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Taxidermia
Taxidermia (2006)
, 1h31
Directed by György Pálfi
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror
Themes Cooking films
Actors Piroska Molnár, Erwin Leder

The film begins in a remote Hungarian military outpost, where orderly Morosgoványi Vendel lives a wretched existence of servitude beneath the heel of his lieutenant, Öreg Balatony Kálmán. Condemned to performing menial duties for the officer and his family while sleeping in an unheated shack next to the latrines, Morosgoványi frequently escapes into fantasy. So realistic are these fantasies that in one ambiguous instance, Morosgoványi sleeps with and impregnates the lieutenant's wife and "wakes up" to find himself engaged in an act of sodomy with a slaughtered pig. Upon seeing this, the lieutenant promptly executes Morosgoványi and raises the son, Balatony Kálmán, as his own.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
, 1h30
Directed by Chris Miller, Phil Lord
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Comedy science fiction films, Films about apes, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Neil Patrick Harris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T

Flint Lockwood is a wannabe-scientist who lives in Swallow Falls, a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that has sardines as the base of its economy. Flint lives with Tim, his widowed technophobic father who misunderstands his son's talent, and his pet monkey, Steve. Despite Flint's zealous enthusiasm, his inventions, including spray-on shoes, a remote controlled television, rat birds, hair-un-balder, and a flying car, all ended in failure.
The Cheese Mites
The Cheese Mites (1903)

Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Documentaire sur la cuisine

A gentleman is put off his lunch when he holds up a magnifying glass and sees a microscopic view of the cheese mites in his Stilton cheese sandwich.
The Game Changers
The Game Changers (2019)

Directed by Louie Psihoyos
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Sports films, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about sports, Documentaire sur la malbouffe
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Game Changers suit le parcours de James Wilks, un entraîneur d'élite des forces spéciales, spécialisé dans le combat rapproché (self defence) et vainqueur de The Ultimate Fighter 2009, qui, blessé aux deux genoux lors d'un entrainement et souhaitant hâter sa guérison, parcourt le monde en cherchant à savoir si, la viande et les protéines sont véritablement nécessaires pour la santé et la force physique, y compris de sportifs de haut-niveau.
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
The Hot Choc-late Soldiers (1934)
, 8minutes
Directed by Walt Disney
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Cooking films, Children's films

Une armée de soldats en chocolat sort d'une ville en paradant. Après avoir défilé dans leur ville et fait leurs adieux à leurs femmes, les soldats chevauchent des poussins en sucre ou des canons en sucre candi tirés par des canards. Ils attaquent un fort défendu par une troupe de soldats en pain d'épices. Ils utilisent la ruse du Cheval de Troie avec un canard géant en sucre. Une fois la ville prise, les soldats en chocolat emmènent leurs prisonniers en pain d'épices vers leur ville, mais les rayons du soleil les font fondre.
The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox (2013)
, 1h44
Directed by Ritesh Batra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nimrat Kaur, Lillete Dubey, Denzil Smith, Shruti Bapna

Saajan Fernandes is a widower, about to retire from his job as an accountant. Ila is a young wife seeking her husband's attention, looking for ways to put romance back into her marriage, one of which is to cook delicious food for him. Through a rare mix-up of the famous "dabbawalas"" (a complicated system that picks up and delivers lunches from restaurants or homes to people at work) of Mumbai, the lunchbox Ila prepares for her husband gets delivered, instead, to Saajan. Ila eventually realizes the mistake and with the advice of her aunt living in the apartment above her, writes a letter to Saajan about the mix up and places it in the lunchbox ( along with her husband's favorite meal) the next day.
The Ramen Girl
The Ramen Girl (2008)
, 1h42
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Brittany Murphy, Sohee Park, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tammy Blanchard, Kimiko Yo, Daniel Evans

Abby (Brittany Murphy) is an American girl who goes to Tokyo to be with her boyfriend, Ethan (Gabriel Mann). Ethan tells her that he has to go to Osaka on a business trip and may not be back for a while. Abby asks to go with him but Ethan refuses and breaks up with her. Abby goes to a ramen shop afterward, and the chef Maezumi (Toshiyuki Nishida) and his wife Reiko (Kimiko Yo) tell her that they are closed. Abby does not understand them as she does not speak Japanese. She starts to cry, so the chef conveys to her to sit down. He brings her a bowl of ramen, and she loves it. A small distance away, she hallucinates that the lucky cat, known as the Maneki Neko, or Beckoning Cat, gestures to her to come over. She offers to pay for her meal, but the chef and his wife refuse.
The Van
The Van (1996)
, 1h40
Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Films about automobiles, Association football films
Actors Colm Meaney, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Brendan O'Carroll, Eileen Walsh, Marie Mullen, Jon Kenny

Set in "Barrytown", a fictitious working-class quarter of Dublin. Brendan "Bimbo" Reeves gets laid off from his job as a baker. With his redundancy cheque, he buys a van and sells fish and chips with his best mate, Larry. Due, in part, to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well. But the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo and his wife, Maggie behave more and more like typical bosses. Larry believes that Maggie is the cause of the strained friendship, as he thinks she is pushing Bimbo away from him. The van is closed down because of poor hygiene by health inspector, Des O'Callaghan. Bimbo thinks that Larry told the Health Board about the van, leading to a fight between the two. Larry quits the job, despite Bimbo's best efforts to get him back. Bimbo then drives the van into the sea, so as to win his friendship with Larry back.
Today's Special
Today's Special (2009)
, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Aarti Mann, Madhur Jaffrey, Naseeruddin Shah, Aasif Mandvi, Kevin Corrigan, Dean Winters

