25 movies about food that are actually delicious

What happens when a bunch of Italians gathers for dinner? They eat, dance, laugh, and sing. Stanley Tucci's film about two brothers putting together a restaurant has all the ingredients of a great family dinner, Italian-style. 

What happens when a bunch of Swedes gathers for dinner? Let's just say it's a little different than the Italian dinner. The people at the center of this movie are closer to the folks in Midsommar than those in Big Night. 

A bunch of people gathers on an island for a Michelin-star feast, only to find more on the menu than they asked for. A chef by the name of Julian has more on his mind than caviar — there's a reason the guests are all elites — and he's not afraid to take the term "eat the rich" to new extremes. 

The Lunchbox is a romance between two people who communicate over food. One does the cooking; the other does the eating and cleaning. It's the story of a man and a woman who can't speak with words, so they speak with rice. 

Meryl Streep plays Julia Child. That's it. That's all you need to know. The rest of this movie can't live up to Streep's performance, but then again, can anything? 

Tampopo does for movies what Dave Chang does for food. It takes a dish we've seen a thousand times and elevates it into a Michelin-star feast. By taking ingredients from a number of genres (comedy, Western, satire), Tampopo offers a new take on something that's been around for ages. 

An entire documentary about sushi? Enough said.

Two restaurants in France start a rivalry, and it only gets more heated as time goes on.

Jon Favreau writes and directs this movie about a chef who opens a food truck after his restaurant gets canned. Along with his son, he finds there's more to life than cooking and more to cooking than ingredients. There's a lot of experience that goes into a great restaurant, which he must learn to finally make the perfect dish. 

OK, so this one is a little overcooked. There's more drama than necessary and more heat than the movie requires. Still, there's plenty to enjoy in this story about a chef (who happens to be Bradley Cooper) learning to put his family over food.  

Anyone who loves garlic (also known as anyone with taste) will find their mouths watering during this 1980s documentary. Following a group of women who love garlic, Ten Mothers takes us on a deep dive into one of the best veggies out there. It's a history lesson on the plant and how it became an item in many homes. In other words, it's a movie you need to watch on a full stomach. 

Everything you need to know is in the title: There's a wedding, and there's a bunch of Greek people at that wedding. That the movie goes deeper than the title is a testament to the script, which sees a Greek woman and a Turkish man sort out their differences. Over a year, they learn to love each other despite their diversity in taste.

This one may not be a food movie, but food plays a big part in the story. The scene where a pig eats Chinese food is really something, while the scene where a ghost eats an entire buffet is really something else. Just when you think you've seen it all, Miyazaki comes along with another plate. 

It's the best thing since sliced bread! There's a new food in town, and it's sweeping the nation. We won't spoil the ingredients, but we can say it's finger-lickin' good. 

The Trip is a silly entertainment that sees two friends travel around England, eat food, and do impressions. It's not the most cinematic entry on our list, but it has some of the most charming moments. As the two trade Michael Caine impressions over pasta, you may want to make plans for a dinner adventure of your own. 

No, not the Depp version. We're talking about the original version with Gene Wilder. Set in the 1970s, this movie sees a group of contestants win a trip to Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory, where the chocolate runs on rivers, and the candy grows on trees. It seems like heaven for a while, but things go off the rails in the third act. 

What happens when food becomes a natural disaster? You can check "famine" off the list, but just about everything else happens when pasta starts falling from the sky. 

The movie centers around a group of gangsters who, when they aren't putting bodies in a ditch, are eating some good old-fashioned pasta. In the film's best scene, the boys go to Ma's house for dinner, greeted with plates of spaghetti and meatballs. Served by the bucket, you can practically smell the aromas wafting off the screen. 

Did you know there is a world where truffle hunting is competitive? There certainly is, and that's the world Truffle Hunters aims to depict. As the camera follows these hunters through the forests of Piedmont, you get a glimpse into a life not many people know about. 

Welcome to the strangest movie you've never heard of. Nicolas Cage stars as a chef who has sequestered himself in the woods after a family tragedy. When a group of gangsters steals his pig, he goes after them in a  John Wick-style rampage. Only the action is non-existent, and the dread lingers like a fog, leaving everyone misty-eyed as they fight for what they believe in. 

In Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, all of the best moments happen over bites of food. There's a memorable scene with toast, which may be what the movie is best known for. And there's a scene with mushrooms, which may make this one of Anderson's classics. 

Many of our family memories happen over the dinner table. When Billi returns to China, she reconnects with her grandma over the meals they share. Not every day do you see a plate of sushi served with a side of tears. 

Have you ever tried Oreos with peanut butter? If you have, that's probably because of the sisters in The Parent Trap . In this Nancy Meyers remake starring Lindsay Lohan, twins find out they're related through the power of food. 

This movie made the audience cry so loudly that when the main feature began to play, you could barely hear the dialogue. Pixar's short was shown before a couple of movies, and no one walked away remembering the one they had paid for. The story of a mom and her "bao son" is the definition of a tearjerker.  

This list would not be complete without Pixar's classic, Ratatouille. The film is all about the art of cooking, the pleasure of food, and the pleasure of following your dreams. It's hard to think of a better food movie, so we're serving it as the last course on our menu — the dessert option for those who want to end on something savory.