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by hachimitsusara | created - 23 Feb 2016 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicMy favorite movies, shows and documentaries about food!
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1. Cooked (2016)
60 min | Documentary
As he tries his hand at baking, brewing and braising, acclaimed food writer Michael Pollan explores how cooking transforms food and shapes our world.
Stars: Michael Pollan, Samin Nosrat, Isaac Pollan
Votes: 3,142
2. The Biggest Little Farm (2018)
PG | 91 min | Documentary, Family
Documentarian John Chester and his wife Molly work to develop a sustainable farm on 200 acres outside of Los Angeles.
Director: John Chester | Stars: John Chester, Molly Chester, Todd, Alan York
Votes: 8,906 | Gross: $4.37M
3. Destination Flavour: Japan (2013)
Documentary
Adam Liaw is taking food lovers on a journey of culinary discovery through Japan.
Stars: Adam Liaw, Asami Fujitsuka
Votes: 37
4. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
PG | 81 min | Documentary
A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.
Director: David Gelb | Stars: Jiro Ono, Yoshikazu Ono, Masuhiro Yamamoto, Daisuke Nakazama
Votes: 38,036 | Gross: $2.55M
5. The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
PG | 122 min | Comedy, Drama
The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory's Michelin-starred eatery.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon
Votes: 87,654 | Gross: $54.24M
6. Babette's Feast (1987)
G | 103 min | Drama
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.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle
Votes: 22,053 | Gross: $4.40M
7. Ratatouille (2007)
G | 111 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.
Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava | Stars: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm
Votes: 825,988 | Gross: $206.45M
8. Destination Flavour: Down Under (2014)
30 min | Documentary
Adam Liaw gives Australia and New Zealand the Destination Flavour treatment, visiting many locations that most city dwellers wouldn't know exist.
Stars: Adam Liaw, Ken Morton, Debbie Robinson, Dennis Robinson
Votes: 15
9. Chef's Table (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 50 min | Documentary, Biography
Chef'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.
Stars: Massimo Bottura, Ruth Reichl, Francis Mallmann, Bill Buford
Votes: 17,043
10. The Chef of South Polar (2009)
125 min | Comedy, Drama
Nishimura has a passion for cooking, but never would he have imagined the task before him now: He is unexpectedly assigned to a south polar mission to serve as head chef at the Dome Fuji ... See full summary »
Director: Shûichi Okita | Stars: Kengo Kôra, Masato Sakai, Kôsuke Toyohara, Katsuhisa Namase
Votes: 1,549
11. Bread of Happiness (2012)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
Young married couple Rie and Sang move from Tokyo to Lake Toya in Hokkaido Prefecture to start a bakery restaurant named Mani. Sang bakes bread and Rie makes food. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, the customers leave in a happy state.
Director: Yukiko Mishima | Stars: Tomoyo Harada, Yô Ôizumi, Kanna Moriya, Yûta Hiraoka
Votes: 765
12. A Drop of the Grapevine (2014)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Two brothers work at a small winery in Hokkaido in northern Japan. The older brother is picky and strives for the highest quality to make the best wine possible. He is not succeeding. The ... See full summary »
Director: Yukiko Mishima | Stars: Yô Ôizumi, Yûko Andô, Shôta Sometani, Kyôko Enami
Votes: 64
13. Restaurant from the Sky (2019)
126 min | Family
After a chef from a famous restaurant makes them a meal with their products, a cattle-ranch-owner family decide to open a restaurant.
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Stars: Jun Fubuki, Manami Honjô, Huwie Ishizaki, Fumiyo Kohinata
Votes: 105
14. Street Food: Asia (2019)
TV-G | 30 min | Documentary
Exploring the rich culture of street food in some of the world's most colorful cities.
