Best "cooking" Movies of All Time

119 movies found (page 1/4):

Johnny English Reborn(2011)

3.1/5 (with 1,535 votes)

The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.

Directed by Oliver Parker - With Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West, Daniel Kaluuya, Richard Schiff, ...

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Kung Fu Panda Holiday(2010)

21min | Animation, Kids & Family, TV Movie, Comedy, Fantasy

3.5/5 (with 139 votes)

The Winter Feast is Po's favorite holiday. Every year he and his father hang decorations, cook together, and serve noodle soup to the villagers. But this year Shifu informs Po that as Dragon Warrior, it is his duty to host the formal Winter Feast at the Jade Palace. Po is caught between his obligations as the Dragon Warrior and his family traditions: between Shifu and Mr. Ping.

Directed by Tim Johnson - With Jack Black

No Reservations(2007)

1h 44min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama

3.3/5 (with 549 votes)

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.

Directed by Scott Hicks - With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson, Lily Rabe, Bob Balaban, ...

MouseHunt(1997)

1h 38min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.3/5 (with 560 votes)

Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant—a tiny and tenacious mouse.

Directed by Gore Verbinski - With Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin, Christopher Walken, Ernie Sabella, ...

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero(2018)

1h 25min | Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family, History, War

3.9/5 (with 70 votes)

The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history -- Sgt. Stubby -- and the enduring bonds he forged with his brothers-in-arms in the trenches of World War I.

Directed by Richard Lanni

Last Holiday(2006)

1h 52min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

3.5/5 (with 301 votes)

The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is her longtime crush Sean Matthews.

Directed by Wayne Wang - With Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Gérard Depardieu, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito, Alicia Witt, ...

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Julie & Julia(2009)

2h 3min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.3/5 (with 953 votes)

Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

Directed by Nora Ephron - With Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch, ...

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Like Water for Chocolate(1992)

1h 45min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.6/5 (with 198 votes)

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.

Directed by Alfonso Arau - With Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez, Ada Carrasco, Yareli Arizmendi, ...

Eat Drink Man Woman(1994)

2h 3min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.7/5 (with 133 votes)

A retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu and his family live in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. He lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each of the daughters encounter new men in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes. Since the family has difficulty expressing their love for each other, the intricate preparation of banquet quality dishes for their Sunday dinners is the surrogate for their familial feelings.

Directed by Ang Lee - With Sihung Lung, Sylvia Chang, Winston Chao, Yang Kuei-Mei

Words on Bathroom Walls(2020)

1h 51min | Drama, Romance / Love

4.0/5 (with 233 votes)

Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.

Directed by Thor Freudenthal - With Charlie Plummer, Andy Garcia

Frankie and Johnny(1991)

| 1h 58min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy

3.4/5 (with 231 votes)

When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, Frankie develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.

Directed by Garry Marshall - With Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Héctor Elizondo, Nathan Lane, Kate Nelligan, Glenn E. Plummer, ...

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Ravenous(1999)

1h 40min | Horror, Western, Adventure

3.4/5 (with 246 votes)

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

Directed by Antonia Bird - With Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer, ...

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From Prada to Nada(2011)

1h 47min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

2.8/5 (with 149 votes)

A whimsical fish-out-of-water story of two spoiled sisters: Nora (Camilla Belle), a law student, and Mary (Alexa Vega), an undergrad party girl, living with their father in a luxurious mansion in Beverly Hills. Mary has become so "90210" she refuses to admit she is of Mexican decent. When dad suddenly passes away, their posh lives are turned upside down. They discover they have been left penniless and are forced to move into their estranged aunt Aurelia's (Adriana Barraza) modest but lively home in the Latino-centric Boyle Heights neighborhood of East LA.

Directed by Angel Gracia - With Camilla Belle, Alexa PenaVega, Wilmer Valderrama, Nicholas D'Agosto, Kuno Becker, Adriana Barraza, ...

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover(1989)

| 2h 4min | Crime, Drama

3.7/5 (with 249 votes)

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

Directed by Peter Greenaway - With Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciarán Hinds, ...

Little Forest(2018)

1h 43min | Drama

3.8/5 (with 58 votes)

A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.

Directed by Im Sun-rye - With Kim Tae-ri, Ryu Jun-yeol, Jin Ki-joo, Moon So-ri

Little Forest: Summer/Autumn(2014)

1h 51min | Drama

3.8/5 (with 39 votes)

Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.

Le Chef(2012)

| 1h 24min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 255 votes)

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.

