Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "secret-recipe"

1. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

The misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast food restaurant, attends a boating school, and lives in an underwater pineapple.

Stars: Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown

Votes: 111,295

2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Charlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter

Votes: 529,104 | Gross: $206.46M

3. Good Burger (1997)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family

A dim-witted teenager and his new coworker try to save the old burger joint they work for from failing after the opening of a brand new burger restaurant across the street, which's planning to put them out of business.

Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Sinbad, Abe Vigoda

Votes: 33,653 | Gross: $23.69M

4. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)

PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When a diabolical pirate above the sea steals the secret Krabby Patty formula, SpongeBob and his friends team up in order to get it back.

Directors: Paul Tibbitt, Mike Mitchell | Stars: Tom Kenny, Antonio Banderas, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown

Votes: 61,091 | Gross: $162.99M

5. Tampopo (1985)

Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy

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.

Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Koji Yakusho

Votes: 22,545 | Gross: $0.22M

6. The Gay Deceivers (1969)

R | 97 min | Comedy

Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.

Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Kevin Coughlin, Brooke Bundy, Lawrence P. Casey, Jo Ann Harris

Votes: 874

7. Comfort and Joy (1984)

PG | 106 min | Comedy

Alan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families, the Bernardis and the Rossis, over whose ice cream vans can sell where in Glasgow.

Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton

Votes: 2,354 | Gross: $1.06M

8. Romantics Anonymous (2010)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Romance

Jean-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?

Director: Jean-Pierre Améris | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Lorella Cravotta, Lise Lamétrie

Votes: 12,035

9. A Christmas Cookie Catastrophe (2022 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance

Annie Cooper has big shoes to fill when she takes over as CEO of her late grandmother's small-town cookie company.

Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Rachel Boston, Victor Webster, Averie Peters, Stephanie Sy

Votes: 1,024

10. A Recipe for Seduction (2020 TV Short)

TV-PG | 15 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Colonel Harland Sanders has a steamy (and savory?) love affair with a young heiress who must choose between her young chef with a dream of fried chicken glory and a wealthy, duplicitous suitor handpicked by her mother.

Directors: Eric Eckelman, Armand Prisco, Natalie Prisco | Stars: Mario Lopez, Justene Alpert, Tessa Munro, Chad Doreck

Votes: 503

11. Bet on Revenge (2017)

121 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Ernõ Blaskovich lost everything after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Kincsem, a magnificent horse gives a purpose of his meaningless, self-destructing life. He gets a chance to gain everything back: revenge, love and fame.

Director: Gábor Herendi | Stars: Ervin Nagy, Andrea Petrik, Tibor Gáspár, József Gyabronka

Votes: 6,259

12. To the Lighthouse (1983 TV Movie)

115 min | Drama

A family spends their last summer at the seashore, before personal tragedy and the outbreak of World War I destroy their world.

Director: Colin Gregg | Stars: Rosemary Harris, Michael Gough, Suzanne Bertish, Lynsey Baxter

Votes: 230

13. Pepper Chocolate (2003–2004)

45 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama

A humble girl who rises to become a wealthy, vengeful widow returns to the small town that humiliated her and to the man she loved, bringing their young son.

Stars: Mariana Ximenes, Murilo Benício, Drica Moraes, Priscila Fantin

Votes: 617

14. Christmas a la Mode (2019 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Romance

A woman needs a miracle in order to save her family's farm and her father's legacy in time for a happy Christmas.

Director: John Stimpson | Stars: Katie Leclerc, Ryan Cooper, Jennifer Ellis, Kathy Harum

Votes: 1,091

15. Love and Lemons (2013)

99 min | Comedy, Romance

This is a romantic comedy about love, friendship and the courage it takes to follow your dreams. It's based on the novel with the same title by Kajsa Ingemarsson. And it's centers around ... See full summary »

Director: Teresa Fabik | Stars: Rakel Wärmländer, Dan Ekborg, Josephine Bornebusch, Sverrir Gudnason

Votes: 2,072

16. Le Grand Chef (2007)

113 min | Comedy, Drama

A young, incredibly talented chef quits the profession after a contest to head a world-class restaurant ends in tragedy. Retiring to a small rural town with his grandfather, he finds a new ... See full summary »

Director: Yun-su Jeon | Stars: Kim Kang-woo, Im Won-hee, Lee Hana, Maeng Bong-hak

Votes: 702

17. Blood & Makeup: The Last Laugh of Blah Blah the Clown (2020)

TV-MA | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A crime documentary following the murders connected to one television clown