Stars: Philip Hersh, Caitlyn Elizabeth, Chawadee Nualkhair, Daniel Lee Gray
Votes: 3,242
15. Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)
111 min | Drama
Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Director: Jun'ichi Mori | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima
Votes: 3,475
16. Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)
120 min | Drama
Ichiko lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Director: Jun'ichi Mori | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima
Votes: 2,895
17. Shokudo katatsumuri (2010)
118 min | Drama
After a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant.
Director: Mai Tominaga | Stars: Leon Shibli Ahmad, Kyôko Enami, Hikari Mitsushima, Tomokazu Miura
Votes: 237
18. Megane (2007)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Taeko is a stressed career woman who leaves her life in the city for an island vacation. The vacation does not become what she expected as everyone on the island is strange.
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Mikako Ichikawa, Ryô Kase, Ken Mitsuishi
Votes: 1,890
19. Kamome shokudô (2006)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Where are we welcome? On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, ... See full summary »
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Hairi Katagiri, Masako Motai, Jarkko Niemi
Votes: 2,724
20. Hana's Miso Soup (2015)
118 min | Drama
Chie, who is a recent college graduate, becomes engaged to a man. Her life, however, takes an unexpected turn when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The ensuing treatment should render... See full summary »
Director: Tomoaki Akune | Stars: Ryôko Hirosue, Ken'ichi Takitô, Yo Hitoto, Mahiru Konno
Votes: 275
21. Cape Nostalgia (2014)
117 min | Drama
A story set in a café situated along a small cape and run by an elderly woman named Etsuko and aided her nephew Koji.
Director: Izuru Narushima | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Yûko Takeuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Kyûsaku Shimada
Votes: 205
22. Tsukiji Wonderland (2016)
111 min | Documentary
Through the lives of professionals working at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, the film portrays how Tsukiji has been the center of fish culinary culture and helped Japanese food culture to flourish as we know it today.
Director: Naotarô Endô
Votes: 511
23. Honeyland (2019)
Unrated | 89 min | Documentary, Drama
The last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.
Directors: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov | Stars: Hatidze Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam
Votes: 19,423 | Gross: $0.82M
24. The Chop (2016)
16 min | Short, Comedy
About Yossi, a charismatic Kosher butcher who loses his job, cannot find work at other Kosher butchers, and therefore decides to pretend to be Muslim in order to get work at a Halal butchers.
Director: Lewis Rose | Stars: Amir Boutrous, Andy Linden, Waj Ali, Waleed Akhtar
Votes: 95
25. Two Dosas (2014)
G | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Geeky Pavan takes his 'English Rose' on a date to the most authentic Indian restaurant in the city. To his horror she goes off-menu, in Hindi.
Director: Sarmad Masud | Stars: Himesh Patel, Eleanor Wyld, Martin Delaney, Dean Palinczuk
Votes: 193
26. Kamogawa shokudô (2016– )
Comedy, Drama, Family
Customers relying on a single line advertisement "Search for food with memories", finally arrive at Kamogawa Shokudo, which has no signboard or fabric curtain. Those who come to this ... See full summary »
Stars: Shioli Kutsuna, Shima Iwashita, Naomi Zaizen, Hisashi Yoshizawa
27. Every Day a Good Day (2018)
100 min | Drama
Noriko is a university student. By her mother's recommendation, Noriko begins attending a Japanese tea ceremony near her house with her cousin Michiko. There, Noriko learns from Teacher ... See full summary »
Director: Tatsushi Ômori | Stars: Haru Kuroki, Mikako Tabe, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Harada
Votes: 1,276
28. Feast (I) (2014)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The love life of a man as told through the meals he gives his adopted dog, Winston.
