit' and blaming it all on her boyfriend...

Presidential Sancocho

January 2022 •Spanish

A satire of some events in Panamanian politics.

Waiter!

November 1983 •French

After a tumultuous life, a middle-aged headwaiter in a Parisian restaurant dreams of opening a seaside amusement park. When an old flame reappears, he reignites his feelings, but she is involved with another man.

Salade de Fruits

February 2025 •English

A journey through friendship and its fruit.

Popp Dich schlank

March 2005 •German

Meg's Jaw - A film essay

February 2023 •English

This is Meg. She has TMJ and not a lot of time to work on it.

The Golden Apron

March 2025 •English

A mockumentary that follows the 5 main contestants of The Golden Apron contest, a competition in search of "the greatest home chef in America", being held by a nefarious food manufacturing company with their own corporate agenda.

Tommy Tucker's Tooth

December 1922 •English

Tommy Tucker's Tooth is a live-action short film by Walt Disney at his short-lived Laugh-O-Grams studio in Kansas City from 1922. The film was one of two commissioned by Kansas City Dentist Thomas B. McCrum. It earned the Laugh-O-Gram studio $500.

Mistress Samantha Diet Doctor

February 1994 •English

A West Village dominatrix puts her 400 lb love slave on an S & M Diet and the power of the hidden phallus is revealed. An artifact, a laugh, and an ode by NYC artist Margie Schnibbe.

Living Arrangements

September 2009 •English

Sasha and Billie just found a new apartment right next to their favorite coffee shops and thrift stores. Life couldn't be better until they discover a blood-thirsty werewolf living in the attic. Coping with the uninvited roommate challenges their vegan lifestyle and may turn these animal savers into animal slayers.