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Gourmet Films - For the Foodie in You

by Imdbidia • Created 14 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
This is a list of films where food is the star, where food has a prominent unforgettable role in the movie, or where there are food themes or scenes that are important to the script. Movies for foodies. Food Movies. Documentaries that make you think on food from a different prospective.

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  • How to Cook Your Life (2007)

    1. How to Cook Your Life

    20071h 34mPG-13
    5.9 (351)
    A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life.
    DirectorDoris DörrieStarsEdward Espe BrownDoris Dörrie
  • Food, Inc. (2008)

    2. Food, Inc.

    20081h 34mPG80Metascore
    7.8 (53K)
    An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
    DirectorRobert KennerStarsMichael PollanEric SchlosserRichard Lobb
  • The Big Feast (1973)

    3. The Big Feast

    19732h 10mNC-17
    7.1 (15K)
    A group of men go to a villa in the French countryside where they resolve to eat themselves to death.
    DirectorMarco FerreriStarsMarcello MastroianniMichel PiccoliPhilippe Noiret
  • Stéphane Audran in Babette's Feast (1987)

    4. 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
  • 5. The Leftovers

    200828mShort
    4.3 (8)
    DirectorsMichael CavanaghKerstin Übelacker
  • Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Peter O'Toole, 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)

    6. Ratatouille

    20071h 51mG96Metascore
    8.1 (885K)
    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
  • Wang Yu-wen, Chien-Lien Wu, and Kuei-Mei Yang in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

    7. 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
  • Tampopo (1985)

    8. 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
  • Julianna Margulies, Joan Chen, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, and Alfre Woodard in What's Cooking? (2000)

    9. What's Cooking?

    20001h 49mPG-1357Metascore
    6.8 (3K)
    Four families in LA of different ethnicity (Latino, Asian/Vietnamese, African and Jewish) gather together for Thanksgiving dinner.
    DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsJoan ChenJulianna MarguliesMercedes Ruehl
  • Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, and Justin Long in Waiting... (2005)

    10. 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
  • Dinner Rush (2000)

    11. Dinner Rush

    20001h 39mR79Metascore
    7.2 (6.4K)
    At a popular NYC Italian restaurant on a dramatic, busy evening, there are 2 gangsters, cop detective, food-critic, ex bookmaker owner, his chef son, indebted gambler sous-chef etc.
    DirectorBob GiraldiStarsDanny AielloEdoardo BalleriniJohn Rothman
  • Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in Julie & Julia (2009)

    12. Julie & Julia

    20092h 3mPG-1366Metascore
    7.0 (132K)
    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
  • Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

    13. Fried Green Tomatoes

    19912h 10mPG-1364Metascore
    7.7 (88K)
    Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.
    DirectorJon AvnetStarsKathy BatesJessica TandyMary Stuart Masterson
  • Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Tony Shalhoub, and Stanley Tucci in Big Night (1996)

    14. 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
  • Uma Thurman, Gérard Depardieu, and Tim Roth in Vatel (2000)

    15. Vatel

    20001h 43mPG-1344Metascore
    6.6 (8.4K)
    Vatel is the cook of Prince Condé. When the prince invites Louis XIV to hunt, he has to give lavish banquets in order to fall in his favor. But when Vatel falls in love with the king's mistress, love and duty come into conflict.
    DirectorRoland JofféStarsGérard DepardieuUma ThurmanTim Roth
  • Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

    16. 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
  • The Cook (2008)

    17. The Cook

    20081h 25mNot Rated
    3.9 (1.3K)
    Over a long holiday weekend, unable to escape the confines of their sorority house, a handful of unsuspecting girls are left behind to enjoy the quiet sanctuary. The normal house staff has taken off for the weekend, leaving the girls to fend for themselves. Thankfully someone was kind enough to send them a temporary replacement chef to cook their meals. However, when the girls start disappearing one-by-one, they begin to suspect something may not be quite right.
    DirectorGregg SimonStarsPenny VitalNina FehrenMark Hengst
  • Delicatessen (1991)

    18. Delicatessen

    19911h 39mR66Metascore
    7.5 (92K)
    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
  • Morgan Spurlock in Super Size Me (2004)

    19. Super Size Me

    20041h 40mPG-1373Metascore
    7.2 (116K)
    While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
    DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockDaryl IsaacsChemeeka Walker
  • Fast Food Nation (2006)

    20. 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
  • Lumi Cavazos and Marco Leonardi in Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

    21. 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
  • Keri Russell in Waitress (2007)

    22. Waitress

    20071h 48mPG-1375Metascore
    7.0 (50K)
    Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
    DirectorAdrienne ShellyStarsKeri RussellNathan FillionJeremy Sisto
  • Nightcap (2000)

    23. Nightcap

    20001h 41mNot Rated83Metascore
    6.7 (6.2K)
    In Lausanne, the aspirant pianist Jeanne Pollet has lunch with her mother Louise Pollet, her boyfriend Axel and his mother. Lenna leans that when she was born, a nurse had mistakenly told to the prominent pianist André Polonski that she would be his daughter. André has just remarried his first wife, the heiress of a Swiss chocolate factory Marie-Claire "Mika" Muller and they live in Lausanne with André's son Guillaume Polonski. Out of the blue, Jeanne visits André and he offers to give piano classes to help her in her examination. Jeanne becomes closer to André and sooner she discovers that Mika might be drugging her stepson with Rohypnol. Further, she might have killed his second wife Lisbeth.
    DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsIsabelle HuppertJacques DutroncAnna Mouglalis
  • Mostly Martha (2001)

    24. 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
  • Eddie Murphy in Coming to America (1988)

    25. Coming to America

    19881h 57mR47Metascore
    7.1 (232K)
    An extremely pampered African prince travels to Queens, New York and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and strong will.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsEddie MurphyPaul BatesGarcelle Beauvais

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