Special Report
Best Movies About Food, Restaurants, and Chefs
August 21, 2022 11:00 am
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20. Kings of Pastry (2009)
> IMDb user rating: 6.9/10 (1,321 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 69% (1,286 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (35 reviews)
> Directed by: D. A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus
The s a documentary that follows a group of famous French pastry chefs as they display their skills during the country’s most prestigious craftsmen competition, for Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France).
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19. Eating Raoul (1982)
> IMDb user rating: 6.8/10 (7,643 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 72% (5,441 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (21 reviews)
> Directed by: Paul Bartel
“Eating Raoul” is a black comedy about a married couple who commit crimes as a way to fund their dream restaurant.
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18. Waitress (2007)
> IMDb user rating: 7.0/10 (44,860 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 74% (410,357 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (174 reviews)
> Directed by: Adrienne Shelly
“Waitress” is a comedy that tells the story of a young waitress who happens to be an exceptionally talented pastry chef. When she finds out she is pregnant, she makes a plan to leave her abusive husband.
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17. The Founder (2016)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (137,551 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (32,599 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 81% (244 reviews)
> Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Based on true events, “The Founder” is the story of how the modern-day McDonald’s was created by a struggling businessman, and became the biggest fast-food restaurant chain in the world.
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16. Soul Food (1997)
> IMDb user rating: 7.0/10 (7,692 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (20,824 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 81% (42 reviews)
> Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
As an aging Chicago matriarch is hospitalized, her 40-year tradition of serving Sunday dinners to her progeny is abruptly halted, and her daughters’ heightening quarrels threaten to fracture the family even further.
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