Food in Film
Food has often been essential to cinema. A catalyst which brings people together, it can be used for dramatic confrontation, as a comic device or even a metaphor for the meaning of life. Preparing, presenting and consuming food can evoke a mood that is sumptuous, homely, seductive, disgusting or just plain funny. Eloquent in conveying complex messages, food is a perfect vehicle for expressing the subtext in drama and comedy and for revealing intricate aspects about class, emotional states or gender. Sometimes, as in the movies "Babette's Feast" and "Tampopo", it is the real star. In this compilation below, we take the high ground and take a wide view of the social and symbolic meaning of food in film..
Right: Scene from Gabriel Axel's triumphant "Babette's Feast".
Mystic Pizza (1988)
6.2/10
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor
The comedy that takes a bite out of the seaside resort of Mystic, Connecticut, home to three young waitresses who decide their futures look as appetis... Read more
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
7.9/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Russell Streiner, Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones
The trailblazing horror masterpiece that brought George Romero into the forefront as a master of the genre. 'Night of the Living Dead' is the tense st... Read more
Night of the Living Dead ( Blu-ray ) (1968)
7.9/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Russell Streiner, Marilyn Eastman
The trailblazing horror masterpiece that brought George Romero into the forefront as a master of the genre. 'Night of the Living Dead' is the tense st... Read more
Pie in the Sky: A Second Helping (1995)
7.6/10
Starring: Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair
Tales of crime and culinary wizardry are interwoven in this drama series about a reluctant detective whose dream of turning restauranteur could be jus... Read more
Pie in the Sky: Series 1 (1994)
7.6/10
Starring: Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair
Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe (Richard Griffiths) dreams of running his own restaurant, but his superiors are reluctant to allow him to retire. Whe... Read more
Pie in the Sky: Series 3 (1996)
5.8/10
Starring: Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair
Henry Crabbe (Richard Griffiths) continues to balance life as a part-time policeman with his duties as a part-time chef. Having opened a restaurant wi... Read more
Ratatouille (2007)
8/10
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Will Arnett, Brian Dennehy, Janeane Garofalo, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm, Voices Of,...
Remy is a scrawny sewer rat with big dreams. He longs to follow in the footsteps of his hero, master chef Auguste Gusteau, whose elegant French resta... Read more
Ratatouille ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
8/10
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Will Arnett, Brian Dennehy, Janeane Garofalo, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm, Voices Of,...
Remy is a scrawny sewer rat with big dreams. He longs to follow in the footsteps of his hero, master chef Auguste Gusteau, whose elegant French restau... Read more
Rice Rhapsody (2004)
6.6/10
Director: Kenneth Bi
Starring: Sylvia Chang, Martin Yan, Melanie Laurent, LePham Tan, Craig Toh, Maggie Q
After being abandoned by her husband years earlier, Jen has raised three boys on her own. Her two eldest sons are gay, and fearing she will have no g... Read more
Rope (1948)
8/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger
One of Hitchcock's most daring experiments in suspense and long takes. Farley Granger and John Dall are the two friends who strangle a classmate for i... Read more