Stars: Jennifer Schemke, Monique Parent, Jack Plotnick, Elise Christian

Votes: 101

18. The Last Supper (2005)

92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Yuji Kotorida has become plastic surgeon to the rich and famous - almost over night transforming himself from nebbish to charismatic icon. His secret? He eats women. In a flashback, we ... See full summary »

Director: Osamu Fukutani | Stars: Masaya Katô, Hitomi Miwa, Ayaka Maeda, Fumina Hara

Votes: 343

19. On Strike for Christmas (2010 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

Joy Robertson goes "on strike for Christmas" because her husband and sons are wrapped up in their own pursuits and providing no help whatsoever with the many Christmas preparations.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Daphne Zuniga, David Sutcliffe, Victor Zinck Jr., Evan Williams

Votes: 970

20. Zankoku hanten (2008 Video)

75 min | Comedy, Horror

Why is it that men love the dumplings of Ms. Lin so much? Why is it that there are so many human disappearances in the vicinity? What did the restaurant chef's master teach him? Most ... See full summary »

Director: Kôji Kawano | Stars: Mihiro, Sakae Yamazaki, Katsuya Naruse, Yûsuke Iwata

Votes: 322

21. Come le Formiche (2007)

Comedy

A family of wine makers attempts to recreate "Rubro", the unique wine their family used to make based on their own secret recipe, and become successful again.

Director: Ilaria Borrelli | Stars: Galatea Ranzi, F. Murray Abraham, Enrico Lo Verso, Patrizia Pellegrino

Votes: 39

22. Pommes essen (2012)

85 min | Drama, Family

While the owner of a snack stall is in a health resort, her three teenage daughters grapple with continuing the snack stall.

Director: Tina von Traben | Stars: Luise Risch, Marlene Risch, Tabea Willemsen, Anneke Kim Sarnau

Votes: 150

23. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode: The Specialty of the House (1987)

TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An arrogant food critic impressed by the mysterious house specialty meets his match in the southern belle who owns the restaurant and won't reveal her secret family recipe for the dish no matter what he tries.

Director: Allan King | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, John Saxon, Neil Munro, Jennifer Dale

Votes: 104

24. The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode: The Secret Shih Tan (1997)

TV-MA | 28 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A master chef is given the opportunity to prepare a recipe from a secret book of forbidden recipes called the "Shih Tan".

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Terence Stamp, Jason Scott Lee, Gregoriane Minot Payeur, Robert Ito

Votes: 130

25. Kitchen Confidential (2005–2006)
Episode: The Robbery (2006)

TV-14 | Comedy, Romance

After a gang of masked robbers gets restaurant Nolita undeserved bad publicity, suddenly all bookings are canceled. Seth is on a roll gambling on the horses, but can his luck last and his ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Savage | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Nicholas Brendon, John Francis Daley, Jaime King

Votes: 66

26. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Sauce for the Goose (2005)

TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a corporate giant tries to acquire a small but respected relish factory owned and run by a dysfunctional family, a naked body is found in the warehouse.

Director: Renny Rye | Stars: John Nettles, John Hopkins, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson

Votes: 822

27. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Flaming Moe's (1991)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Moe claims a drink that Homer invented is his own, with the drink making the bar a local hot spot, but threatens his friendship with Homer.

Directors: Rich Moore, Alan Smart | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 4,652

28. Timon & Pumbaa (1995–1999)
Episode: Recipe for Disaster/Going Over-Boar'd (1999)

TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Recipe for Disaster: Timon and Pumbaa create a salsa recipe out of bugs and become famous because of it. But Pumbaa finds it difficult when Timon entrusts him to avoid exposing their secret... See full summary »

Director: Brad Neave | Stars: Ernie Sabella, Kevin Schon, Jeff Bennett, Corey Burton

Votes: 51

29. Power Rangers Zeo (1996–1997)
Episode: Rock-a-Bye Power Rangers (1996)

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family

After two weeks of constant Cog attacks by the Machine Empire, the Zeo Rangers are run ragged, exhausted by both their superhero duties and those of their normal life. Having gotten them to... See full summary »

Director: Vickie Bronaugh | Stars: Catherine Sutherland, Nakia Burrise, Steve Cardenas, Johnny Yong Bosch

Votes: 292

30. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )
Episode: Dying for Pie/Imitation Krabs (2001)

TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

When Squidward unknowingly gives Spongebob a pie laced with explosives, he attempts to make Spongebob's last day on Earth meaningful. Plankton builds a robot that looks like Mr. Krabs in an attempt to steal the formula.

