Chef (2014)
John Favreau is the author, director and star of this feel-good comedy a couple of chef who quits his restaurant and buys a meals truck after a viral bust-up with a meals critic. The movie follows Favreau’s character Carl as he rebuilds his profession and household, with a killer supporting solid together with Scarlett Johansson and Dustin Hoffman. An ode to the road meals motion with an ace soundtrack besides.
Solid: John Favreau, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johanssen
Operating time: 114 minutes
Classification: 15
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YouTube (from £3.49)
Google Play (from £2.49)
Supersize Me (2004)
This grotesque take a look at the quick meals business was a low-fi, high-impact manufacturing by American filmmaker Morgan Spurlock. Displaying true dedication to his artwork, Spurlock ate nothing however McDonalds for 30 days and documented his stomach-turning expertise. Memorable scenes embrace a physician telling Spurlock his quick meals food regimen has triggered his liver to show to paté. Stunning, humorous, memorable and game-changing – simply don’t count on this to be as appetite-sparking as the opposite movies on this listing.
Solid: Morgan Spurlock, Daryl Isaacs, Chemeeka Walker
Operating time: 100 minutes
Classification: 12A
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Amazon Prime (from £2.49)
Julie and Julia (2009)
Meryl Streep is magnificent because the eccentric American cookery author Julia Childs. When blogger Julie Powell (Amy Adams) commits to creating all 524 recipes from Childs’ Mastering the Artwork of French Cooking, she embarks on a culinary journey of discovery performed out in tandem with Julia’s personal journey. Written and directed by the unmistakable Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally), count on sharp wit and bittersweet moments.
Solid: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci
Operating time: 123 minutes
Classification: 12A
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Netflix (subscription)
YouTube (from £3.49)
Google Play (from £2.49)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit (1971)
Chocolate rivers, lickable wallpaper, golden eggs and scrumdiddlyumptious bars – the world of Willy Wonka’s manufacturing facility has charmed kids for generations. This 70s adaptation of the Roald Dahl ebook pips the 2005 Tim Burton model in our opinion. Gene Wilder is on-point because the title character and the soundtrack of nostalgic earworms together with The Oompa Loompa Track and I’ve Received A Golden Ticket add to the retro attraction. A must-watch household movie for youths of all ages.
Solid: Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack
Operating time: 100 minutes
Classification: U
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Amazon Prime (from £3.49)
Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out (1989)
Nick Parks’ stop-motion clay hero Wallace and his pet canine Gromit have been entertaining youngsters for the reason that 80s, with 5 movies and several other shorts underneath their plasticine belts. On this early escapade, Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis in a definite Yorkshire brogue) realises he is run out of cheese on Boxing Day. In a present of dedication worthy of true respect, they set off to retrieve some from the largest block of cheese within the universe – the moon.
Solid: Peter Sallis, Peter Hawkins
Operating time: 23 minutes
Classification: U
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BBC iPlayer
Ratatouille (2007)
A Pixar nice, this animated youngsters movie a couple of rat known as Remy is full of sensible jokes for fogeys. Remy was bestowed with a refined sense of scent and style and desires of emulating Parisian chef Auguste Gusteau. When he winds up in Gusteau’s kitchen, he types an alliance with bin boy Linguine and begins to work in direction of realising his culinary dream.
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Solid: Patton Oswalt, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm
Operating time: 111 minutes
Classification: PG
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Disney+ (subscription)
YouTube (from £9.99)
Google Play (£9.99)
Cloudy with a Likelihood of Meatballs (2009)
This CGI movie based mostly on a novel of the identical title is centred round an newbie scientist, Flint Lockwood (voiced by Invoice Hader). When he invents a machine that creates meals climate, a cascade of cheeseburgers and spaghetti rain on his residence city and chaos ensues.
Solid: Invoice Hader, Anna Farris, Bruce Campbell
Operating time: 90 minutes
Classification: U
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Google Play (£7.99)
Amazon Prime (£7.99)
Tampopo (1985)
This Japanese comedy is a self-billed ‘ramen western’ that charts the seek for the proper noodle recipe. When two truck drivers cease at a roadside ramen joint, they comply with train the cafe’s proprietor, the eponymous Tampopo, attain noodle perfection. A real hidden gem that you simply received’t discover in your common streaming platforms, it’s stuffed with foodie moments. An achieved and revolutionary second movie from then-starting-out director Juzo Itami that is value looking for out.
Solid: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kōji Yakusho
Operating time: 114 minutes
Classification: 18
Watch on:
Amazon Prime (subscription to Filmbox Reside)
Babette’s Feast (1987)
Primarily based on a narrative by Out of Africa creator Karen Blixen, this Danish movie relies in distant Jutland. When two non secular sisters soak up a political refugee from Paris, Babette Hersant, she turns into their prepare dinner for 14 years. In a accident, Babette wins the lottery however as a substitute of returning to France, she stays on locally and units upon making a grand feast in tribute to the passing of the village patriarch. An Oscar-nominated classic basic that locations meals as a supporting position slightly than the star.
Solid: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel
Operating time: 103 minutes
Classification: U
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Google Play (from £2.49)
Amazon Prime (from £3.49)
Huge Night time (1996)
Movies with an Italian-American bent can normally be relied upon to ship on the meals entrance however Huge Night time does so with aplomb. Set in Fifties New Jersey, brothers Primo (Tony Shaloub) and Secondo (Stanley Tucci) are on the helm of the failing Paradise restaurant. In a final ditch try to show round its fortunes, the brothers plan an epic night of eating.
Solid: Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini
Operating time: 109 minutes
Classification: 15
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Google Play (from £2.49)
Amazon Prime (from £3.49)
YouTube (from £3.49)
Bao (2018)
Bao is a captivating Pixar brief movie tackling a mom’s expertise with empty nest syndrome. Written and directed by Domee Shi, it took residence an Oscar for Finest Animated Quick Movie on the 2018 Academy Awards. The plot centres round a Chinese language-Canadian lady who makes a steamed bun that comes alive. Children and adults alike will love this story of parenthood, household and, most significantly, meals.
Solid: Sindy Lau, Tim Zhang, Daniel Kailin
Operating time: 8 minutes
Classification: PG
Watch on:
Disney+ (subscription)
Amazon (£4.99 for Pixar brief movie bundle)
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