Love and Lemons

2013

Swedish

6.0

♡ 2

Teresa Fabik Director

Sverrir Gudnason as David Kummel

Eric Ericson as Kalle

Josephine Bornebusch as Lussan

Anki Lidén as Maud

Agnes has most things in life: a family who are always there for her, a good job in the restaurant industry, a boyfriend who loves her, and a best friend whom she knows inside out. Or does she? All of a sudden things begin to crumble, one by one, and soon nothing is as it was.

Shiawase no kaori

2008

Japanese

6.8

♡ 1

Mitsuhiro Mihara Director

Sei Hiraizumi as

Kei Tanaka as Akira Takahashi

Miki Nakatani as Takako Yamashita

Kaoru Yachigusa as Yuriko Nagata

Yamashita Takako works in the food section of a department store. She pays frequent visits to a reputable local Chinese restaurant about opening an in-store branch. The owner of the restaurant, Wang Qingkuo from Shanghai, who does all the cooking by himself, gives Takako the brush-off. One day, however, Wang collapses due to overwork, and is left with partial paralysis. Hearing the rumor of the restaurant’s closure, Takako resigns from the department store and becomes an apprentice to Wang.

Salmer fra kjøkkenet

2003

Norwegian

7.3

♡ 2

Bent Hamer Director

Gard B. Eidsvold as Bakkerman

Bjørn Floberg as Grant

Reine Brynolfsson as Malmberg

Jan Gunnar Røise as Vaktmesterassistent

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.

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.

Bao

2018

English

7.5

♡ 70

88%

mother son relationship

woman director

Domee Shi Director

Sharmaine Yeoh as

Tim Zhang as

Sindy Lau as Mom

Daniel Kailin as TV Son

An aging Chinese mother suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy.

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.

Just Add Romance

2019

English

6.4

♡ 3

43%

Terry Ingram Director

Meghann Fahy as Carly Benson

Stephi Chin-Salvo as Hannah

Luke Macfarlane as Jason Tucker

Malcolm Stewart as Kenneth Benson

When Carly and Jason, exact opposites, compete on a famed cooking show for the chance at their own restaurant, what will matter more – their culinary careers or their potential love?

The Chef

2012

French

6.6

♡ 11

47%

Daniel Cohen Director

Jean Reno as Alexandre Lagarde

Laurent Claret as Critique

Michaël Youn as Jacky Bonnot

Santiago Segura as Juan

A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.

A Taste of Summer

2019

English

6.3

♡ 5

Peter DeLuise Director

Eric Winter as Caleb Delaney

Alvin Sanders as Danny

Marco Grazzini as David

Roselyn Sanchez as Gabby Ferrar

Gabby Ferrar moves to the town of Bright Shore, Massachusetts to open a restaurant after a stint as a sous chef in New York. Upon arrival, she encounters Caleb Delaney, a single father who runs his own restaurant and coaches the girls’ softball team. Both restaurants will compete in the Taste of Summer Food Festival hosted in Bright Shore. During the course of the summer, Gabby finds joy in running her own restaurant as she rediscovers her passion and gets to know Caleb.

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!"

Recipe for Love

2014

English

6.4

♡ 6

25%

Ron Oliver Director

Lori Triolo as April

Shawn Roberts as Dexter

Reese Alexander as Host #1

Danielle Panabaker as Lauren

Lauren Hennessey has always loved to cook and is a proud perfectionist at her job at "Food & Entertainment Magazine's" test kitchen while she dreams of being able to finally afford culinary school in Paris. When her boss offers her a bonus if she agrees to ghostwrite the cookbook of a difficult celebrity chef, Lauren sees her dream becoming a reality as soon as she can tame the notorious bad boy chef in question, Dexter Durant. Slowly peeling back the layers of Dexter's tough-guy persona, she starts seeing a different, vulnerable side to this big-shot chef. Suddenly, their dueling culinary styles become the perfect complement in the kitchen and an attraction between them starts to boil over.

The Chinese Feast

1995

Cn

6.7

♡ 9

64%

Hark Tsui Director

Leslie Cheung as Chiu

Yik-Man Fan as Chiu's former girlfriend

Kenny Bee as Kit

Kwok-Leung Wong as Officer Chan

Former member of a triad, Sun seeks to emigrate to Canada. He decides to become a great chef of chinese cooking and follows the teaching master Au.

Meet My Valentine

2015

English

6.3

♡ 12

51%

Brian Herzlinger Director

Maura M. Knowles as Dr. Henry

Anthony Starke as Dr. Weaver

Tim Bagley as Glen

Courtney Ford as Valentine Bishop

When Tom learns that he has terminal brain cancer, he decides to find a replacement husband for his wife and a father to his daughter, before it is too late. Unbeknownst to his wife Valentine, Tom sets up an on-line dating profile for her, and realizes that he doesn't know much about her anymore. Tom endeavors to get to know Valentine, and learns why he fell in love with her all those years ago... just in time to say goodbye.

Spin Me Round

2022

English

5.2

♡ 22

47%

Jeff Baena Director

Aubrey Plaza as

Zach Woods as

Alison Brie as

Tricia Helfer as Sofia

When the manager of an Italian restaurant chain wins the opportunity to attend the franchise’s educational immersion program in Italy, what she thought would be a romantic getaway devolves into chaos and catastrophe.

Johnny English Reborn

2011

English

6.3

♡ 201

40%

Oliver Parker Director

Benedict Wong as Chi Han Ly

Rosamund Pike as Kate Sumner

Courtney Wu as Man in Spectacles 2

Stephen Campbell Moore as Prime Minister

The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.

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.

Tara Road

2005

English

6.0

♡ 6

42%

Gillies MacKinnon Director

Sarah Bolger as Annie Lynch

Iain Glen as Danny Lynch

Andie MacDowell as Marilyn Vine

Olivia Williams as Ria Lynch

A grieving Connecticut mother temporarily switches houses with a woman in Dublin, Ireland.

The Taste of Freedom

2023

Ukrainian

6.5

Action

based on novel or book

Oleksandr Berezan Director

Yaroslav Bezkorovayny as

Vitalii Hordiienko as

Tomasz Sobczak as Chef Mykolai

Pavlo Li as Cook Phil

A young girl, cook Varia, loses her job because no one needs her haute cuisine in a roadside café. Sweet, energetic, witty – she runs as far away from home as possible in search of realization! But an unexpected discovery – a book by the forgotten legend of Ukrainian cuisine Olha Franko changes her life forever and inspires her to go local, instead of trendy!

What You Wish For

2023

English

6.7

♡ 42

81%

Nick Tomnay Director

Penelope Mitchell as Alice

Norma Nivia as Frankie

Tamsin Topolski as Imogene

Nick Stahl as Ryan

A talented chef with gambling woes flees to a Latin American villa to visit an old friend who appears to be living an extraordinary life as a private chef. Envy soon turns to greed and then to something deeply unsettling for the chef when he assumes his friend's life and discovers the motives of his mysterious clients.