Director: Patrick Osborne | Stars: Steve Apostolina, Kirk Baily, Ben Bledsoe, David Cowgill
Votes: 24,042
30. A Film About Coffee (2014)
Unrated | 67 min | Documentary
"A Film About Coffee" is a love letter to, and meditation on, specialty coffee. It examines what it takes, and what it means, for coffee to be defined as "specialty." The film whisks ... See full summary »
Director: Brandon Loper | Stars: Kent Bakke, Kevin Bohlin, Katie Cargiulo, Devin Chapman
Votes: 330
This is probably not the series I am referring to; "Beyond the Plate: Foodie Originals" by MODE: FoodieTV, Seasons 1, 2 and 3. "Come explore the intersection of culture and cuisine." https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDb9GfJwI0l24m-AdmW2W0SWiUMAXGbK5
32. Food Hacking (2015– )
Short
Food Hacking looks at how food innovators around the world re-imagine how people eat, cook and farm. The first season explores Japanese Food hackers, researchers and subversive eaters ... See full synopsis »
33. A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story (2013)
122 min | Drama, History
During the Edo Period of Japan, an excellent cook marries the heir to a renowned cooking family. However, her husband is a terrible chef. With the help of her new mother-in-law, she begins to teach him the ways of the culinary arts.
Director: Yûzô Asahara | Stars: Aya Ueto, Kengo Kôra, Kimiko Yo, Riko Narumi
Votes: 573
34. A Boy and His Samurai (2010)
108 min | Comedy
After praying for a new job, a samurai is transported through time to today's Japan.
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Stars: Shioli Kutsuna, Ryô Nishikido, Hitomi Satô, Keisuke Horibe
Votes: 683
35. Sweet Bean (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
Burdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno
Votes: 12,736 | Gross: $0.12M
36. Ramen Shop (2018)
89 min | Drama
A young man who is curious about his deceased parents' past takes a food journey to Singapore where he uncovers more than just delicious meals.
Director: Eric Khoo | Stars: Takumi Saitô, Seiko Matsuda, Mark Lee, Jeanette Aw
Votes: 2,451 | Gross: $0.09M
37. Ramen Heads (2017)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
In 'Ramen Heads,' Osamu Tomita, Japan's reigning king of ramen, takes us deep into his world, revealing every single step of his obsessive approach to creating the perfect soup and noodles,... See full summary »
Director: Koki Shigeno | Stars: Shôta Iida, Kumiko Ishida, Katsuya Kobayashi, Yûki Ohnishi
Votes: 714 | Gross: $0.06M
38. 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
39. The Queen of Lunch (2002)
54 min | Comedy, Romance
Natsumi loves lunch. By chance she starts working for "Kitchen Macaroni", posing as the fiance of the owner's eldest son, Kenichiro. Kenichiro's father Kenzo and his three younger brothers ... See full summary »
Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Misaki Itô, Tomohisa Yamashita
Votes: 698
40. The Chef (2012)
PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Daniel Cohen | Stars: Jean Reno, Michaël Youn, Raphaëlle Agogué, Julien Boisselier
Votes: 18,163 | Gross: $0.34M
41. Udon (2006)
134 min | Comedy, Drama
A dramedy about the relationship between an aspiring comic and his stubborn noodlemaker father.
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro | Stars: Yûsuke Santamaria, Manami Konishi, Tortoise Matsumoto, Takeshi Masu
Votes: 465
42. The Lunchbox (2013)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Ritesh Batra | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey
Votes: 60,900 | Gross: $4.23M
43. Patisserie Coin De Rue (2011)
115 min | Drama
A film about mouthwatering desserts and the journey of a cake-maker's daughter from Kagoshima to Tokyo, as she finds herself in the company of a legendary former patissier.
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Yû Aoi, Urara Awata, Nathan Berg
Votes: 344
44. Mostly Martha (2001)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
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.
Director: Sandra Nettelbeck | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto, August Zirner
Votes: 8,570 | Gross: $4.16M
45. Taco Chronicles (2019– )
TV-MA | 34 min | Documentary
A journey through the colorful and varied world of Tacos.
Stars: Gustavo Arellano, Mauricio Pimentel, Reyna Mendizábal, Alejandro de la Rosa Jiménez
Votes: 963
46. Today's Special (2009)
R | 99 min | Comedy
In 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.
