13 Movies All Foodies Need to Watch

Matt R.
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There are various ways to make popcorn.

We've covered many of these on Food Fanatic.

But what is the point of popping all that corn if you are not going to eat it at home in front of a movie? Right?!?

With that in mind, we've compiled a list of films all foodies need to watch. Check them out below:

1. Chef

Chef
Jon Favreau plays Carl, a chef at an upscale restaurant who feels stunted by the stale menu insisted upon by his boss. He soon loses his temper and his job and finds a way to get back to his culinary roots.

2. The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox
Likely not as well known as others on this list, it centers on a youngand neglected housewife in Mumbai who sends aspecial lunch to her husband through the city’s sprawling courier service in the hopes of rekindling the romance.

3. Chocolat

Chocolat
A 2000 classic from Johnny Depp. He plays a gympsy in rural France who cozies up to Juliette Binoche.

4. Like Water For Chocolate

Like Water For Chocolate
We're going all the way back to 1992 for this one. This mfilmvie is all about the passionate affair between Tita (Lumi Cavazos), a beauty from a traditional Mexican family who is forbidden to marry, and Pedro (Marco Leonardi).

5. Waitress

Waitress
Keri Russell stars as a single and pregnant waitress who forms a bond a cute doctor, played by Nathan Fillian.

6. Ratatouille

Ratatouille
Remy is a rat who loves to cook. Trust us on this one. It comes from Pixar.

7. Eat Drink Man Woman

Eat Drink Man Woman
This one hit theaters in 1994. It focuses on the dinner table of a widowed, masterful Chinese chef and his three grown daughters in Taipai. Each great Sunday meals brings a fresh clash between the modern, independent daughters and their traditional father.

8. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The original from 1971, not the updated version with Johnny Depp.

9. Spinning Plates

Spinning Plates
This documentary chronicles the lives of three unique chefs, each one serving very different in their own unique way.

10. Sideways

Sideways
What? Wine is a food group, isn't it?!? We can't get enough of the movie that turned Paul Giamatti into a star.

11. Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette
Let's just say there's A LOT of cake at the center of this 2006 drama.

12. Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia
From 2009, this tracks one woman's attempt to cook through Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

13. I Am Love

I Am Love
This movie centers on a Russian woman Emma (Tilda Swinton) who marries into a powerful Milanese family. She's unhappy, though, until Antonio comes around; he's a talented chef who rewakens her passion for life and, of course, food.

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