Films with theme "Cooking films", sorted by revenue

, 1h17
Directed by Francis Veber
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors Jacques Villeret, Thierry Lhermitte, Francis Huster, Alexandra Vandernoot, Daniel Prévost, Catherine Frot

Pierre Brochant, a Parisian publisher, attends a weekly "idiots' dinner", where guests, who are modish, prominent Parisian businessmen, must bring along an "idiot" who the other guests can ridicule. At the end of the dinner, the evening's "champion idiot" is selected.

, 1h54
Directed by Jon Favreau
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, Scarlett Johansson, Sofía Vergara, Dustin Hoffman, John Leguizamo

Miami-born Carl Casper is the head chef of Gauloise in Brentwood, California. While popular with his kitchen staff and hostess Molly, the restaurant owner Riva wants Carl to stick to tired "classics" rather than innovative dishes. Carl has a strained relationship with his tech-savvy preteen son Percy and rich ex-wife Inez.

, 1h50
Directed 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.

, 1h55
Directed by George Tillman Jr., George Tillman, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films
Actors Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Vanessa Williams, Michael Beach, Nia Long, Mekhi Phifer

Soul Food is told through the eyes of 11-year-old Ahmad (Hammond), follows the trials of the Joseph family, a close-knit Chicago family that gets together to have Sunday dinner every week, with plenty of soul food to go around. Mother (Big Mama) Joe (Hall) has three daughters, who each have had varying success in life: oldest daughter Teri (Williams) has become a successful lawyer, but has a strained relationship with younger sister Maxine (Fox) who stole and eventually married Teri's former boyfriend, Kenny (Sams). Teri is currently married to Miles (Beach), a lawyer who quit his job to pursue his dream of being an R&B musician, which Teri doesn't support. Youngest daughter Robin (Long)—nicknamed "Bird"—has just opened a barbershop/beauty parlor, and is married to Lem (Phifer), an ex-convict.

, 1h40
Directed by John Wells
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Films about religion
Actors Bradley Cooper, Jamie Dornan, Emma Thompson, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Daniel Brühl

Adam Jones is an up-and-coming chef whose drug use and erratic behavior lead him to lose his restaurant. He attempts to rebuild his life and his career in London, in the hopes of returning to Paris to open a new restaurant that will gain three Michelin stars.

, 1h38
Directed by Morgan Spurlock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Themes Cooking films, Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about health care, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Morgan Spurlock

Plus d'un tiers des enfants et des adolescents américains ont un problème de poids. Deux adultes sur trois aux États-Unis d'Amérique sont atteints de surcharge pondérale ou d'obésité. Comment les États-Unis sont-ils devenus aussi gros ? Les chaînes de restauration rapide sont souvent montrées du doigt mais plusieurs procès qui leur ont été intentés par des clients devenus obèses ont été perdus faute de preuves.

, 1h55
Directed by John Lee Hancock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Cooking films, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentaire sur le monde du travail
Actors Michael Keaton, Laura Dern, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Linda Cardellini, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch

Chronicling the rise of McDonald's fast food empire, The Founder tells the true story of how Illinois salesman Ray Kroc met brothers Mac and Dick McDonald, who were operating a hamburger restaurant in southern California in the 1950s. Kroc subtly maneuvered himself into a position to take control of their company, which grew into one of the world's best-known brands after he bought the chain for $2.7 million in 1961.

, 1h38
Directed by Jean Girault, Michel Leroy
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films, Vieillesse, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Jacques Villeret, Claude Gensac, Christine Dejoux, Henri Génès

Claude Ratinier (Louis de Funès), known as Le Glaude, is an old man who lives on a small farm across the road from his long-time friend Francis Chérasse (Jean Carmet), known as Le Bombé. The two are described as the last surviving members of their breed, still living in a rural fashion while the rest of the world has modernized. They spend their days getting drunk and eating cabbage soup, while they spend their nights getting drunk and farting.