Director: David Kaplan | Stars: Dean Winters, Aarti Mann, Kevin Corrigan, Jess Weixler
Votes: 6,734 | Gross: $0.40M
47. The Emperor's Cook (2015)
54 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young man named Akiyama Tokuzo cannot find his passion for living. One day he tasted meat cutlet for the first time and have been absorbed to learn about Western style cuisine. He set out... See full summary »
Stars: Takeru Satoh, Haru Kuroki, Sei Ashina, Ryû Morioka
Votes: 733
48. The Solitary Gourmet (2012– )
30 min | Drama
A solitary businessman travels across Japan, eating at its various establishments and experiencing the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
Stars: Yutaka Matsushige, Tomoki Uekusa, Atsushi Kashiwagi, Masayuki Kusumi
Votes: 510
49. Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle (2010)
Not Rated | 119 min | Comedy
(Korean with English subtitles) Korean's President organizes a nationwide "Kimchi Contest." Brother and sister: Jang-eun and Sung-Chan join the competition, both using their mother's recipe... See full summary »
Director: Dong-hoon Baek | Stars: Jin-Ki Baek, Lee Byung-joon, Jin Goo, Heo Hyeon-ho
Votes: 373
50. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 165,756
51. The Princess and the Frog (2009)
G | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey, Bruno Campos
Votes: 167,036 | Gross: $104.40M
52. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
PG | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
An orphan who lives with his two cruel aunts befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow
Votes: 74,039 | Gross: $28.93M
53. The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo (2012– )
30 min | Reality-TV
Rachel is a British Cordon Blue trained chef who has resided in Paris for 6 years, and she cooks various recipes, most with her own twist on French favourites, in her own tiny Parisian kitchen.
Star: Rachel Khoo
Votes: 106
54. Rachel Khoo's Kitchen Notebook: London (2014– )
TV-G | 30 min | Family
Chef and culinary writer Rachel Khoo tours London's food scene.
Star: Rachel Khoo
Votes: 28
55. There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)
83 min | Drama
After leaving her career as a stage designer, Mari (Akiko Kikuchi) returns to her hometown to open an ice flakes store with Hajime-chan (Azusa Mine) who has a large burn scar on her face.
Director: Keisuke Toyoshima | Stars: Akiko Kikuchi, Azusa Mine, Yukichi Kobayashi, Orime Amagi
Votes: 137
56. Pan to sûpu to neko biyori (2013– )
60 min | Comedy
Akiko (Satomi Kobayashi) lives with her mother, but suddenly her mother passes away. Since then she quits her editing job and takes over her mother's small restaurant. At the restaurant ... See full summary »
Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Kana, Ken Mitsuishi, Sansei Shiomi
Votes: 123
58. Final Recipe (2013)
97 min | Drama
Hao's only hope is that his grandson Mark enters a prestigious university, but Mark's dream is to follow his grandfather's footsteps and become a chef and take over the family restaurant. ... See full summary »
Director: Gina Kim | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Henry Lau, Chin Han, Tseng Chang
Votes: 502
59. Gochisôsan (2013– )
15 min | Comedy
Meiji 44th year. Meiko is the daughter of Daigo, who owns a western restaurant in Tokyo. She loves to eat the omelette prepared by Daigo, and the nukaduke (pickles) prepared by her mother, ... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Watanabe, Masahiro Higashide, Mitsuki Takahata, Yoshiko Miyazaki
Votes: 68
60. Midnight Diner (2009–2014)
TV-MA | 24 min | Drama
Shinya Shokudo is a tv series from Japan since 2009. It tells many stories about ordinary people eat in shinya shokudo, which means a restaurant at midnight. This small restaurant opens from 12 in the evening to 7 in the morning.
Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Mansaku Fuwa, Toshiki Ayata, Shôhei Uno
Votes: 3,166
61. Midnight Diner (2014)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
A cook opens a restaurant that only serves from midnight till dawn. One day, he discovers an obituary urn. Follow the stories of his regulars tangled around this urn.
