Movies about the kitchen

Movies about the kitchen
List of the best movies about the kitchen, selected by visitors to our site: Haute Cuisine, Love Sarah, I Am Losing Weight, Burnt, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Abe, A Chef in Love, Kitchen in Paris, Chef, Julie & Julia.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, biography
CountryFrance
Duration01:35
CharactersCooks
PlaceKitchen

The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
CharactersCooks
PlotFriendship, Fidelity

A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy
CountryRussia
Duration02:13
CharactersFriends
PlotLove, Relationship, Love triangle, Bulimia
PlaceRussia
StyleLight

There's two great loves in Anya's life, her athlete boyfriend Zhenya and food. Zhenya is not happy how Anya has been gaining weight due to her eating habits and decides to dump her. But Anya doesn't want to give up and decides to get rid of excess weight with the help of Nikolai, an overweight man obsessed with the healthy living.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:05
CharactersGay, Cooks, Alcoholics
PlotLove, Revenge, Obsession, Drug addict, Birthday
PlacePrison, Paris, England, France, Kitchen
StyleExciting, Inspirational

Adam 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.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, India, United Arab Emirates
Duration02:02
CharactersCooks, Family
PlotRivalry
PlaceVillage, France, Kitchen, India, Small cities
StyleTo cry, Cute, Soulful, Touching, Serious

A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA, Brazil
CharactersTeens, Family
PlaceNew York
StyleLight, Cute, Inspirational, Touching

The Israeli-Jewish side of his family calls him Avram. The Palestinian-Muslim side Ibrahim. His first-generation American agnostic lawyer parents call him Abraham. But the 12-year-old kid from Brooklyn who loves food and cooking, prefers, well, Abe. Just Abe.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance, Georgia, Ukraine, Belgium, Russia, Germany
CharactersCooks
PlotTravel, Revolution
PlaceKitchen, Caucasus, Georgia
StyleRomantic, Atmospheric

The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s. All is well until the arrival of the Red Army of the Caucasus, as the Soviet revolution that has swept Russian comes to Georgia. Told as a flashback from the present, as a French-Georgian man whose mother was Pascal's lover translates his memoirs for Pascal's niece.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy
CountryRussia
Duration01:46
CharactersCooks, Cooks, Waiters
PlotLove, Friendship
PlaceParis, Kitchen
StyleLight, To cry, Touching

The employees of the famous Russian "Claude Monet" restaurant are forced to move their business to Paris.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:54
CharactersCooks, Parents
PlotTravel, Social Media, Internet, Divorce
PlaceKitchen, Los Angeles
StyleLight, To cry, Touching, Beautiful landscapes

When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.

Markimdb: 7
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:03
CharactersCooks, Family, Writers
PlotOn real events, Obsession
PlaceAircraft, Paris, France, Kitchen, New York
TimeWorld War II
StyleLight, To cry, Cute, Inspirational

Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryDenmark, Sweden
CharactersCooks
PlotLove
PlaceKitchen
StyleRomantic, Touching, Serious

Maggie and Carsten love each other, they have two wonderful children and run their own gourmet restaurant; Malus. They want it all. And they have it all. Almost. They are missing the coveted Michelin Star. It has been their dream, on which they gambled everything to win. One day Carsten receives a letter saying that his wife loves somebody else. But who sent the letter and why? In their continuous passion and pursuit for the ultimate recognition, they forget that the meals of life are best enjoyed together.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryGermany, France, Italy
Duration01:39
CharactersCooks, Losers
PlotTravel, Loneliness, Debts
PlaceKitchen, Germany

SOUL KITCHEN film centers on a likable but hopelessly disorganized restauranteur, Zinos, whose cafe is second home to a motley crew of lovable eccentrics. When his girlfriend Nadine up and moves to Shanghai, a love-sick Zinos decides to fly after her, leaving his restaurant in the hands of his unreliable ex-con brother Illias. Both decisions turn out disastrous: Illias gambles away the restaurant to a shady real estate agent, and Zinos finds Nadine with a new lover. If the brothers can stop arguing and get it together, the Soul Kitchen might still have one last chance at staying in business. The mayhem that follows is a hilariously entertaining story of self-realization, set to an irresistibly soulful soundtrack.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryFrance
Duration01:22
CharactersCooks, Heroes, Losers, Pianists
PlotAbduction, Chase, False accusations
PlaceParis, France, Kitchen, Helicopters
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Action

