One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.

Carrie

1952

English

7.3

♡ 5

75%

William Wyler Director

Walter Baldwin as Carrie's Father

Don Beddoe as Mr. Goodman

John Alvin as Stage Manager

Robert Foulk as Sven

In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her nagging, dullish married sister. She then runs for help to traveling salesman Charles Drouet. She soon becomes his mistress, but falls in love with married restaurant manager George Hurstwood.

Mildred Pierce

1945

English

7.9

♡ 25

88%

husband wife relationship

Michael Curtiz Director

Lee Patrick as Mrs. Maggie Biederhof

Ramsay Ames as Party Guest

Joyce Compton as Waitress

Jack Carson as Wally Fay

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

Eating Raoul

1982

English

6.8

♡ 10

85%

Paul Bartel Director

Beans Morocco as Bobby R. - "Very Bad Boy"

Joe Dante as Busboy

Mary Woronov as Mary Bland

Allan Rich as Nazi

A prudish married couple feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to both rid themselves of the “perverts” down the hall and simultaneously realize their dream of opening a restaurant.

The Place

2017

Italian

7.0

♡ 15

62%

Paolo Genovese Director

Sabrina Ferilli as Angela

Vittoria Puccini as Azzurra

Alessandro Borghi as Fulvio

Valerio Mastandrea as L'uomo

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

Still Waiting...

2009

English

4.9

♡ 4

Comedy

manager

restaurant

Jeff Balis Director

Steve Howey as Agnew

Tania Raymonde as Amber

Justin Long as Dean

Luis Guzmán as Raddimus

After Shenaniganz loses all its hottest waitresses to new competitor Ta-Ta's Wing Shack -- where the scantily clad wait staff earns bigger tips -- the Shenaniganz staff aims to give Ta-Ta's its just desserts.

Love's Kitchen

2011

English

5.3

♡ 4

18%

parent child relationship

restaurant

Romance

James Hacking Director

Simon Callow as Guy Witherspoon

Claire Forlani as Kate Templeton

Cherie Lunghi as Margaret

Dougray Scott as Rob

Rob Haley, an up-and-coming chef and restaurateur in London, is grief-stricken when he loses his wife. With encouragement from his infamous friend and real life TV Chef Gordon Ramsay, Rob decides to spice up his life by turning a run-down country pub into a gourmet restaurant. His food catches the eye - and taste buds - of beautiful American food critic Kate Templeton and they soon both write a recipe for love that leaves both their hearts - and their stomachs - in full.

History Is Made at Night

1937

English

7.3

♡ 3

100%

Frank Borzage Director

Pierre Watkin as Commodore Eldridge

Amzie Strickland as Restaurant Patron

Edward Earle as Ship's Officer Talking to Capt. Alden

Tim Holt as S.O.S. Radio Operator

An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935

English

7.6

♡ 3

100%

Leo McCarey Director

Armand Kaliz as Clothing Salesman

Charles Ruggles as Egbert Floud

Frank Rice as Hank Adams

Leila Hyams as Nell Kenner

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl - is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.

Flickering Lights

2000

Danish

7.5

♡ 11

70%

Anders Thomas Jensen Director

Mads Mikkelsen as Arne

Peter Andersson as Færingen

Ulrich Thomsen as Peter

Laura Drasbæk as Susanne

Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, start a new life.

Outrage

2010

Japanese

6.8

♡ 29

Takeshi Kitano Director

Takashi Tsukamoto as Iizuka

Ryô Kase as Ishihara

Tomokazu Miura as Katô

Renji Ishibashi as Murase

When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.

As Good as It Gets

1997

English

7.7

♡ 117

86%

James L. Brooks Director

John F. O'Donohue as Detective Ray

Matt Malloy as Men's Store Salesman

Julie Benz as Receptionist

Skeet Ulrich as Vincent

Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is brutally attacked and hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, leaves work to care for her chronically ill son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

Sweet Bean

2015

Japanese

7.4

♡ 14

84%

85%

Action

based on novel or book

Naomi Kawase Director

Miki Mizuno as

Masatoshi Nagase as Sentarô

Miyoko Asada as Shop Owner's Wife

Etsuko Ichihara as Yoshiko

The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.

Devoured

2012

English

5.3

♡ 3

31%

Greg Olliver Director

Martha Morgan as Additional Background

Adrian Morina as Bar Customer

Bruno Gunn as Frankie Callahan

Marta Milans as Lourdes

Malevolent forces within the walls of an old restaurant torment a cleaning woman who is trying to earn enough money to pay for her son's operation.

East Side Sushi

2014

English

7.1

♡ 5

95%

Anthony Lucero Director

Yutaka Takeuchi as Aki

William Armando as Thug #1

Varian David as Thug #2

Jesus Fuentes as Victor

Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her passions for food and life and makes her hungry to get mixed up in the flavors of this new world.

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

2010

Spanish

6.3

60%

Gereon Wetzel Director

Mateu Casañas as Self

Jesús Gonzàlez Rallo as Self

Andrea C. Correa as Self

Lluís Garcia as Self

For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria closes his restaurant El Bulli -- repeatedly voted the world's best -- and works with his culinary team to prepare the menu for the next season. An elegant, detailed study of food as avant-garde art, EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS is a rare inside look at some of the world's most innovative and exciting cooking; as Adria himself puts it, "the more bewilderment, the better!"

Burnt

2015

English

♡ 111

29%

John Wells Director

Emma Thompson as Dr Rosshilde

Matthew Rhys as Reece

Lily James as Sara

Uma Thurman as Simone Forth

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

Off the Menu

2018

English

5.8

♡ 20

53%

Jay Silverman Director

Maria Conchita Alonso as Cordelia Torres

Santino Fontana as Joel Flanagan

Jen Lilley as Lauren

Kristen Dalton as Stacey Flanagan

An unlikely heir to a Mexican fast-food franchise goes 'cuisine' hunting for the next culinary big thing, and finds himself in a small, dusty New Mexican town where foodies come from all over to salivate over the culinary treats of a local, authentic, and feisty female chef.

Kamome Diner

2006

Japanese

7.2

♡ 6

based on novel or book

Naoko Ogigami Director

Tarja Markus as Liisa

Masako Motai as Masako

Hairi Katagiri as Midori

Satomi Kobayashi as Sachie

On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.

Ramen Shop

2018

Japanese

6.8

♡ 11

86%

Eric Khoo Director

Tsuyoshi Ihara as Kazuo

Takumi Saitô as Masato

Seiko Matsuda as Miki

Tetsuya Bessho as Uncle Akio

Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother's journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he takes it with him to her native country, Singapore, hoping to piece together the story of his family and his life.

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