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The Best Food Themed Movies & Series

by indeetee • Created 10 years ago • Modified 6 years ago
I'm also including a select few documentaries. Enjoy!
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  • Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, and Justin Long in Waiting... (2005)

    1. Waiting...

    20051h 34mR30Metascore
    6.7 (110K)
    Young employees at ShenaniganZ restaurant collectively stave off boredom and adulthood with their antics.
    DirectorRob McKittrickStarsRyan ReynoldsAnna FarisJohn Francis Daley
  • John Leguizamo, Sofía Vergara, Jon Favreau, and Emjay Anthony in Chef (2014)

    2. Chef

    20141h 54mR68Metascore
    7.3 (244K)
    A head chef quits his restaurant job and buys a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
    DirectorJon FavreauStarsJon FavreauRobert Downey Jr.Scarlett Johansson
  • Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche in Chocolat (2000)

    3. Chocolat

    20002h 1mPG-1364Metascore
    7.2 (207K)
    Single mother Vianne Rocher and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town in the winter of 1959, and open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.
    DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJuliette BinocheJohnny DeppJudi Dench
  • Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal, and Charlotte Le Bon in The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

    4. The Hundred-Foot Journey

    20142h 2mPG55Metascore
    7.3 (90K)
    The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory's Michelin-starred eatery.
    DirectorLasse HallströmStarsHelen MirrenOm PuriManish Dayal
  • Tampopo (1985)

    5. Tampopo

    19851h 54mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.9 (25K)
    A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
    DirectorJûzô ItamiStarsKen WatanabeTsutomu YamazakiNobuko Miyamoto
  • Wang Yu-wen, Chien-Lien Wu, and Kuei-Mei Yang in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

    6. Eat Drink Man Woman

    19942h 4mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.8 (24K)
    A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.
    DirectorAng LeeStarsSihung LungKuei-Mei YangWang Yu-wen
  • Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Tony Shalhoub, and Stanley Tucci in Big Night (1996)

    7. Big Night

    19961h 49mR80Metascore
    7.3 (24K)
    New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
    DirectorsCampbell ScottStanley TucciStarsTony ShalhoubStanley TucciMarc Anthony
  • Mostly Martha (2001)

    8. Mostly Martha

    20011h 49mPG72Metascore
    7.2 (8.7K)
    When a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn 8-year-old niece, the tensions between them mount... until an Italian sous-chef arrives to lighten the mood.
    DirectorSandra NettelbeckStarsMartina GedeckMaxime FoersteSergio Castellitto
  • Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

    9. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    19892h 4mNC-1762Metascore
    7.5 (44K)
    At an opulent gourmet restaurant, a woman carries on an affair with deadly consequences.
    DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsRichard BohringerMichael GambonHelen Mirren
  • Brittany Murphy in The Ramen Girl (2008)

    10. The Ramen Girl

    20081h 42mPG-13
    6.3 (12K)
    An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
    DirectorRobert Allan AckermanStarsBrittany MurphyToshiyuki NishidaTammy Blanchard
  • My Dinner with Andre (1981)

    11. My Dinner with Andre

    19811h 50mPG83Metascore
    7.7 (29K)
    Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsAndre GregoryWallace ShawnJean Lenauer
  • Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia, and Sandrine Kiberlain in Après Vous (2003)

    12. Après Vous

    20031h 50mR53Metascore
    6.4 (3.3K)
    Antoine (Auteuil) saves Louis (Garcia) from hanging himself, though in his attempt to get Louis back on his feet, Antoine gets caught in a romantic triangle.
    DirectorPierre SalvadoriStarsDaniel AuteuilJosé GarciaSandrine Kiberlain
  • The Van (1996)

    13. The Van

    19961h 40mR
    6.7 (5K)
    Set in the fictional Dublin suburb of Barrytown, Bimbo is a baker who loses his job after being made redundant. Bimbo then acquires the help of his best friend, Larry, to set up a successful burger van.
    DirectorStephen FrearsStarsColm MeaneyDonal O'KellyGer Ryan
  • The Chef (2012)

