Great List of Food Films...
Films [and a few shows] with, or about food/drink, cooking, baking, restaurants, pubs, eating, and/or meals [some, more so, than others (may be for one memorable scene)].
In no particular order after 25...
Thank you for the great comments, Mir, Simon, Jason, Yana, Splatter, Aji, Chris Bct, Yvette, Chris SK, Manish, Terri, Liarnie, Julia, Kyuketsuki, and Evelyne!
Evelyne B, thank you for the intro to your CulturEatz.com; it's a thoroughly delectable site.
Kyuketsuki, I've added 'Food Wars' based on your suggestion and look forward to opportunities to view it!
Mir Mayo, although many of your suggestions were already included on the list, you had some very intriguing suggestions that were not: "Stanley Ka Dabba", "Queen", "Tsukiji uogashi sandaime", "Mildred Pierce", and "Mistura", among others...thank you!
Jason, Splatter & Aji, thanks for the suggestions; I look forward to finding and viewing each of those films!
Jason, thank you for sharing your film 'Trattoria' [2012]; I particularly look forward to experiencing this film. Any chance for a Ntflx listing?
Simon, I don't recall that film, but it does sound like something I should've seen/should see; if it comes up, I'll be sure to post! Any additional details would be helpful [was it an English language film?, made in US/UK?, etc.]...one possibility is, "The Linguini Incident" [1991], w/Marlee Matlin?
Yana, 'SK' is currently at #206; thanks.
Manish, yes, apart from KB, #15's '9 1/2 Weeks' does have a little something to do with food...! ;) Additionally, it also had a prequel and sequel produced.
Yvette, 'Hundred Foot Journey' IS a wonderful film; I'm surprised you didn't see it listed at #35?...
Chris Bct, could you be speaking of #46's 'Woman on Top' with Penelope Cruz...?
In no particular order after 25...
Thank you for the great comments, Mir, Simon, Jason, Yana, Splatter, Aji, Chris Bct, Yvette, Chris SK, Manish, Terri, Liarnie, Julia, Kyuketsuki, and Evelyne!
Evelyne B, thank you for the intro to your CulturEatz.com; it's a thoroughly delectable site.
Kyuketsuki, I've added 'Food Wars' based on your suggestion and look forward to opportunities to view it!
Mir Mayo, although many of your suggestions were already included on the list, you had some very intriguing suggestions that were not: "Stanley Ka Dabba", "Queen", "Tsukiji uogashi sandaime", "Mildred Pierce", and "Mistura", among others...thank you!
Jason, Splatter & Aji, thanks for the suggestions; I look forward to finding and viewing each of those films!
Jason, thank you for sharing your film 'Trattoria' [2012]; I particularly look forward to experiencing this film. Any chance for a Ntflx listing?
Simon, I don't recall that film, but it does sound like something I should've seen/should see; if it comes up, I'll be sure to post! Any additional details would be helpful [was it an English language film?, made in US/UK?, etc.]...one possibility is, "The Linguini Incident" [1991], w/Marlee Matlin?
Yana, 'SK' is currently at #206; thanks.
Manish, yes, apart from KB, #15's '9 1/2 Weeks' does have a little something to do with food...! ;) Additionally, it also had a prequel and sequel produced.
Yvette, 'Hundred Foot Journey' IS a wonderful film; I'm surprised you didn't see it listed at #35?...
Chris Bct, could you be speaking of #46's 'Woman on Top' with Penelope Cruz...?
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- DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsMarco LeonardiLumi CavazosRegina TornéWhen tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsRichard BohringerMichael GambonHelen MirrenA woman carries on an affair at an opulent gourmet restaurant, with deadly consequences.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJuliette BinocheJohnny DeppJudi DenchSingle 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.
- DirectorCampbell ScottStanley TucciStarsTony ShalhoubStanley TucciMarc AnthonyNew 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.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsSihung LungKuei-Mei YangWang Yu-wenA 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.
- DirectorJean-Pierre AmérisStarsBenoît PoelvoordeIsabelle CarréLorella CravottaJean-René, owner of a chocolate factory, and Angélique, a talented chocolate maker, are too shy to admit their love for each other. Will they come together thanks to their common passion?
- DirectorSandra NettelbeckStarsMartina GedeckMaxime FoersteSergio CastellittoWhen 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.
- DirectorJûzô ItamiStarsKen WatanabeTsutomu YamazakiNobuko MiyamotoA 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.
- DirectorMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsMarie-Laure DougnacDominique PinonPascal BenezechPost-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.
- DirectorGabriel AxelStarsStéphane AudranBodil KjerBirgitte FederspielDuring 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.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsGreg KinnearBruce WillisCatalina Sandino MorenoWhen 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.
- DirectorNora EphronStarsAmy AdamsMeryl StreepChris MessinaJulie 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.
- DirectorMaria RipollStarsHector ElizondoJacqueline ObradorsTamara MelloA Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food, but not for life.
- DirectorRitesh BatraStarsIrrfan KhanNimrat KaurNawazuddin SiddiquiA 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.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsColm MeaneyDonal O'KellyGer RyanSet 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.
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKirsten DunstJason SchwartzmanRip TornThe retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsMickey RourkeKim BasingerMargaret WhittonA New York art gallery curator starts a torrid love affair with a suave stranger who keeps pushing her boundaries.
- DirectorDavid GelbStarsJiro OnoYoshikazu OnoMasuhiro YamamotoA documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.
- DirectorMel StuartStarsGene WilderJack AlbertsonPeter OstrumA poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
- DirectorDaniel CohenStarsJean RenoMichaël YounRaphaëlle AgoguéA 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.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiThomas Haden ChurchVirginia MadsenTwo men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsAaron StanfordZooey DeschanelChristopher LloydA 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.
- DirectorMartin DelonStarsBuddy HowardJennifer AlmaguerEvaristo Carreon Jr.Flor inherits a chaotic Mexican eatery: a drunk cook, lazy waitresses, an overly amorous busboy, and a pimp operating on the premises. The tables begin to turn when her employees decide the she would learn to relax if they find her a man.
- DirectorTerence GrossStarsToni ColletteDaniel CraigKatrin CartlidgeA chef (Toni Collette) seeks reconciliation with her brother (Daniel Craig) by helping him run a decaying resort and health spa.
- DirectorMarcel PagnolStarsRaimuGinette LeclercFernand CharpinA small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the village is thrown into disarray.