, 1h28
Directed by Adrienne Shelly
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith, Adrienne Shelly

Jenna (Keri Russell) is a waitress living in the American South, trapped in an unhappy marriage with controlling bully Earl (Jeremy Sisto). She works in Joe's Pie Diner, where her job includes creating inventive pies with unusual titles inspired by her life, such as the "Bad Baby Pie" she invents after her unwanted pregnancy is confirmed. The waitresses show up late for work, talk on the phone, spend much time with personal business, and talk back to the boss. Jenna longs to run away from her dismal marriage, and is slowly accumulating money to do so. She pins her hopes for escape on a pie contest in a nearby town, which offers a $25,000 grand prize, but her husband won't let her go. Her only friends are co-workers Becky (Cheryl Hines) and Dawn (Adrienne Shelly) and regular customer Joe (Andy Griffith), the curmudgeonly owner of the diner and several other local businesses, who encourages her to begin a new life elsewhere.

, 1h53
Directed by Alfonso Arau
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Margarita Isabel, Mario Iván Martínez, Claudette Maillé

Tita, as the youngest daughter in a traditional Mexican family, is forbidden to marry. Her duty is to care for her mother until the day the mother dies. Therefore, when Pedro, the boy Tita has fallen in love with, and his father come to ask for Tita’s hand in marriage, Tita's mother, Mama Elena, refuses. Mama Elena offers her other daughter, Rosaura, and Pedro accepts in order to be closer to Tita. Tita bakes the wedding cake with tears, causing vomiting, crying, and a longing for their true love in all those who eat it.

, 1h39
Directed by Fatih Akın
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Birol Ünel, Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Udo Kier, Pheline Roggan, Wotan Wilke Möhring

Zinos, a German of Greek descent, owns Soul Kitchen, a shabby, run-down restaurant providing working-class food in the Hamburg area, in an old warehouse space. The business is struggling financially, and tax inspectors ask Zinos for payments. Occasionally a punk rock band uses the restaurant as practice space, but never pays rental fees. An old sailor, Sokrates, continuously works on his boat at the warehouse, but is never able to pay the rent.

, 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.

, 1h40
Directed by Yves Robert
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Films about the labor movement, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Philippe Noiret, Françoise Brion, Marlène Jobert, Pierre Richard, Tsilla Chelton, Paul Le Person

Alexandre, homme bon vivant et nonchalant, est cultivateur dans une ferme française de la Beauce. Cependant sa vie quotidienne est dirigée par « la Grande », son ambitieuse mais néanmoins tyrannique épouse, qui le pousse à bout de force en lui imposant chaque jour une liste de travaux démesurée. Devenu brutalement veuf, il éprouve un grand soulagement et se sent libéré de son labeur : il décide de s'accorder un repos qu'il juge mérité, afin de prendre le temps de savourer la vie. Son comportement sème rapidement le trouble dans le petit village par l'exemple qu'il donne, et une partie des habitants décide de le forcer à reprendre le travail. Mais ils échouent, et Alexandre commence à faire des émules…

, 2h31
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films
Actors Hafsia Herzi, Habib Boufares, Alice Houri, Carole Franck, Mélèze Bouzid, Bruno Lochet

Slimane Beiji (Habib Boufares) is the divorced head of a Franco-Arabic family living in Sete. As he is being forced out of his job at the local shipyard, he interacts in a series of extended vignettes with various members of his extended family including his ex-wife, his sons and daughters, their husbands and wives, and his grandchildren. Determined to leave a legacy for his beloved family, and encouraged by his long-term partner's daughter, Rym, (Hafsia Herzi) he pursues his dream of converting a dilapidated boat into a family restaurant that will specialise in his ex-wife's fish couscous, a meal that she prepares for the entire family every Sunday.

, 1h29
Directed by Jacques Demy, Alain Franchet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Cooking films, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about birds, Les fées, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Perrin, Jean Marais, Anne Germain, Delphine Seyrig, Micheline Presle

The King (Jean Marais) promises his dying Queen that after her death he will only marry a woman as beautiful and virtuous as she. Pressed by his advisers to remarry and produce an heir, he comes to the conclusion that the only way to fulfil his promise is to marry his own daughter, the Princess (Catherine Deneuve). Following the advice of her godmother, the Lilac Fairy (Delphine Seyrig), the Princess demands a series of seemingly impossible nuptial gifts, in the hope that her father will be forced to give up his plans of marriage. However, the King succeeds in providing her with dresses the colour of the weather, of the moon and of the sun, and finally with the skin of a magic donkey that excretes jewels, the source of his kingdom's wealth. Donning the donkey skin, the Princess flees her father's kingdom to avoid the incestuous marriage.