Director: Joji Matsuoka | Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Saki Takaoka, Tokio Emoto, Mikako Tabe
Votes: 2,518
62. Onna Kudoki Meshi (2015– )
Comedy
Megumi (Shihori Kanjiya) is 29-years-old writer. She is a single and hasn't had a boyfriend in about 5 years. To write a magazine article, she goes out with various men and has a meal with them.
Stars: Shihori Kanjiya, Tamae Andô, Shunsuke Daitô, Ren Kiriyama
Votes: 11
63. Bookshelf Restaurant (2014– )
29 min | Comedy
The male duo Sanada Nishiki and Yamada Jiro are behind Himekawa Rosanna, the popular girls manga writer. The two of them were cultivated by an editor nicknamed the "Monster". Despite their ... See full summary »
Stars: Aoi Nakamura, Tokio Emoto, Rio Yamashita, Ryôko Yûi
64. Nonchan noriben (2009)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Komaki is a thirty-something woman that has had it with her perpetually unemployed aspiring writer husband. Following the divorce, she moves back to her Tokyo-area hometown of Kyojima along... See full summary »
Director: Akira Ogata | Stars: Hiroo Andô, Mitsuko Baishô, Yui Hiwatashi, Ittoku Kishibe
Votes: 98
65. Asuka (1999–2000)
15 min | Drama
The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candy-maker, Asuka is the story of one young girl's dream to one day walk in her father's shoes and ... See full summary »
Stars: Misako Konno, Hiroshi Fujioka, Yûko Takeuchi, Gannosuke Ashiya
Votes: 38
66. Mare (2015)
15 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her father goes bankrupt, they run away and settle down at a fishing village in Noto. The ... See full summary »
Stars: Tao Tsuchiya, Takako Tokiwa, Kento Yamazaki, Yûko Tanaka
Votes: 87
67. Mayonaka no pan'yasan (2013– )
48 min | Drama
et in a mysterious bakery that just opens at midnight, this will star a smiling owner, a baker, and a talented but foul-mouthed student. Together, they will try to make their business a success.
Stars: Hideaki Takizawa, Akito Kiriyama, Tao Tsuchiya, Tsuyoshi Muro
Votes: 12
68. Lunch no Akko chan (2015– )
29 min | Comedy
Stars: Misako Renbutsu, Naho Toda, Kayo Noro, Ryo Narita
Votes: 10
69. Soup Opera (2010)
119 min | Comedy
Rui is now in her thirties. She is a librarian and deals with idiosyncratic patrons. She lost her mother in one way and her father in another way and was raised by an aunt instead. In a ... See full summary »
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto | Stars: Maki Sakai, Mariko Kaga, Takahiro Nishijima, Tatsuya Fuji
Votes: 60
70. The Legendary Witch (2014–2015)
55 min | Drama, Romance
Soo In, Bok Nyeo, Pung Geum, and Mi Oh, are four female prisoners at a correctional facility who have been victims of a miscarriage of justice in different cases, which later turn out to ... See full summary »
Stars: Han Ji-hye, Ha Seok-jin, Lee Seung-joon, Ko Du-shim
Votes: 44
71. Let's Eat (2013– )
50 min | Comedy, Romance
Four single people: happily divorced paralegal Lee Soo-kyung (Lee Soo-kyung), mysterious gourmand Goo Dae-young (Yoon Doo-joon), design student and former rich girl Yoon Jin-yi (Yoon So-hee... See full summary »
Stars: Yoon Doo-joon, Seo Hyeon-jin, Kim Hee-won, Kwon Yul
Votes: 668
72. Miwotsukushi ryôrichô (2012 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
The film is set in Edo period. As an orphan child Mio starts working at a restaurant in Osaka where she learns how to cook. When she turns 18, she moves to Edo (today's Tokyo) where she opens her own restaurant.
