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- DirectorGabriel AxelStarsStéphane AudranBodil KjerBirgitte FederspielDuring the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.
- DirectorMarcos JorgeStarsJoão MiguelFabiula NascimentoBabu SantanaIn the great restaurant of life, there are those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato finds an alternative way, a life of his own: he cooks in order to survive and find a place in society. He arrives in town without a penny in his pockets and starts working as help in a decadent bar, a nasty place, lost amid the urban desert. He sleeps in the storage room on the back, and under a cold neon light learns how to fry "pastel" and "coxinhas", outdoing his "master", Zulmiro, the owner of the bar. Nonato is ignorant, but talented. He knows how to work the kitchen, soon others realize it too. The first one to notice him, is Iria, a prostitute, who doesn't know how to cook but loves to eat and starts an affair with him. Then, Giovanni, the owner of the Boccaccio (an Italian restaurant in the neighborhood), offers Nonato a job as his apprentice. A turn of events results in Nonato spending time in prison. For the prisoners and their boss, the violent Bujiù, Nonato is a savior; in fact soon their meager meals turn to a feast of exotic dishes orchestrated by Nonato's magic. As a consequence of this, Nonato is given the following the nickname, a well suited one indeed: Rosemary.
- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsKirin KikiMasatoshi NagaseKyara UchidaBurdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?
- DirectorRitesh BatraStarsIrrfan KhanNimrat KaurNawazuddin SiddiquiA mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
- DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockDaryl IsaacsChemeeka WalkerWhile examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
- DirectorSam FellRobert StevenhagenStarsMatthew BroderickEmma WatsonDustin HoffmanAn unusually brave mouse helps to restore happiness to a forlorn kingdom after making friends with a gentleman rat.A forbidden soup.
- DirectorDamián SzifronStarsDarío GrandinettiMaría MarullMónica VillaSix short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.The rats' story happens in a diner.
- DirectorBrad BirdJan PinkavaStarsBrad GarrettLou RomanoPatton OswaltA rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceDave AndersonThe Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJuliette BinocheJohnny DeppJudi DenchA French woman and her young daughter open up a chocolate shop in a small remote village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsJohn CleeseTerry GilliamEric IdleThe comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.This comedy film is divided in many sections. One (or two) of them about food.
- DirectorPaul RudishStarsLaurent PasquierMarie-Charlotte LeclaireSybille TureauWhen Minnie's cafe runs out of croissants, Mickey must deliver them to her fast, fighting wild traffic and other obstacles across Paris.
- DirectorAlex De RakoffStarsMark HeapMichael LernerMichael PeñaFollowing a bizarre series of events, Jimmy, a local amateur boxer, finds himself pitted in a match against the world champion.Milk!
- DirectorMarcos MagalhãesA hungry cat runs out of milk, and is convinced to take a certain soda. Will he be another victim of globalization? Does he have salvation?Watch it here: https://vimeo.com/29268179
- DirectorKen LoachStarsDave JohnsHayley SquiresSharon PercyAfter surviving a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight bureaucratic forces to receive Employment and Support Allowance.It is not central in the story, but, besides many meals have been shown, this brilliant movie also highlights what food means when there is poverty.
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsAnika Noni RoseKeith DavidOprah WinfreyA waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.Sal's Pizzeria.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsJonathan HazeJackie JosephMel WellesA clumsy young man working at an impoverished flower shop discovers that the strange plant he has been nurturing has an insatiable appetite for blood, forcing him to kill to feed it.A family eat medicine, a man eats flowers, a plant eats people.
- DirectorEnzo BarboniStarsTerence HillBud SpencerSteffen ZachariasA lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major, a Mexican bandit, and their henchmen.Gluttony in old West.
- DirectorIrene Lilienheim AngelicoThe Cola Conquest tells the story of Coca-Cola - the 'sublimated essence' of all that American stands for - and the century-long competition with its rival, Pepsi-Cola. Challenging, fast-paced, irreverent, serious and funny by turns, it explores the delicious paradox at the heart of Coke: How did an innocuous soft drink come to wield such enormous power and assume such significance in so many people's lives? What does it tell us about who we are and what we are becoming?Not about food but about beverage.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.Not a central issue, but more than once food is important in this short film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEXjjogVM3E - DirectorWes AndersonStarsBryan CranstonKoyu RankinEdward NortonSet in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.Not the main issue, but an important one.
