Movies About Food

We have a couple of “foodies” on the Online Content Team. I myself love to eat, love to cook, and love to unashamedly watch cooking shows to excess. I also love movies about food, or that prominently feature food. So when we saw that Julie & Julia was coming out August 7, we naturally got to talking about our favorite food flicks. Here are a few of mine:

Big Night
This movie is about family relationships and food. The best part is the excellent cast, which is headed up by Tony Shalhoub and Stanley Tucci (who is also in Julie & Julia). Warning: this movie will instill a furious craving for Italian food in you. Ignore at your own risk.

Ratatouille
After you get over the fact that having a rat cook in a commercial kitchen is undeniably gross and potentially a way to bring back the Bubonic Plague, this movie is pretty charming, with excellent animation.

Diner
Okay, this isn’t really a food movie, but it takes place in a diner and it’s my list, so count it. It has great dialogue, funny characters, and, most importantly, The Gutt.

Mostly Martha
I can’t decide whether this is a chick flick or not, but I kind of think it is. So be it — it’s a good movie. No Reservations starring Catherine Zeta-Jones is an adaptation of Mostly Martha, although it was made only five or six years after the German film and looks much more romantic-comedy-ish.

Soylent Green
It’s not about food so much as IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE!!!

Delicatessen
Don’t judge me because this is the second movie involving cannibalism on my food movies list. It’s a very cool, very weird movie.


That’s all I have for you, but if you’re hungry for more (wordplay!) check out our full list of food movies or take our Foodie Poll.