The best movies for foodies
Food, history and passion... all you need is the right combination
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- StarsMassimo BotturaRuth ReichlFrancis MallmannChef's Table goes inside the lives and kitchens of six of the world's most renowned international chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their lives, talents and passion from their piece of culinary heaven.Give me all the food. All of it. The stories are beautifully told. I want to eat there, but I want to meet the chefs even more, because I feel like I know them already. Without a doubt the best food documentary out there. Go see it!
- 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.Yeah... I can't ignore my love for indian. But this is a love story that comes together around food, lunch even! How can you not want to watch it? Well shot, and no "bollywood feel" around it, which can be refreshing
- DirectorJoseph LevyStarsGrant AchatzCindy BreitbachMike BreitbachA documentary about three unique restaurants and their respective owners.
- DirectorJohn WellsStarsBradley CooperSienna MillerDaniel BrühlAdam Jones is a chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
- CreatorMarion FestraëtsArnaud MalherbeStarsClovis CornillacHugo BeckerAnne CharrierChefs in France. Competition drama and more.Must see for all foodies out there. Yes, the dialogue is ridiculous, and I hate the soap opera feeling they've mashed into it. But the actors are great and the story is interesting. A lot of great food shots too! (Please note the beard of the Chef. Yes. Exactly. Enjoy)
- DirectorJon FavreauStarsJon FavreauRobert Downey Jr.Scarlett JohanssonA 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.You've probably seen it already, right? Great set of actors, the food is to die for, and it's a lot of fun!
- DirectorKip AndersenKeegan KuhnStarsBruce HamiltonKip AndersenAl GoreFollow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.I LOVE food. No doubt. But I'm a vegan too. And here are all the reasons why. Or most of them.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsHelen MirrenOm PuriManish DayalThe Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory's Michelin-starred eatery.Funny, charming and oh my does Manish Dayal get a makeover during the film....
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsSteve CooganRob BrydonRosie FellnerTwo men, six meals in six different places on a road trip around Italy. Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and ending in Capri.This is just so, so funny. I love how real it is, it's like you're on a food vacation with these idiots
- DirectorChristian VincentStarsCatherine FrotArthur DupontJean d'OrmessonThe story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.A woman is recruited as the French president's cook, but she doesn't like to be bent by the rules. Shows the classic, french cuisine that has set the merit list for other cuisines for centuries.
- DirectorNora EphronStarsAmy AdamsMeryl StreepChris MessinaJulia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.Meryl Streep is a national treasure, and the whole movie is fantastic. Good story, and I love all the classic dishes featured
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJuliette BinocheJohnny DeppJudi DenchA French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.A Young Johnny Depp eating chocolate. Say no more
- DirectorBrad BirdJan PinkavaStarsBrad GarrettLou RomanoPatton OswaltA rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.How can we not love a charming rat that cooks in a parisian restaurant? Love, love, love
- DirectorScott HicksStarsCatherine Zeta-JonesAaron EckhartAbigail BreslinThe life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.Funny, heartwarming and please give me that bowl of pasta right away
- DirectorRyan MurphyStarsJulia RobertsJavier BardemRichard JenkinsA married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".You might call it pretentious, but I can't help but love some of the beautiful shots of Italy and India. Gorgeous cinematography
- DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsDakota FanningJennifer HudsonQueen LatifahIn 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.Not really a film about food, but honey does play a large role in it. And it's truly a sweet story..
- DirectorWayne WangStarsQueen LatifahLL Cool JTimothy HuttonUpon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell all her possessions and live it up at a posh Central European hotel.With Gerard Depardieu acting as the chef in this lovely romcom, you can't avoid laughing at every clip that includes him. And the food shots are lovely, even though there could be even more of them in my humble opinion
- DirectorDavid KaplanStarsDean WintersAarti MannKevin CorriganIn this super-feel-good foodie comedy, young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and his passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.I love indian food, and I love having a laugh. This is a touching story of a family learning to see each other, and the indian spices make me want to put on a saari and dance
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsNorah JonesJude LawNatalie PortmanA young lonely woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of off-beat characters along the way.
- StarsMichael PollanSamin NosratIsaac PollanAs he tries his hand at baking, brewing and braising, acclaimed food writer Michael Pollan explores how cooking transforms food and shapes our world.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorGustavo RonStarsAimee TeegardenKrysta RodriguezGriffin NewmanTwo cousins, two kind of thinking, and a bakery for saving.
- DirectorGary HarveyStarsBeau GarrettBenjamin AyresGarwin SanfordClaire's mother is Claire's secret matchmaker.
- DirectorPat KielyStarsHilarie Burton MorganVictor WebsterEmorphia MargaritisA celebrity chef who is getting over a bad review and a romance novelist who can't seem to get her next book started meet accidentally at a French villa.