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Shogun and Little Kitchen (1992)
, 1h33Directed by Ronny Yu
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Yuen Biao, Leon Lai, Ng Man-tat, Maggie Shiu, Monica Chan, Jimmy Wang Yu
Uncle Bo (Ng Man-tat) is the owner of the Tai Ping Fong old building. He inherited the building from his late wife years ago and he would rent different units to others. Although the tenants do not actually pay rent, Bo maintains a good relationship with them just like a big family. On the contrary, rich heir Lam Fung's (Leon Lai) relationship with his father Lam Chung-yuen (Jimmy Wang Yu) is very cold due to his hatred of his father. On the day of his birthday, Fung gets into an argument with his father and runs away from home. Afterwards, Fung was robbed and beaten into a coma by a crock. Uncle Bo finds Fung collapsed and brings him to Tai Ping Fong to heal him.
There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
, 1h35Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Diana Dors, Tony Britton, Gabrielle Drake, Nicky Henson
Sellers appears as Robert Danvers, a vain, womanizing and wealthy host of a high-profile cooking show. He meets Hawn's character, a no-nonsense American hippie living with an English rock musician in London, and, to everyone's surprise, falls for her.
Julie & Julia (2009)
, 2h3Directed by Nora Ephron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Jane Lynch
In 2002, Julie Powell (Adams) is a young writer with an unpleasant job at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's call center, where she answers telephone calls from victims of the September 11 attacks and members of the general public complaining about the LMDC's controversial plans for rebuilding the World Trade Center. To do something she enjoys, she decides to cook every recipe in Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) by Julia Child (Streep) in one year; Powell decides to write a blog to motivate herself and document her progress.
The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
Directed by Kevin Heffernan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films
Actors Michael Clarke Duncan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Cobie Smulders, Erik Stolhanske
"Slammin" Cleon Salmon (Michael Clarke Duncan) is a former world heavyweight boxing champion who retired to open a sports-themed restaurant in Miami. His antics lead him to believe that he owes $20,000 to the head of the Japanese Yakuza. Needing to come up with the money in one night, he challenges the wait staff to sell more food than they have ever sold, with the top waiter receiving $10,000 in cash and the lowest waiter getting a "broken ribs sandwich" courtesy of the champ. Zany hijinks ensue as the staff try to one-up each other and win the prize while avoiding a beating. In the end, Cleon realizes that he only owed 20,000 Yen to the Japanese Yakuza (which works out to be $170) and shares the takings with the wait staff. But before he goes to give the Japanese Yakuza the money, he beats up Guy since he was the lowest selling waiter.
Kitchen Stories (2004)
, 1h35Directed by Bent Hamer
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Cooking films
Actors Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Leif Andrée, Lennart Jähkel, Trond Brænne
Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.
Kung Fu Chefs (2009)
, 1h32Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Cooking films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Sammo Hung, Vanness Wu, Cherrie Ying, Ai Kago, Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛), Timmy Hung
Wong Kai Joe (Louis Fan) has had hatred of his uncle Wong Ping Yee (Sammo Hung) in his heart for a very long time and does what he can to oust his uncle from the village and to claim rights to the Dragon Head Cleaver, a symbol of power to the clan. As Wong Ping Yee is forced out of the village, he encounters Shum Ching (Cherrie Ying) and her sister (Ai Kago) by chance, and is determined to help them during troubled times at their restaurant "Four Seas". He trains a young chef, Ken'ichi Lung Kin Yat (Vanness Wu) to compete against Chef Tin (Lam Chi-chung), the head chef at "Imperial Palace", for the title of "Top Chef".
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)
, 1h50Directed by Claude Zidi, Jean-Jacques Beineix
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Circus films, Cooking films
Actors Louis de Funès, Coluche, Julien Guiomar, Claude Gensac, Ann Zacharias, Martin Lamotte
Charles Duchemin (Louis de Funès) is the editor of an internationally known restaurant guide. After being appointed to the Académie française, Duchemin decides to retire as a restaurant critic and trains his son Gérard (Coluche) to continue the family business. However, Gérard Duchemin is more interested in his true passion—the circus—than high cuisine. Soon, however, Charles' plans to retire are complicated by the arrival of Jacques Tricatel (Julien Guiomar), the owner of a company of mass-produced food. Fearing for the future of high cuisine, Charles and his son strive to ruin Tricatel's company in any way they can. This movie is an allegory of the antagonism between USA culture and French culture as it was seen by French people in the 70s.
