Poll Suggestion: Favorite Movie About Food

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‎IMDb Poll | Search  for Foods

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FYC:

Babette's Feast (1987)

@olisilumea ,

For your consideration:

Good Burger (1997)

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.

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers.

Mystic Pizza (1988)

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.

Note: The film is based on the real Mystic Pizza (56 W Main St, Mystic, CT 06355)

which predates the film. The real Mystic Pizza shows the film Mystic Pizza on a continuous loop in their restaurant.

Boiling Point (I) (2021)

Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year.

Waitress (2007)

Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.

The Tender Bar (2021)

A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle's bar.

Fast Food Nation (2006)

An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.

The Wing or The Thigh? (1976)

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast-food entrepreneur Tricatel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste.—Robert Zeithammel <zeit@cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de>

Mushrooms (1995)

In the tradition of Arsenic and Old Lace, comes this morbidly funny Australian tale of murder and mayhem at the hands of two charming old ladies.

Kings of Pastry (2009)

The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry chef - it is a dream and an obsession. The 3-day competition includes everything from delicate chocolates to precarious six foot sugar sculptures and requires that the chefs have extraordinary skill, nerves of steel and luck. The film follows Jacquy Pfeiffer, founder of The French Pastry School in Chicago, as he returns to France to compete against 15 of France's leading pastry chefs. The filmmakers were given first time/exclusive access to this high-stakes drama of passion, sacrifice, disappointment and joy in the quest to have President Sarkozy declare them one of the best in France.—Anonymous

Sushi Sushi (1991)

Maurice Hartmann dropped out of college and created his own business: Sushi-Express, a home delivery business for Japanese dishes. His methods lead his project to bankruptcy. A skilled trader will take over the business.

Note I found some of these with this search:

Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Feature Films tagged with keywords "eating", "food", "restaurant"

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=eating%2Cfood%2Crestaurant&ref_=kw_nxt&mode=detail&title_type=movie&sort=moviemeter,asc

FYC:

Big Night - Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.

The Taste of Things - French entry for this year International Film Oscar. The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin - the fine gourmet chef she has been working for over the last 20 years.

Burnt - with Bradley Cooper: Adam 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.

Hunger - A woman running her family's noodle restaurant receives an invitation to join the fine-dining industry under the tutelage of an infamous chef.

Chocolat - Oscar nominee for Best Picture, A French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village.

No reservations - The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.

Julie & Julia - 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.

Flamin' Hot - Oscar nominee for Best Original Song, This is the inspiring story of Richard Montañez who, as a Frito Lay janitor, helped disrupt the food industry by channeling his Mexican heritage to turn Frito Lay snacks into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon.

La grande bouffe - A group of men go to a villa in the French countryside where they resolve to eat themselves to death.

The Ramen Girl - An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.

Tortilla Soup - A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food, but not for life.

Soul Kitchen - In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

Love's Kitchen - Rob decides to spice up his life by turning a run-down country pub into a gourmet restaurant.

Bella Martha - 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.

Umami - France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.

Comme un chef - 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.

Haute Cuisine - The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.

Ustad Hotel - Faisi wants to go to UK to become a professional chef but circumstances force him to assist his grandfather in a small restaurant in Kozhikode city, changing his outlook on life forever.

Today's Special - A young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and his passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.

Like Water fro Chocolate - When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.

A chef in love -  Nominee for Best International Film Oscar. The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s.

Off the Menu - An unlikely heir to a fast-food empire discovers a New Mexican town where foodies salivate over the culinary treats of a feisty female chef.

Ramen Shop - 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.

What's Cooking - Four families in LA of different ethnicity (Latino, Asian/Vietnamese, African and Jewish) gather together for Thanksgiving dinner.

The Big Feast

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070130/

@olisilumea The Tender Bar needs to be removed, I saw the film, it has nothing to do with food. It is just a coming of age story where the uncle of the main character happens to have a bar, I don't remember anyone cooking, but if they did it was not important.

El hoyo also seems like it shouldn't be there, based on the plot, the food is only a plot resource to move the story, but it doesn't seem to be the focus of the movie.

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Chocolat (2000)