Director: Osamu Katayama | Stars: Keiko Kitagawa, Masahiro Matsuoka, Ren Ôsugi, Shihori Kanjiya
Votes: 33
73. Kafe souru (2009)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A freelance reporter comes to the aid of a humble confection shop criminally threatened by land developers and weakened by distant family ties.
Director: Masaharu Take | Stars: Jeong-hoon Kim, Takumi Saitô, Kim Dong-wook, Seong-min Choi
Votes: 58
74. Natsuko no sake (1994– )
Drama
Natsuko, who was a copywriter, starts to cultivate rice called Tatsunishiki, which is a phantom kind and it is very difficult to grow. She does it to make her dead brother's dream come true... See full summary »
Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Masato Hagiwara, Hideo Takamatsu, Tôru Kazama
75. Koisuru naporitan: Sekai de ichiban oishii aisarekata (2010)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A heartwarming and bittersweet love story of a man and a woman, who are strongly bonded by a longtime promise.
Director: Yoshinori Muratani | Stars: Saki Aibu, Takashi Tsukamoto, Daisuke Maki, Mika Akizuki
Votes: 48
76. Julie & Julia (2009)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Julia 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.
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Chris Messina, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 128,942 | Gross: $94.13M
77. Haute Cuisine (2012)
PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Comedy
The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.
Director: Christian Vincent | Stars: Catherine Frot, Arthur Dupont, Jean d'Ormesson, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 6,867 | Gross: $0.21M
78. No Reservations (2007)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson
Votes: 78,855 | Gross: $43.11M
79. Stanley Ka Dabba (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A school-teacher, who forces children to share their food with him, forbids one from entering the school until he brings his own Tiffin/Lunch-box.
Director: Amole Gupte | Stars: Partho A. Gupte, Numaan Sheikh, Abhishek Reddy, Sai Shara Shetty
Votes: 7,622
80. Café Funiculi Funicula (2018)
117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a specific cafe and chair in Japan, one can travel back in time while drinking a cup of coffee. There are, however, 5 rules/restrictions. It opens for closure and changing one's future but not present.
Director: Ayuko Tsukahara | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Motoki Fukami, Haru, Kento Hayashi
Votes: 1,302
81. Dad's Lunch Box (2017)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
This film was inspired by a real-life story of a Japanese father who for the three years his daughter spent at high school prepared daily bento lunch boxes for her leading to delicious, ... See full summary »
Director: Masakazu Fukatsu | Stars: Toshimi Watanabe, Utano Aoi, Yuriko Hara, Shô Kiyohara
Votes: 145
82. The Recipe (2010)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The Recipe centers on a TV producer searching for the recipe for an enchanting spicy bean-curd stew--and its elusive creator. Producer/presenter Choi Yu-jin smells a scoop when he learns ... See full summary »
Director: Suh-Goon Lee | Stars: Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Yo-won, Lee Dong-wook, Jo Sung-ha
Votes: 498
83. The Trip (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
Steve Coogan has been asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, but after his girlfriend backs out on him he must take his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rebecca Johnson, Elodie Harrod
Votes: 23,437 | Gross: $2.01M
84. The Final Table (2018)
TV-PG | 60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
Teams of chefs vie to impress some of the world's toughest palates as they whip up iconic dishes from different nations in this reality cooking competition.
Stars: Andrew Knowlton, Monique Fiso, Mark Best, Shane Osborn
Votes: 4,762
85. Chef's Table: France (2016)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary
Chef's Table, French edition, goes inside the lives and kitchens of some of the world's most renowned French chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their ... See full summary »
Stars: Alain Passard, Alexandre Couillon
Votes: 1,862
86. Wasted! The Story of Food Waste (2017)
TV-MA | 85 min | Documentary
Through the eyes of famous chefs, audiences will see how they make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system.