, 1h43Directed by Pános H. Koútras
Origin Grece
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror, Comic science fiction
Themes Cooking films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Comedy science fiction films, Giant monster films, LGBT-related films, Disaster films, LGBT-related film
Actors Gregory Patrikareas
The city of Athens is at war with a terrifying gigantic moussaka accidentally produced when an ordinary serving is hit by a ray from an alien space ship.
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical
Themes Cooking films, Comedy science fiction films, Musical films, Comedy horror films
Actors Eric Christmas, Sharon Taylor, Jack Riley, Gregg Berger
The film opens with a scroll saying that when Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds (1963) was released, audiences laughed at the notion of birds revolting against humanity, but when an attack perpetrated by birds occurred in 1975, no one laughed. This is followed by a pre-credits sequence of a tomato rising out of a woman's garbage disposal unit. Her puzzlement turns into terror as the tomato draws her into a corner. Following the credits, the police investigate her death. One officer discovers that the red substance she is covered with is not blood, but tomato juice.
The Red Inn (1951)
, 1h35Directed by Claude Autant-Lara
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Cooking films, Serial killer films
Actors Fernandel, Didier d'Yd, Françoise Rosay, Julien Carette, Jacques Charon, Marie-Claire Olivia
En 1833, un groupe de voyageurs, auquel vient se joindre un moine mendiant accompagné d'un novice, se voit contraint de passer la nuit à Peyrebeille, dans une auberge isolée au milieu des montagnes ardéchoises. La femme de l’aubergiste avoue au moine sous le sceau de la confession qu'elle et son mari ont déjà tué plus de cent clients, volé leurs objets de valeur et enterré leurs corps dans le jardin.
The Red Inn (2007)
, 1h30Directed by Gérard Krawczyk
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Mise en scène d'un ours, Serial killer films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Christian Clavier, Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Anne Girouard, Sylvie Joly
In 1830, the sinister Crouteux Inn is set in wild and disturbing mountains ariegeois country. The establishment is run by Martin and Rose, a couple of innkeepers who regularly murdered by Violet - their deaf-mute adopted son - solo travelers to rob. One stormy night, a stagecoach in difficulty refuge in the inn. Among the travelers, the good father has been responsible Carnus a novice it must lead to a monastery lost in the mountains. Martin innkeeper learns that the route of a new road will divert travelers from its establishment. Fearing to be ruined, he decided to remove and jettison all travelers, despite opposition from his wife to the murder of the priest.
L'Eldorado de plastique (2001)
Themes Cooking films, La mondialisation, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
, 22minutesOrigin Danemark
Genres Documentary, Animation
Themes Cooking films, Environmental films, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Mise en scène d'une plante
Fiche technique Directeur et auteur : Anders Sørensen ;
Bicentennial Man (1999)
, 2h12Directed by Chris Columbus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Films about slavery, Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Robot films
Actors Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Oliver Platt, Wendy Crewson, Hallie Eisenberg
The NDR series robot "Andrew" (Robin Williams) is introduced in 2005 into the Martin family home to perform housekeeping and maintenance duties. The family's reactions range from acceptance and curiosity, to outright rejection, and deliberate vandalism by their surly older daughter, Grace (Lindze Letherman), which leads to the discovery that Andrew can both identify emotions and reciprocate in kind. When Andrew accidentally breaks a figurine belonging to "Little Miss" Amanda (Hallie Kate Eisenberg), he carves a replacement out of wood. The family is astonished by this creativity and “Sir” Richard Martin (Sam Neill) takes Andrew to his manufacturer, to inquire if all the robots are like him. The CEO of the company sees this development as a problem and wishes to scrap Andrew. Angered, Martin takes Andrew home and allows him to pursue his own development, encouraging Andrew to educate himself in the humanities.
The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
, 1h44Directed by Trần Anh Hùng
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Tran Nu Yên-Khê
A young girl, Mùi, becomes a servant for a rich family. Mùi is notably peaceful and curious about the world. The family consists of a frequently absent husband, a wife, an older son, two younger sons, and the husband's mother. When the husband leaves for his fourth and final time, he takes all the household's money. He returns ill and passes away shortly after.