8 Best Cooking and Restaurant Movies

By Vlad Zakh · November 19, 2027

Comedy feel good

Food films turn the kitchen into a stage for ambition, artistry, and obsession, proving that great cooking makes for irresistible drama.

The Menu (2022) 01

The Menu (2022)

IMDb ★ 7.2

Guests at an exclusive culinary experience discover their eccentric chef has a sinister plan for the evening.

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) 02

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A widowed master chef's elaborate weekly family dinners reveal the quiet turmoil in his three daughters' lives.

Burnt (2015) 03

Burnt (2015)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A disgraced celebrity chef attempts a career comeback while battling his own self-destructive tendencies.

Chef (2014) 04

Chef (2014)

IMDb ★ 7.3

A chef who quits his high-pressure restaurant job finds fulfillment running a food truck with his son.

Julie & Julia (2009) 05

Julie & Julia (2009)

IMDb ★ 7.0

A modern blogger's year cooking through Julia Child's cookbook is intercut with Child's own culinary beginnings.

Ratatouille (2007) 06

Ratatouille (2007)

IMDb ★ 8.0

A rat with a gift for cooking secretly helps a hapless kitchen worker become a celebrated Parisian chef.

Big Night (1996) 07

Big Night (1996)

IMDb ★ 7.4

Two immigrant brothers stake their struggling restaurant's survival on one make-or-break dinner.

Babette's Feast (1987) 08

Babette's Feast (1987)

IMDb ★ 7.9

A refugee chef spends her entire lottery winnings preparing one extraordinary feast for her austere hosts.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.