E il cibo va

2017

English

6.3

♡ 3

Mercedes Cordova Director

Pietro Sorba as Self

The diaspora of millions of Italian emigrants marked a strong nutritional influence of this nation on the American continent. The documentary collects the similarities and differences between the dishes adapted to the American taste and his native Italy.

Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness

7.2

Suhee Kang Director

Larry Korn as Self

Ryoseok Hong as Self

Yoshikazu Kawaguchi as Self

A deep and visually stunning survey of age-old ideas about food, ecological connectedness, and personal happiness. The film's warm cast guide audiences on a transformational journey through Japan, Korea, and the United States.

School Meals Time Graduation

2022

Japanese

6.4

♡ 1

Comedy

Drama

food

japanese junior high schooler

school

Maya Ayabe Director

Hayato Ichihara as

Toshiya Sakai as

Hana Kino as

Kaho Tsuchimura as

Teacher Amarida (Ichihara Hayato) has been transferred to a new school and is still crazy about school lunches. He gets the shock of his life when school lunches are made more healthy but less flavorful. Amarida’s student rival Kamino (Sato Taishi) has also transferred to the same school and is outraged at the changes to school lunches.

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.

Borsch. The Secret Ingredient

2020

Ukrainian

8.0

♡ 1

Documentary

food

Dmytro Kochnev Director

Yevgen Klopotenko as Self - Host

Meat-based or vegetarian, with or without beans, potatoes in or out, tomato sauce or real tomatoes added, dried mushrooms or smoked pears, or maybe just mom's borsch? Which variant should be considered "the real thing"? The battles have been lasting for years. That is why Yevhen Klopotenko, a well-known chef, sets out on a journey across Ukraine to uncover the most fascinating borsch recipes and to find the secret ingredients which make this dish unique.

Big Night

1996

English

7.3

♡ 23

96%

Stanley Tucci Director

Gene Canfield as Charlie

Peter McRobbie as Loan Officer

Jack O'Connell as Man on Truck

Stanley Tucci as Secondo

Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.

Way Beyond Weight

2012

Portuguese

8.0

100%

Estela Renner Director

Today, one third of Brazilian children are overweight. This is the first generation to introduce diseases previously restricted to adults, such as depression, diabetes and cardiovascular problems. This documentary examines the case of childhood obesity in the country especially, but also in other countries in the world, interviewing parents, school representatives, and government officials responsible for food advertising.

The Most Remote Restaurant in the World

6.2

Ole Juncker Director

Johannes Jensen as Self

Ove Villadsen as Self

Karin Visth as Self

Poul Andrias Ziska as Self

The meals based on indigenous ingredients and sustainability at the forefront. Project managers are soon faced with problems ranging from sourcing ingredients to staffing a high-end restaurant in a location inhabited by only 53 people.

Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story

2014

English

7.2

♡ 3

100%

Grant Baldwin Director

Jack Carson as Self

Spencer Whitney as Self

David Lavallee as Self

David Adoddell as Self

We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash? Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping and survive only on discarded food. What they find is truly shocking.

Forks Over Knives

2011

English

7.7

♡ 19

61%

Lee Fulkerson Director

Alona Pulde as Herself - Doctor

Matthew Lederman as Himself - Doctor

T. Colin Campbell as Himself - Doctor

Lee Fulkerson as Himself - Narrator

Examines the profound claim that most; if not all; of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled; or even reversed; by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Cameras follow "reality patients" who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole-foods, plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments - while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret

2014

English

8.1

♡ 9

88%

Kip Andersen Director

Michael Pollan as Self - Best Selling Food Author, 'In Defense of Food'

Richard Oppenlander as Self - Environmental Researcher - Author, 'Food Choices and Sustainability Al Gore

Al Gore as Self - Former U.S. Vice President / Climate Change Activist

Michael Klaper as Self - Physician, True North Health Center

Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.

Foodfight!

2012

English

1.3

♡ 2

11%

Lawrence Kasanoff Director

James Arnold Taylor as Dr. Si Nustrix / Additonal Voices

Martin Klebba as General X / Captain Crispy

Christopher Lloyd as Mr. Clipboard

Hilary Duff as Sunshine Goodness

The evil Brand X joins a supermarket that becomes a city after closing time.

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

2021

English

7.7

♡ 9

91%

Morgan Neville Director

Asia Argento as Self

Cate Blanchett as Self

Charles Bronson as Self

Bradley Cooper as Self

An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.

The Botany of Desire

2009

English

7.6

♡ 9

86%

Michael Schwarz Director

Frances McDormand as Narrator

Michael Pollan as Self

Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an exploration of the human relationship with the plant world — seen from the plants' point of view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar species — the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato — evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication.

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 Search for General Tso

2014

English

6.9

♡ 7

90%

Ian Cheney Director

Ian Cheney as Self

Susan Carter as Self - American historian

Andrew Coe as Self - food writer

Philip Chiang as Self - restaurant owner

From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.

Chef

2014

English

7.3

♡ 144

87%

parent child relationship

restaurant owner

road trip

Jon Favreau Director

Jon Favreau as Carl Casper

Robert Downey Jr. as Marvin

Scarlett Johansson as Molly

Oliver Platt as Ramsey Michel

When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.

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!"

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.

Food, Inc. 2

2023

English

6.8

♡ 5

80%

Robert Kenner Director

Donald Trump as Self - 45th President of the United States

Eric Schlosser as Self - Author, Fast Food Nation

Michael Pollan as Self - Author, The Omnivore's Dilemma

Cory Booker as Self - U.S. Senator

Filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo reunite with investigative authors Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser to take a fresh look at our efficient yet vulnerable food system.

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E il cibo va

Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness

School Meals Time Graduation

Shiawase no kaori

Borsch. The Secret Ingredient

Big Night

Way Beyond Weight

The Most Remote Restaurant in the World

Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story

Forks Over Knives

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret

Foodfight!

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

The Botany of Desire

Just Add Romance

The Search for General Tso

Chef

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

The Chinese Feast

Food, Inc. 2