Samir (Aasif Mandvi), a sous chef at an upscale New York restaurant, becomes frustrated with his boss (Dean Winters) and quits. His dreams of studying French cooking in France are shattered after his father becomes ill and he must take over his family's Indian restaurant, Tandoori Palace in Queens with two chefs who don't know what they're doing, an old fashioned wall and business being terrible since the only customers are Samir's uncles sitting at a table playing cards. Samir doesn't know what to do because his knowledge of Indian cooking is limited until he meets the larger than life gourmet chef and taxi driver Akbar (Naseeruddin Shah). Samir's world is transformed via Akbar's cooking lessons, the magic of the masala and a beautiful co-worker, Carrie (Jess Weixler). While his mother (Madhur Jaffrey) tries to get him to settle down with a nice Indian girl and his father, Hakkim (Harish Patel) is convinced he will amount to nothing. Samir, Akbar, and a kitchen staff first update the restaurants' look and then with knowledge of eccentric characters concoct the most magical and mouth watering dishes in what soon becomes the best little Indian restaurant in New York City with booming business. However, Akbar moves to Akron, Ohio and it is up to Samir to run the restaurant. Meanwhile, Hakkim plans to sell the restaurant to Ahmed. Samir and his uncles along with Carrie still manage to keep up the business and make it better. Eventually, Hakkim calls off the deal and the movie ends with Hakkim hugging Samir.
Tortilla Soup
Tortilla Soup (2003)
, 1h43
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Horror, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Jacqueline Obradors, Héctor Elizondo, Tamara Mello, Elizabeth Peña, Nikolai Kinski, Raquel Welch

Semi-retired Mexican-American chef Martin Naranjo (Héctor Elizondo) shares a suburban Los Angeles home with his three adult daughters. Although he has lost the senses of smell and taste since his wife's death, he still cooks elaborate, multi-course meals for his family and friends. The women humor their father's old-fashioned ways, but each is searching for fulfillment outside the family circle.
Family Resemblances
Family Resemblances (1996)
, 1h50
Directed by Cédric Klapisch
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Films about families, L'action se déroule en une journée, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Vladimir Yordanoff, Catherine Frot, Claire Maurier, Agnès Jaoui

An average French family ostensibly celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce. Indeed, poking each other's sore spots turns out to be the main order of business. Henri (Bacri) runs a saloon that he inherited from his father called "The Sleepy Dad," and in the near-empty bar, he plays host to several members of the family as they mark the 35th birthday of his sister-in-law, Yolande (Frot). Henri's sister, Betty (Jaoui), is 30, single, and not very happy about it; his brother (and Yolande's husband), Philippe (Yordanoff), is an executive in a growing software company; Mother (Maurier) is the siblings' strong-willed matriarch; and Henri's paralyzed dog is on hand, whom someone describes as "like a rug, but alive." It's not been a good day for most of them: Philippe is anxious that his boss might not have liked the tie he wore on television; Betty is depressed about the sad state of her current relationship; Henri has just learned that his wife is leaving him; and Mother is tossing caustic barbs at everyone left and right. Henri's bartender Denis (Darroussin) is the one neutral party on hand, and he provides the voice of reason in the midst of the bickering.
A Touch of Spice
A Touch of Spice (2003)
, 1h48
Origin Grece
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films
Actors Georges Corraface, Başak Köklükaya, Tamer Karadağlı, Athinodoros Prousalis, Themis Panou, Michael Giannatos

Fanis Iakovides, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, recalls his childhood memories from growing up in Istanbul. When Fanis was 7 years old, his grandfather Vassilis was an owner of a general store with a specialty in spices. He was also a culinary philosopher and his mentor. Fanis grew very attached to his grandfather who would assist with his homework using imaginative techniques. For instance, Vassilis would teach his grandson the planets of the Solar System by showing an illustration of it and replacing the planets with spices. Cinnamon took the place of Venus since according to Vassilis, "like all women, cinnamon is both bitter and sweet". Fanis also fell in love for the first time in his grandfather store's upper floor with a young Turkish girl, Saime.
Pieces of April
Pieces of April (2004)
, 1h20
Directed by Peter Hedges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Films about families
Actors Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Sean Hayes, Alison Pill, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson

April Burns, the eldest daughter in a highly dysfunctional family, lives in a small tenement apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with her boyfriend Bobby. Although estranged from her family, she opts to invite them for Thanksgiving dinner, probably the last for her mother Joy, who has breast cancer.
A Matter of Taste
A Matter of Taste (2000)
, 1h30
Directed by Bernard Rapp
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Cooking films
Actors Bernard Giraudeau, Charles Berling, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Florence Thomassin, Artus de Penguern

Frédéric Delamont rencontre Nicolas Rivière au hasard d'un déjeuner. Nicolas est alors un simple serveur à l'essai, qui ne sait même pas expliquer aux clients du restaurant ce qu'il leur sert. Dès le début, Frédéric le met à sa merci, commençant par lui signifier son ignorance réelle, et immédiatement après le défiant de goûter le plat afin de pouvoir renseigner les clients. Nicolas commet alors l'acte de piquer une fourchette dans l'assiette de ce riche client pour goûter, ce qui lui entraîne immédiatement les foudres du maître d'hôtel, mais Delamont intervient, éloigne le maître d'hôtel en le rassurant sur la bonne conduite du serveur.