Directed by Daniel Cohen - With Jean Reno, André Penvern, Geneviève Casile, Issa Doumbia, James Gerard, Julien Boisselier, ...

The Ramen Girl(2008)

1h 42min | Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama

3.2/5 (with 144 votes)

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.

Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman - With Brittany Murphy, Sohee Park, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tammy Blanchard, Kimiko Yo, Renji Ishibashi, ...

Sweet Bean(2015)

1h 53min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 224 votes)

The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.

Directed by Naomi Kawase - With Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Etsuko Ichihara, Miyoko Asada, Miki Mizuno

Bao(2018)

8min | Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy

3.8/5 (with 504 votes)

An aging Chinese mom suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy.

Directed by Domee Shi

Little Forest: Winter/Spring(2015)

2h | Drama

3.9/5 (with 33 votes)

Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.

Toast(2010)

1h 30min | Drama, Comedy, History, Kids & Family

3.3/5 (with 95 votes)

An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and addiction to all things canned does not help.

Directed by S. J. Clarkson - With Helena Bonham-Carter, Freddie Highmore, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton, Corrinne Wicks, Oscar Kennedy, ...

The Chinese Feast(1995)

1h 40min | Action, Comedy, Romance / Love

3.1/5 (with 14 votes)

Former member of a triad, Sun seeks to emigrate to Canada. He decides to become a great chef of chinese cooking and follows the teaching master Au.

Directed by Tsui Hark - With Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, Kenny Bee, Law Kar-ying, Peter Pau, Vincent Zhao, ...

Another Year(2010)

2h 9min | Drama, Comedy

3.5/5 (with 164 votes)

During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.

Directed by Mike Leigh - With Lesley Manville, Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, David Bradley, Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, ...

Mostly Martha(2001)

1h 46min | Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy

3.4/5 (with 42 votes)

Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Martha has no time for anything - or anyone - else. But Martha's solitary life is shaken when a fateful accident brings her sister's eight-year-old daughter, Lina, to her doorstep.

Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck - With Martina Gedeck, Sergio Castellitto, Maxime Foerste, Ulrich Thomsen, Diego Ribon, August Zirner, ...

Love's Kitchen(2011)

1h 26min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy

2.7/5 (with 37 votes)

Rob Haley, an up-and-coming chef and restaurateur in London, is grief-stricken when he loses his wife. With encouragement from his infamous friend and real life TV Chef Gordon Ramsay, Rob decides to spice up his life by turning a run-down country pub into a gourmet restaurant. His food catches the eye - and taste buds - of beautiful American food critic Kate Templeton and they soon both write a recipe for love that leaves both their hearts - and their stomachs - in full.

Directed by James Hacking - With Dougray Scott, Claire Forlani, Simon Callow

Compulsion(2013)

1h 28min | Thriller, Drama

2.2/5 (with 40 votes)

A strange and destructive relationship develops between a chef and her neighbor, a former child actress.

Directed by Egidio Coccimiglio - With Carrie-Anne Moss, Heather Graham, Joe Mantegna, Katie Douglas, Kevin Dillon, Natalie Brown, ...

Eddie's Million Dollar Cook Off(2003)

1h 25min | Comedy, Kids & Family, TV Movie

3.0/5 (with 33 votes)

Eddie Ogden is his pa's pride and joy as well as the Groundhogs team's only asset as baseball talent. Then Eddie discovers a taste and talent for cuisine. Although his brothers Andy and Alex, and Pa as well as classmates enjoy his dishes, they only mock cooking, so he arranges and 'accidental' registration for him and two friends in Home Economics. Only Eddie -secretly again- and nerdy shrew Bridget Simons enter a national cooking competition for school-kids. Ma finds out and to his surprise proves supportive, as well as the teacher, who once won the competition herself.

Directed by Paul Hoen - With Mark L. Taylor, Taylor Ball, Rose McIver, Orlando Brown, Reiley McClendon, Kylie Leydon, ...

Hindsight(2011)

2h 2min | Action, Drama, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 26 votes)

A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him.

Directed by Lee Hyeon-seung - With Song Kang-ho, Shin Se-kyeong, Chun Jung-myung, Lee Jong-hyuk, Kim Min-jun, Youn Yuh-jung, ...

Abe(2020)

1h 25min | Drama, Comedy

3.5/5 (with 20 votes)

The Israeli-Jewish side of his family calls him Avram. The Palestinian-Muslim side Ibrahim. His first-generation American agnostic lawyer parents call him Abraham. But the 12-year-old kid from Brooklyn who loves food and cooking, prefers, well, Abe. Just Abe.

Directed by Sérgio Rezende

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