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The 20 Best Food Movies of All Time

By YPB Team

Michelin kitchens sit beside food trucks, ramen counters and a village chocolate shop; most will make you hungry, one or two will put you off dinner. Which one wins?

  1. Ratatouille — ranked #11
    Ratatouille
    Pixar's 2007 film about a rat with a palate who cooks his way into a Paris kitchen and disarms a critic.
  2. Big Night — ranked #22
    Big Night
    The 1996 story of two immigrant brothers staking their failing New Jersey restaurant on one perfect dinner.
  3. Tampopo — ranked #33
    Tampopo
    Juzo Itami's 1985 ramen western, a comic quest to build the perfect bowl of noodles.
  4. Babette's Feast — ranked #44
    Babette's Feast
    The 1987 Danish Oscar winner in which a French refugee spends a lottery win on one meal for an austere village.
  5. Eat Drink Man Woman — ranked #55
    Eat Drink Man Woman
    Ang Lee's 1994 film about a Taipei master chef losing his sense of taste and his grip on three daughters.
  6. Chef — ranked #66
    Chef
    Jon Favreau's 2014 comedy about a burnt-out chef who quits fine dining for a Cuban sandwich food truck.
  7. The Menu — ranked #77
    The Menu
    The 2022 satire in which a tasting menu on a private island turns into something far worse for the diners.
  8. Julie & Julia — ranked #88
    Julie & Julia
    The 2009 double portrait of Julia Child in Paris and a blogger cooking her way through the cookbook.
  9. Like Water for Chocolate — ranked #99
    Like Water for Chocolate
    The 1992 Mexican film in which a forbidden love is cooked into every dish and passes straight into the eaters.
  10. Chocolat — ranked #1010
    Chocolat
    The 2000 film about a chocolatier who opens her shop in a devout French village during Lent.
  11. The Hundred-Foot Journey — ranked #1111
    The Hundred-Foot Journey
    The 2014 story of an Indian family opening a restaurant across the road from a Michelin-starred rival.
  12. Pig — ranked #1212
    Pig
    The 2021 film about a reclusive truffle hunter walking back into Portland's restaurant world to find his stolen pig.
  13. Boiling Point — ranked #1313
    Boiling Point
    The 2021 British drama shot in one take across the worst night of a head chef's service.
  14. The Taste of Things — ranked #1414
    The Taste of Things
    The 2023 French film about a cook and the gourmet she has fed for twenty years, told through long kitchen scenes.
  15. Jiro Dreams of Sushi — ranked #1515
    Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    The 2011 documentary portrait of an eighty-five-year-old Tokyo sushi master and the son waiting to inherit.
  16. Burnt — ranked #1616
    Burnt
    The 2015 film about a disgraced chef chasing a third Michelin star and a second chance in London.
  17. No Reservations — ranked #1717
    No Reservations
    The 2007 romantic drama about a controlling chef whose kitchen and life are upended by a sous chef and a niece.
  18. Mostly Martha — ranked #1818
    Mostly Martha
    The 2001 German original about a rigid chef forced to raise her orphaned niece and share her kitchen.
  19. Waitress — ranked #1919
    Waitress
    The 2007 film about a small-town pie maker who bakes her way out of a bad marriage.
  20. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory — ranked #2020
    Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
    The 1971 musical tour of a confectionery empire, still the most-quoted food fantasy on film.

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