Movie Moments
Are you a couch potato?
Here's our list of favourite foodie films, with
reviews. Click on the camera icon to see where you
can hire the film from your local library...
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Babette's feast
Director: Gabriel Axel
"A period drama that gorges itself on the lush settings associated with the genre, adding a unique touch of bizarre humour that is all its own."
Bagdad Café
Director: Percy Adlon
"An offbeat study of mis-matched characters who find paradise off the beaten track at the Bagdad Cafe. It's just a greasy spoon and a rusty fuel pump, but for Jasmin, an odd customer with suspicious cleaning habits, and Brenda, the cafe's loud, sloppy and overworked owner, it's a lot more than a rest stop."
Brief encounter
Director: David Lean
"On a cafe at a railway station, housewife Laura Jesson meets doctor Alec Harvey. Although they are already married, they gradually fall in love with each other. They continue to meet every Thursday on the small cafe, although they know that their love is impossible."
Chocolat
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
"A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community."
Delicatessen
Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
"Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who creates cannibalistic meals for his odd tenants."
Fried green tomatoes at the Whistlestop Café
Director: Jon Avnet
"The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce."
Jamon, jamon
Director: Bigas Luna
"In Spanish, the word "jamon" not only means "ham" but also "a dish of a woman""
Like Water For Chocolate
Director: Alfonso Arau
"Wonderful South American film centring around cooking as an outlet for the pent up passions of unrequited love."
Monty Python's the meaning of life
Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
"The comedy team takes a look at life in all its stages in their own uniquely silly way."
Mystic pizza
Director: Donald Petrie
"Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut."
Super size me
Director: Morgan Spurlock
"An irreverent look at obesity in America and one of its sources - fast food corporations."