Directors: Walt Dohrn, Stephen Hillenburg, Paul Tibbitt | Stars: Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Mr. Lawrence

Votes: 1,581

31. The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
Episode: Jan, the Only Child (1972)

Not Rated | 26 min | Comedy, Family

Jan feels disrespected and ignored by her brothers and sisters, so she tells everyone that she wishes she was an only child. Meanwhile, Carol and Alice have a competition over who can cook the best strawberry preserves.

Director: Roger Duchowny | Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick

Votes: 190

32. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )
Episode: Welcome to the Chum Bucket/Frankendoodle (2002)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

After Mr. Krabs loses a card game to Plankton, Spongebob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket. Later, Spongebob and Patrick discover a magic pencil that brings anything they draw with it to life.

Directors: Walt Dohrn, Stephen Hillenburg, Paul Tibbitt | Stars: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown

Votes: 1,486

33. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode: The Gang Solves the North Korea Situation (2007)

TV-MA | 23 min | Comedy

As they prepare for the annual Pub Crawl, the gang is horrified to learn that they face competition from a new Korean bar.

Director: Fred Savage | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson

Votes: 3,321

34. Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–2020)
Episode: Stepmonsters/Better Know Your Mavis (2019)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Comedy, Family

Pedro and Wendy's parents return from their honeymoon and Mavis convinces them to get to know their stepparents. Mavis relies on her friends while she is sick.

Director: Robin Budd | Stars: Bryn McAuley, Evany Rosen, Gage Munroe, Joseph Motiki

Votes: 10

35. Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode: Chapter Sixty-Six: Tangerine (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After declaring war on Hiram, Veronica enlists a secret weapon; Archie and FP team up to take Dodger down for good; Jughead's search for his grandfather leads to more questions than answers.

Director: Gabriel Correa | Stars: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse

Votes: 919

36. Pushing Daisies (2007–2009)
Episode: Comfort Food (2008)

TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Chuck doesn't tell Ned that she kept her father alive after Ned brought him back, and Dwight Dixon dies because of it. Meanwhile, Ned and Olive are left to solve the murder of one of the contestants at a bake-off.

Director: Peter Lauer | Stars: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale

Votes: 624

37. Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode: Episode #21.6 (2020)

44 min | Reality-TV

Natasha Raskin Sharp and Margie Cooper tour the west of Scotland in a 1960s classic car. Along the way to auction in Dumfries they pick up some Scottish-themed items, uncover a secret recipe and re-enact a famous battle.

Directors: Andrew Dedman, Jonathan Hales | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, Margie Cooper, Natasha Raskin Sharp

38. Snackmasters (2019– )
Episode: KFC (2021)

47 min | Documentary

Two top chefs have just seven days to make culinary history as they try to replicate the secret recipes for two mighty KFC staples - the Zinger Burger and KFC's legendary original chicken.

Directors: Dan Davis, Anton Inwood, Graham Smiles | Stars: Fred Sirieix, Jayde Adams

39. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )
Episode: Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy/The Inside Job (2009)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy: Plankton steals Sandy's fur to disguise himself as Sandy and get the Krabby Patty formula. The Inside Job: Plankton goes inside SpongeBob's head to get the Krabby Patty formula.

Director: Vincent Waller | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke

Votes: 517

40. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )
Episode: Gramma's Secret Recipe/The Cent of Money (2010)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Plankton disguises himself as SpongeBob's grandmother.Mr. Krabs uses Gary to find spare change.

Director: Vincent Waller | Stars: Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Mr. Lawrence

Votes: 424

41. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Law & Boarder (2014)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A promising professional skateboarder is killed by a motorcyclist, so Castle and Beckett dive into the world of extreme sports to investigate the murder.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 924

42. Gino's Italian Escape (2013– )
Episode: Hidden Italy: Trentino Alto-Adige (2016)

23 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy

In Valfloriana, where farmers still follow ancient methods of producing food, Gino meets Graziano, who shows him how to make the local soft cheese.

Star: Gino D'Acampo

43. Young Sheldon (2017–2024)
Episode: A Brisket, Voodoo, and Cannonball Run (2017)

TV-PG | 19 min | Comedy

The kids brainstorm ways to resolve a family feud when Meemaw refuses to give George Sr. her brisket recipe.

Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan

Votes: 1,730

44. SpongeBob SquarePants (1999– )
Episode: Plankton Paranoia/Library Cards (2018)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Plankton hasn't tried to steal the secret formula in a while - and that's making Mr. Krabs nervous. When Patrick discovers the pineapple's library, SpongeBob introduces him to the wonderful world of book learning.

Director: Adam Paloian | Stars: Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence

Votes: 342