Ranker FilmList RulesVote up the best movies that have chefs preparing food you wish you could eat off the screen.
The films on this list of the best movies about cooking are ranked from best to worst based on your votes. This list features the best cooking movies - featuring some truly envy-inducing kitchens - and is compiled from the best titles on the subject of cooking and cinematic chefs. From kids movies like Ratatouille to Oscar nominees like Chocolat, the movies on this list all deal with cooking in some way. What are the top cooking movies of all time?
This list includes titles that have been top box office hits and many of the films featured on this list have received multiple awards as well. Some of the titles here feature true events and real people that inspired stories these films tell, while others are completely fictional in nature. A variety of genres are also covered, including drama, action, comedy, and romance.
The top cooking movies on this list include Julie and Julia, Babette’s Feast, Like Water for Chocolate, Waitress, No Reservations, Pieces of April, and Tortilla Soup. Vote up the good cooking films below to determine the best cooking movie of all time.
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1,025227Ratatouille
Peter O'Toole, Janeane GarofaloReleased: 2007
Directed by: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
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958233Chef
Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara3
887238Burnt
Bradley Cooper, Sienna MillerReleased: 2015
Directed by: John Wells
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586154The Hundred-Foot Journey
Helen Mirren, Juhi ChawlaReleased: 2014
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
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494133Julie & Julia
Amy Adams, Meryl StreepReleased: 2009
Directed by: Nora Ephron
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361148No Reservations
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Zoë KravitzReleased: 2007
Directed by: Scott Hicks
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235100Chocolat
Johnny Depp, Judi DenchReleased: 2000
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
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16969Fried Green Tomatoes
Kathy Bates, Mary-Louise ParkerReleased: 1991
Directed by: Jon Avnet
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19498The Chef
Jean Reno, Santiago SeguraReleased: 2012
Directed by: Daniel Cohen
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14371Big Night
Liev Schreiber, Isabella RosselliniReleased: 1996
Directed by: Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott
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12059Babette's Feast
Bibi Andersson, Stéphane AudranReleased: 1987
Directed by: Gabriel Axel
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12673Waitress
Keri Russell, Nathan FillionReleased: 2007
Directed by: Adrienne Shelly
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10260Like Water for Chocolate
Marco Leonardi, Yareli ArizmendiReleased: 1992
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
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8559Eat Drink Man Woman
Sylvia Chang, Chien-lien WuReleased: 1994
Directed by: Ang Lee
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7861The Ramen Girl
Brittany Murphy, Gabriel MannReleased: 2008
Directed by: Robert Allan Ackerman
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5645Haute Cuisine
Arly Jover, Jean d'OrmessonReleased: 2012
Directed by: Christian Vincent
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5546Tortilla Soup
Raquel Welch, Constance MarieReleased: 2001
Directed by: Maria Ripoll
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5453Mostly Martha
Ulrich Thomsen, Sergio CastellittoReleased: 2001
Directed by: Sandra Nettelbeck
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4644Today's Special
Naseeruddin Shah, Madhur JaffreyReleased: 2009
Directed by: David Kaplan
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4138The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Helen Mirren, Tim RothReleased: 1989
Directed by: Peter Greenaway
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3936Dandelion
Ken Watanabe, Kōji YakushoReleased: 1985
Directed by: Juzo Itami
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2925The Big Feast
Marcello Mastroianni, Michel PiccoliReleased: 1973
Directed by: Marco Ferreri
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3135Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Jacqueline Bissett, George SegalReleased: 1978
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
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2831The God of Cookery
Stephen Chow, Christy ChungReleased: 1996
Directed by: Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-chi
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2228Cooking with Stella
Shriya Saran, Lisa RayReleased: 2009
Directed by: Dilip Mehta
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