- StarsAngeliGrace GianoukasAlessandra NegriniANGELI THE KILLER is an animated series loosely inspired in the works and personality of the Brazilian cartoonist, Angeli, creator of the seminal magazine "Chiclete com Banana" and characters as the bohemian junkie Rê Bordosa, the punk Bob Spit, among others. The series was born from the short film "The Re Bordosa Dossier" , which won over 70 awards in international film festivals since its release in 2008. The series is constructed by meshing a documentary structure, which begins with interviews with Angeli, and free adaptations of his characters and comics. This universe, which only existed in paper and daily stripes, was then translated to stop motion animation, using the audio, the mise en scene and the spontaneity that a documentary allows. With an urban thematic, criticizing Brazilian habits and day-to-day life (something quite common in Angeli's oeuvre), each episode had a specific theme that was the motto for its development. This interview with Angeli was the spine for building humor sketches with the cartoonist as an animated puppet; fictional scenes with his characters; and animated sketches conducted by a couple of narrators that unite the episodes and give the series its tone.
- DirectorVictor di MelloStarsDilma LóesCarlo MossyVera FischerA couple do everything in order to stay together, against their families' wish.
- DirectorSandra NettelbeckStarsMartina GedeckMaxime FoersteSergio CastellittoWhen a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn 8-year-old niece, the tensions between them mount... until an Italian sous-chef arrives to lighten the mood.
- DirectorAndrew BergmanStarsMarlon BrandoMatthew BroderickBruno KirbyAn N.Y.C. film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.Gourmet club.
- DirectorDavid SorenStarsRyan ReynoldsPaul GiamattiMaya RudolphA freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.Tacos.
- DirectorAle McHaddoStarsArianne BroginiSofia KreutzJosé Mojica MarinsA lasagna is left in a defective fridge, and the toxic gases together with the low temperature causes a mutation, turning it into a furious monster, whose only objective is to kill the people who had made it.http://portacurtas.org.br/filme/?name=a_lasanha_assassina
- DirectorCarlos GerbaseStarsJúlio AndradeNilsson AspCarla CassapoSissi, the young daughter of an unemployed widower, struggles to support her family, while dreams of sharing an apartment with her boyfriend, a soccer player. Martina, who has a more stable financial situation, struggles to be desired again by her adman husband, or by whoever is around. Giane has already changed her life, and can influence Sissi's future. According to Professor Valadares, these three women are only trying to satiate their most basic appetites: Food, Sex, and Fasma.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppFreddie HighmoreDavid KellyCharlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.
- DirectorNora EphronStarsAmy AdamsMeryl StreepChris MessinaJulia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.
- DirectorScott HicksStarsCatherine Zeta-JonesAaron EckhartAbigail BreslinThe life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.
- DirectorAlê CamargoA starving calango decides that a cricket will be his next meal - but things will not be as simple as he imagines.
- DirectorDomee ShiStarsSindy LauKai LiSharmaine YeohA Chinese-Canadian woman suffering from empty nest syndrome gets a second shot at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings comes alive.
- DirectorMaite AlberdiStarsRita GuzmánAndrés MartínezAna RodriguezA group of friends with Down Syndrome have been attending the same school for 40 years, they have passed all the courses, all the teachers and, even their parents who were with them, are now gone. They must now fight to get a better job, to make money like any other person, to learn to take care of themselves and to make it to their 50's. No one looks at them as children. They will do everything to prevent anyone from interfering with their adult dreams.
- DirectorDavid KerrStarsRowan AtkinsonBen MillerOlga KurylenkoAfter a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all of the active undercover agents in Britain, Johnny English is forced to come out of retirement to find the mastermind hacker.
- DirectorDziga VertovThe first animated movie in the Soviet Union. A bloated caricature of a Capitalist devouring a massive heap of food and drink.
- DirectorAaron SpringerStarsChris DiamantopoulosRussi TaylorBetty WhiteMickey buys Minnie a hot dog, but it leads him on a merry chase through New York's Central Park.
