Cooking movies "foodie movies"

[Pawporri]

Lest we forget:

The food fight from Animal House !

[sskink]

This, just because Cate Blanchett never looked sexier.

Cate Blanchett - Bandits - YouTube

As for Hannibal, the scene with Ray Liotta eating his own brain is classic. I'm not sure what Lecter was sauteeing with the brain though.

[MystMoonstruck]

I don't recall. Has "Mildred Pierce" been mentioned? I was thinking of all of the cooking and baking going on in that one, particularly those scenes in the restaurant. Joan Crawford and Ann Blythe squaring off is so memorable.

"My mother~a waitress!"

How obscure is this?
The Baker (2007)
IMDb synopsis:
A hitman has second thoughts about his career and seeks refuge from his boss by finding work as a baker in a rural Welsh village.

[northnut]

I like "Soul Food".

[369963]

Love me some Mystic Pizza and lobster...plus Kat.

[northnut]

"Kat's such a good girl. Where the hell did we go wrong with her sister Daisy". Yeah, that's a great film.

[EnricoV]

Not a film, but a television series (it ran only one year) I loved was Pasta. (it's available at Hulu.com or at Netflix)

You guys are too liberal in your foodie movies. They need to be about the love of the making of food, not just eating it. But you've named some good ones - Tortilla Soup, Mostly Martha, Like Water for Chocolate, Chocolat. Whoever said Soylent Green, though, is sick!

A couple of not the greatest films, but okay are:

Woman on Top, with Penelope Cruz
Cooking with Stella, with Lisa Ray

Or how about
The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
which is really out there.

[carlitasway]

I love, love, love Chocolat! I also like Tortilla Soup, Like Water for Chocolate, Woman On Top and Simply Irresistible.

[Mike from back east]

I like FATSO with Dom DeLuise. My fave scene is when he is lambasting his equally fat cousin because "you don't know how to run your plate."

[EnricoV]

Here's a couple more:

Today's Special -- I really liked this one.
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