Directors: Anna Chai, Nari Kye | Stars: Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, Anthony Bourdain
Votes: 508 | Gross: $0.02M
87. The Birth of Saké (2015)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
The Birth of Saké is a documentary that reveals the history of passionate sake makers, and what it takes to create a traditional sake at the Yoshida Brewery, a family distillery with more then 140 years of history, in northern Japan.
Director: Erik Shirai
Votes: 954
88. Samurai Gourmet (2017)
TV-PG | 20 min | Adventure, Comedy
A 60 year old retired salary-man finds new purpose in exploring the food of his neighborhood. Aided by his fantasy companion, a samurai who inspires him to boldly experience this new chapter of his life.
Stars: Naoto Takenaka, Tetsuji Tamayama, Honami Suzuki, Hiroki Hayashi
Votes: 2,363
89. Kantaro: The Sweet Tooth Salaryman (2017– )
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A stoic book salesman leads a double life as he plays hooky from work to write his sweets blog. In his journey to attain a glimpse of sweets heaven Kantaro samples various Japanese and Western sweets.
Stars: Matsuya Onoe, Ren Ishikawa, Sarutoki Minagawa, Hiroyuki Onoue
Votes: 914
90. Ramen Daisuki Koizumi San (2015– )
25 min | Comedy, Drama
Koizumi, a cool, beautiful university student of few words, is in fact a ramen expert who seeks and tries out delicious ramen with gusto every day.
Stars: Akari Hayami, Karen Miyama, Seika Furuhata, Yutaka Ono
Votes: 53
91. Chef: Mitsuboshi no Kyûshoku (2016– )
54 min | Drama
Stars: Yûki Amami, Kôtarô Koizumi, Haruna Kawaguchi, Ken'ichi Endô
Votes: 90
92. Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016–2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Drama
An anthology of human relationship stories connected by the only open in the wee hours diner the characters frequent. Resolutions are often facilitated by the owner/chef.
Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi, Mansaku Fuwa, Asako Kobayashi, Joe Odagiri
Votes: 4,928
93. Osen (2008– )
Comedy
Handa Sen is the "okami" (proprietress) of a long-standing restaurant in one of the lower parts of Tokyo. Though she is normally air-headed and loves to drink, she has an impressive mastery... See full summary »
Stars: Orie Tôjô, Yû Aoi, Ranran Suzuki, Hiroki Uchi
Votes: 139
94. Bagdad Cafe (1987)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.
Director: Percy Adlon | Stars: Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann
Votes: 15,202 | Gross: $3.59M
95. Destination Flavour: China (2018–2019)
Documentary
Adam Liaw discovers the vast and ancient country of China, exploring its history through its food whilst at the same time exploring his own family history.
Stars: Adam Liaw, Joyce Hill, Asami Fujitsuka, Anna Liaw
Votes: 15
96. Destination Flavour: Scandinavia (2016)
30 min | Documentary
A food revolution has hit Scandinavia. Adam Liaw heads far north to investigate the cleanest, healthiest, and happiest part of the world.
Stars: Adam Liaw, Niklas Ekstedt, Claus Meyer, Esben Holmboe Bang
Votes: 8
97. Flavors of Youth (2018)
TV-PG | 74 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Three different stories of youth set in different cities of China.
Directors: Haoling Li, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Xiaoxing Yi | Stars: White-K, Taito Ban, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, Matt Fowler
Votes: 8,655
98. Little Forest (2018)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama
A young woman grows tired of life in the city and returns to her hometown in the countryside.
Director: Soon-rye Yim | Stars: Kim Tae-ri, Ryu Jun-Yeol, Moon So-ri, Jin Ki-joo
Votes: 3,916
99. Café Lumière (2003)
108 min | Drama
The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search of a cafe that was frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo
Votes: 3,331
100. What's for Dinner, Mom? (2016)
117 min | Drama, Family
Tae finds a box with letters and recipes written by her mother.
Director: Mitsuhito Shiraha | Stars: Izumi Fujimoto, Sô Hirosawa, Michiko Kawai, Haruka Kinami
Votes: 187
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