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsMax FleischerThe Inkwell Clown watches Max handle the payroll and wants to be paid like everybody else. Later, the cameraman Clown captures a burglary on film and helps Max catch the culprit.
- DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsMarco LeonardiLumi CavazosRegina TornéWhen tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.
- DirectorUgo GiorgettiA source of inspiration for the cinematography of Ugo Giorgetti, São Paulo is once again the backdrop to this documentary in which the theme is the specialty of the city's culinary.
- DirectorGabriela AmaralStarsMurilo BenícioLuciana PaesIrandhir SantosThe tense survival tale is set over several late-night hours in a sparsely-peopled Brazilian restaurant. When an armed robbery interrupts an already-terse dynamic between boss and customer, a group of virtual strangers are tossed into a frantic fight for their lives.
- DirectorDaniela ThomasStarsRodrigo BolzanCaco CioclerGeorgette FadelEnd of the 80's, Brazil. Despite returning to democracy, the country is still experiencing extreme political instability and general uncertainty. Amid this climate of mistrust, a journalist discovers rotten secrets about the country's president, who will further threaten the fragile balance of the nation.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsÁtila IórioMaria RibeiroOrlando MacedoA poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place to live, with food and work. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes.
- DirectorSuzana AmaralStarsMarcelia CartaxoJosé DumontTamara TaxmanMacabea has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time she listens to time Radio Station; on Sundays she likes to ride the subways. She describes herself saying, "I am a typist and a virgin, and I like Coca-Cola." Then she meets Olimpico, a north-easterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a Congressman.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsA cook has his hands full with three mischievous devils, who pop in and out of his kitchen.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsTo replenish their depleted supply of cheese, inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit travel to the moon in a homemade rocket-ship.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsLudvík SvábBedrich GlaserJan KrausExamines the human relationship with food by showing breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- DirectorRodrigo HinrichsenLúcia MuratIn 1999 Lucia Murat wrote, produced and directed the feature film "Brave New Land" where the Kadiwéu people - native Brazilian Indians who live in the West of Brazil - were characters. "The Nation That Didn't Wait For God" is a documentary shot in 2013/2014 about this same tribe, by the same director, co-directed by Rodrigo Hinrichsen, the assistant director of "Brave New Land". Throughout these 15 years, electricity has arrived to the reservation and with it so did television, soap operas, etc. Five protestant churches were settled in their village, and all of them have Kadiwéu pastors. But in keeping with their warrior tradition, they have gone back to fighting for their land that the white cattle breeder men have invaded. This documentary shows us the different paths that the Kadiwéu tribe has taken.
- DirectorJoe EckardtStarsFrankie MunizDallas PageAmber BoryckiA pizza delivery boy receives superhuman strength upon ingesting a genetically altered tomato. He must battle a corporation that is trying to steal his powers in order to save both the world and the girl of his dreams.
- DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsAlexandra BorbélyGéza MorcsányiRéka TenkiWhen slaughterhouse workers Endre and Mária discover they share the same dreams, where they meet in a forest as deer and fall in love, they decide to make their dreams come true, but it's difficult in real life.
- DirectorMaurice CapovillaStarsJosé Mojica MarinsMaurício do ValleJulia MirandaThe story of a fakir who works in a decadent circus. He and his colleagues do weirder numbers each day to attract audience, and warrant their survival. The numbers resemble a horror-show and they get marginalized. Through fable and allegory, reality turns stronger and stronger, and more absurd.
- DirectorAngelo DefantiStarsSonia BragaAugusto MadeiraPaulo MiklosThis film is an adaptation of the short story "Feijoada Completa" by Luis Fernando Verissimo, in turn inspired by the homonymous Chico Buarque' song.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterStarsJack BrawnThe fiend faces the spectacular mind-bending consequences of his free-wheeling rarebit binge.
- DirectorEzequiel RaduskyStarsLiliana JuárezRosario BléfariVerónica PerrottaLila and Marcela have always worked on the cleaning staff of a state office. They know its nooks and crannies better than anyone, and have found a way to support themselves - and a dream - running a clandestine kitchen in an abandoned corner of the building. But times change: a new director arrives, spouting cynical speeches full of clichés with a fistful of empty promises. The kitchen is closed and a wave of redundancies disrupts the precarious equilibrium in the office, making everyday tasks a struggle for survival.
