Special Report
Best Movies About Food, Restaurants, and Chefs
August 21, 2022 11:00 am
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25. Julie & Julia (2009)
> IMDb user rating: 7.0/10 (113,388 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 70% (363,553 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 77% (227 reviews)
> Directed by: Nora Ephron
Amy Adams plays a woman fed up with her job, so to relieve the frustration, she decides to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child’s landmark French cookbooks. The film weaves in the true story of how Child (played by Meryl Streep) mastered French cooking.
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24. Chocolat (2000)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (183,863 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (328,998 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 62% (117 reviews)
> Directed by: Lasse Hallström
“Chocolat” tells the story of a single mother who moves to a small town with her 6-year-old daughter in 1959 and opens a small chocolate shop, changing the way local residents with a very traditional mindset think of life.
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23. Today’s Special (2009)
> IMDb user rating: 6.6/10 (6,467 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 72% (2,062 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 81% (31 reviews)
> Directed by: David Kaplan
“Today’s Special” is a foodie comedy about a young sous-chef in an upscale restaurant in Manhattan who gets frustrated with his job. He is forced to take over his family’s Indian restaurant after his father becomes ill, and ends up rediscovering his passion for cooking.
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22. Soul Kitchen (2009)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (38,426 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 74% (5,000 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 73% (60 reviews)
> Directed by: Fatih Akin
This German comedy is based on a true story. The owner of a Greek diner tries to revive the place by hiring a talented new chef.
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21. The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
> IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (79,523 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (32,505 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 68% (148 reviews)
> Directed by: Lasse Hallström
“The Hundred-Foot Journey” is a comedy-drama about the battle between two skilled chefs in a small French village. On one side there is the young Indian culinary novice, self-taught. On the other, the owner of an acclaimed Michelin-starred restaurant 100 feet away.
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