A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime (Louis de Funès), is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryGermany, Italy, Austria, Luxembourg
Duration01:49
CharactersCooks
PlotLove
PlaceItaly, Kitchen, Germany
StyleTo cry, Touching

Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Martha has no time for anything - or anyone - else. But Martha's solitary life is shaken when a fateful accident brings her sister's eight-year-old daughter, Lina, to her doorstep.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:40
CharactersCooks, Family, Single mothers
PlotLove
PlaceKitchen, New York
StyleTo cry, Cute

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:01
CharactersCooks, Single mothers
PlotMoving
PlaceKitchen, Small cities

A fable of emotional liberation and chocolate. A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of Boat Gypsies float down the river the prejudices of the Mayor leads to a crisis.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:29
CharactersCooks
PlaceEngland, Kitchen, Helicopters
StyleTo cry, Touching

Rob Haley (Dougray Scott), an up-and-coming chef and restaurateur in London, is grief-stricken when he loses his wife. With encouragement from his infamous friend and real life TV Chef Gordon Ramsay, Rob decides to spice up his life by turning a run-down country pub into a gourmet restaurant. His food catches the eye - and taste buds - of beautiful American food critic Kate Templeton (Claire Forlani) and they soon both write a recipe for love that leaves both their hearts - and their stomachs - in full.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryMexico
Duration01:53
CharactersCooks
PlotWedding
PlaceKitchen, Mexico
StyleTouching

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:30
CharactersCooks, Teens, Maids
PlotOn real events, Rivalry
PlaceEngland
StyleTo cry, Soulful, Touching

An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and addiction to all things canned does not help.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:49
CharactersCooks
PlotPassion, Mental disorders
PlaceJapan, Kitchen

Primo & Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genreadventure, documentary, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:28
CharactersClimbers
PlotOn real events

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

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Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance, Belgium
CharactersCooks
PlaceKitchen

Charly is the editor in chief of a fashion magazine. When her father dies, she inherits the family business: a butchery. Not exactly her passion in life... She’s about to sell it when Mar- tial, who worked for her father, wants to take it over, but she is having second thoughts. These two opposite characters will have to get used to one another.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:23
CharactersWitch, Kings, Mermaids, Cooks, Family
PlotLove, Adventure, Friendship, First love, Fulfillment of desires
PlaceSea
TimeFuture
StyleLight, Cute, Good

This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, family
CountryFrance
Duration01:44
CharactersCooks, Clowns, Writers
PlotDouble life
PlaceFrance, Kitchen

Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste!

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, family
CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration02:15
CharactersTeachers, Family, Pupils, Surgeons, Poor
PlotFight, Money, Friendship, Computers, Mystery
PlaceSchool, Beach, Hospitals, Summer camp, Lake
TimeHalloween
StyleAction, Light, Inspirational, Soulful, By books

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:12
CharactersDogs, Losers
PlotLove, Travel, Friendship, Snow
PlaceVillage, Nature
TimeSummer, Winter
StyleRomantic, Soulful, Philosophical, Fascinating, Makes me think

A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:20
CharactersMafia, Gangsters, Gangsters, Police, FBI
PlotDrug addict, Friendship
PlaceCourt, Night Clubs
StyleHeavy, Tense, Epic, Disturbing

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, comedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:22
CharactersJournalists, Friends, Womanizers, Neighbors, Actors
PlotDeath, Birthday
PlaceParty, Kitchen, Cemetery, USA
StyleAction, Fascinating, Black humor

Everyone hates Ward’s wife and wants her dead, Ward (Donald Faison) most of all. But when his friends’ murderous fantasies turn into an (accidental) reality, they have to deal with a whole new set of problems — like how to dispose of the body and still make their 3 p.m. tee time. Scott Foley's directorial debut, also starring Foley, Patrick Wilson, Amy Acker, and Nicolette Sheridan, is a blackly comic caper about helping a friend out of a bad relationship by any means necessary.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:57
CharactersTeens, Lesbians, Gay, Journalists, Photographers
PlotLove, Dancing, Soccer, Chess, Friendship
PlaceParty, Kitchen, Beach
StyleRomantic, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching

High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy
CountryUSA
Duration01:41
CharactersBlonde girls, Friends, Deer
PlotLife, Friendship, Growing up, Family life
PlaceParty, Kitchen, USA, Small cities

The all-star comedy cast from Grown Ups returns (with some exciting new additions) for more summertime laughs. Lenny (Adam Sandler) has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.





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