- DirectorJames WilliamsonStarsSam DaltonA man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDFHkHZD-i8
- DirectorJohn WellsStarsBradley CooperSienna MillerDaniel BrühlAdam 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.
- DirectorLuís Alberto PereiraStarsJackson AntunesMarianna ArmelliniPaulo BettiQuinzinho (Matheus Nachtergaele) has a promise to keep: take his child, Neco (Vinicius Miranda), to the city to watch a Mazzaropi's movie. They live in a small farm in São Paulo. In this odyssey by the city of São Paulo, he also leads his wife Zulmira (Gorete Miracles), which part unwillingly, and the donkey Policarpo. On the journey, they find regional peculiarities and undergo magical situations, related to popular belief.
- DirectorAntônio CalmonStarsNey SantannaMaria Lúcia DahlPaulo VillaçaTadeu, a poor lad from the Northeast of Brazil, comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. His good looks and education win him the favor of rich people. In his spare time, he becomes the favorite among lonely and rich ladies. Soon he gets involved in trouble.
- DirectorMarit Moum AuneRasmus A. SivertsenStarsKyrre Haugen SydnessSiri SkjeggedalLeonard Valestrand EikeTwo young pirates on the search for a lost brother, a vampire with heavy sunburns, a shape shifting queen and a raging ape army. Captain Sabertooth will face plenty of challenges when he sets out to find a lost magic diamond.
- DirectorÉric LartigauStarsKarin ViardFrançois DamiensEric ElmosninoA girl, who lives with her deaf parents, discovers that she has the gift of singing.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsPeter BillingsleyMelinda DillonDarren McGavinIn the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
- DirectorRuy GuerraStarsÁtila IórioNelson XavierMaria GladysIn an extremely poor region in the Northeast of Brazil, a group of soldiers try to stop the population from sacking a food deposit.
- DirectorUte von Münchow-PohlStarsJella HaaseLouis HofmannLeon SeidelThe legendary Elfkins (Heinzelmännchen) of Cologne were gnomes secretly helping craftsmen at night until they were ousted by a tailor's malevolent wife 200 years ago. This is the story of their return.
- DirectorVivian NaefeStarsHannah HerzsprungFlorian StetterMarie BäumerAfter the death of their grandmother, a family in Northern Germany meets again at the inherited real estate. The family saga sheds light on their past; beautiful and harsh memories. Adaptation of the 2008 book of the same name.
- DirectorNicole Lucas HaimesStarsJoey ChestnutTakeru KobayashiGeorge SheaTwo competitors address their years-long rivalry on their sport's biggest stage: the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsBrigitte LinTakeshi KaneshiroTony Leung Chiu-waiTwo melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonJack KinneyStarsRoy RogersTriggerDennis DayAn anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.
- DirectorGlenda NicácioAry RosaStarsValdinéia SorianoAline BrunneBabu SantanaFive friends drink beer and chat at Violeta's house. Bit by bit, their stories of love, loss and suffering are told, revealing the acts of love and friendship that helped them through the hardest times of their lives.
- DirectorMichael EnglerStarsStephen Campbell MooreMichael FoxLesley Nicol1927. The Crawleys prepare to host King George V and Queen Mary at Downton Abbey.
- DirectorVladimir CarvalhoStarsPaulo PontesEchio ReisDocumentary about a region in Northeast Brazil, situated in an area subject to severe drought, and the evolution of its economic activities.
- DirectorGuto ParenteStarsTavinho TeixeiraAna Luiza RiosPedro DominguesOtavio and Gilda's elite life falls in danger when Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman, and the Club's leader.
- DirectorCininha de PaulaStarsThalita CarautaVivi AssisLatinoA poor working mother wishes to have a copy of herself to help her in life; when her unlikely wish is fulfilled, loud confusions are ensued to happen.
- DirectorNina GantzStarsNeil SalvageToby JonesAmanda LawrenceIn the 1980s, Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton starred in the children's television program Wander to Wonder. They are left alone in the studio after the show's originator passed away.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsVicky KriepsDaniel Day-LewisLesley ManvilleSet in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.