    14. The Chef

    20121h 24mPG-1343Metascore
    6.6 (19K)
    A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.
    DirectorDaniel CohenStarsJean RenoMichaël YounRaphaëlle Agogué
  • Flakes (2007)

    15. Flakes

    20071h 24mNot Rated35Metascore
    5.9 (3.6K)
    A cereal bar manager with dreams of making it big as a rock star, is admired by the locals in town until a greedy capitalist steals his entrepreneurial business.
    DirectorMichael LehmannStarsAaron StanfordZooey DeschanelChristopher Lloyd
  • Katrin Cartlidge, Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Toby Jones, Hugh O'Conor, Stephen Tompkinson, and Peter Vaughan in Hotel Splendide (2000)

    16. Hotel Splendide

    20001h 38m
    6.2 (1.6K)
    A chef (Toni Collette) seeks reconciliation with her brother (Daniel Craig) by helping him run a decaying resort and health spa.
    DirectorTerence GrossStarsToni ColletteDaniel CraigKatrin Cartlidge
  • A Chef in Love (1996)

    17. A Chef in Love

    19961h 40mPG-13
    6.6 (867)
    The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s. All is well until the arrival of the Red Army of the Caucasus, as the Soviet revolution that has swept Russian comes to Georgia. Told as a flashback from the present, as a French-Georgian man whose mother was Pascal's lover translates his memoirs for Pascal's niece.
    DirectorNana DzhordzhadzeStarsPierre RichardNino KirtadzeMicheline Presle
  • Hector Elizondo, Elizabeth Peña, Tamara Mello, and Jacqueline Obradors in Tortilla Soup (2001)

    18. Tortilla Soup

    20011h 42mPG-1358Metascore
    6.7 (5.5K)
    A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food, but not for life.
    DirectorMaria RipollStarsHector ElizondoJacqueline ObradorsTamara Mello
  • Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)

    19. The Lunchbox

    20131h 44mPG76Metascore
    7.8 (64K)
    A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
    DirectorRitesh BatraStarsIrrfan KhanNimrat KaurNawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in Julie & Julia (2009)

    20. Julie & Julia

    20092h 3mPG-1366Metascore
    7.0 (133K)
    Julie Powell, a young blogger, is determined to emulate Julia Child's cooking techniques. Though separated by time, the two women share a common passion for food that intertwines their lives.
    DirectorNora EphronStarsAmy AdamsMeryl StreepChris Messina
  • Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, John Ratzenberger, James Remar, Will Arnett, Brad Garrett, Kathy Griffin, Brad Bird, Lindsey Collins, Walt Dohrn, Tony Fucile, Michael Giacchino, Bradford Lewis, Danny Mann, Teddy Newton, Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Peter Sohn, Jake Steinfeld, Stéphane Roux, Lori Richardson, Thomas Keller, Julius Callahan, Marco Boerries, Andrea Boerries, and Jack Bird in Ratatouille (2007)

    21. Ratatouille

    20071h 51mG96Metascore
    8.1 (896K)
    A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.
    DirectorsBrad BirdJan PinkavaStarsBrad GarrettLou RomanoPatton Oswalt
  • Fast Food Nation (2006)

    22. Fast Food Nation

    20061h 56mR64Metascore
    6.3 (26K)
    When contaminated meat is placed in the freezer next to that used for a fast food chain's most famous sandwich, a marketing executive seeks to find out who did it and why, taking a journey through the dark side of American alimentation.
    DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsGreg KinnearBruce WillisCatalina Sandino Moreno
  • Delicatessen (1991)

    23. Delicatessen

    19911h 39mR66Metascore
    7.5 (93K)
    Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.
    DirectorsMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsMarie-Laure DougnacDominique PinonPascal Benezech
  • Stéphane Audran in Babette's Feast (1987)

    24. Babette's Feast

    19871h 43mG78Metascore
    7.8 (23K)
    During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.
    DirectorGabriel AxelStarsStéphane AudranBodil KjerBirgitte Federspiel
  • Lumi Cavazos and Marco Leonardi in Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

    25. Like Water for Chocolate

    19921h 45mR86Metascore
    7.1 (20K)
    When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.
    DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsMarco LeonardiLumi CavazosRegina Torné

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