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Plot Summary:
Wataru, his woman Kotoe and daughter Shiori are ranchers and dairy farmers in Hokkaido in northern Japan. He is following in his father's footsteps. A visiting chef cooks an unforgettable meal with his ingredients, which prompts the family to open their own restaurant and reproduce the magic.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
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Same Old, Same Old (2016)
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Focusing on the lives (and a few deaths) of three filmmakers, Rikiya Imaizumi (Their Distance, Sad Tea) tackles weighty themes in this new ensemble drama set in Tokyo and Fukushima. Director Kajiwara, struggling to earn a living from film, gets an offer to do a music video. But it doesn’t go well and he finds himself in an unexpected situation. Actress Aoba witnesses her filmmaker boyfriend's suicide and decides to hide his body. Gardener Taro plans to close the family business he inherits from his father, but receives a phone call one night from the self-declared girlfriend of his estranged twin, Jiro.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min
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Hello, Goodbye (2016)
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Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to helping an elderly woman, they're forced to interact, confronting their differences and similarities as well as their deepest secrets.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
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Karaage USA (2014)
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Ayane is the daughter of a karaage (fried food) store owner, but she never liked karaage. Eventually, she left home, only to return 5 years later. Her family lives in the city of Usa in Oita Prefecture, Japan. She brings with her a young girl named Shirley, who is her step-daughter from her ex-husband.
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Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
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Ramen Kuitee! (2018)
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A suicidal high school student, a ramen shop owner closing shop after the passing of his wife, and a cuisine researcher stranded in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region get connected due to a bowl of ramen.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
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What's for Dinner, Mom? (2016)
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Two sisters Tae and Yo come back to their old house which is soon to be torn down. Clearing up the family mementos, Tae finds a red box full of recipes and letters written by their mother who died 20 years ago. In these recipes and letters, she finds out how her mother had struggled in her life due to relocation from Japan to Taiwan, the death of her Taiwanese husband, and a battle with cancer. Tae travels to Taiwan to trace her mother's past, reminiscing about the dishes she made for the family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, culinary
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Rescue Dogs (2016)
Plot Summary:
Tracy and his rescue dog Charger have to foil the plans of an Evil Businessman who wants to knock over their beach restaurant in order to build his golf course. With help from his brother, Tracy tries to meet the bills, manage the kitchen (where Charger helps cook!) and still find time to fall in love with the beautiful dancer, Bridgette. Through a comedy of errors and mishaps, the humans find they themselves can be rescued by their very own rescue animals.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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The Wing or Thigh? (1976)
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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!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, anthology, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, not serious, disgusting, cult film
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Guy's Ranch Kitchen (2017)
Plot Summary:
Guy Fieri invites some of his heavy-hitter chef friends over for a spontaneous cook-off, where everyone comes up with big flavors and tasty dishes that can be made in anyone's kitchen.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: culinary, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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Giada at Home (2008)
Plot Summary:
Giada De Laurentiis lets her hair down as she demonstrates her love for cooking and entertaining California-style in this disarmingly laid-back show that allows De Laurentiis to venture far afield from her usual Italian culinary fare.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: culinary, feel good, serious, realistic, talky, funny
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The French Chef (1962)
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The French Chef is a television cooking show created and hosted by Julia Child, and produced and broadcast by WGBH, the public television station in Boston, Massachusetts, from February 11, 1963 to 1973. It was one of the first cooking shows on American television. The show grew out of some special presentations that Child did based on the book Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which she had co-authored. The French Chef was produced from 1963 to 1973 by WGBH for National Educational Television. Reruns continued on PBS until 1989, and currently air on Cooking Channel as of 2010.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Documentary, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro
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Sisters of the Groom (2017)
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When Sarah needs to impress a corporate bigwig in order to help her sister's catering business, she finds herself agreeing to be his son’s pretend date to a family wedding.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 928
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Brie's Bake Off Challenge (2022)
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Brie Hayes is an aspiring baker who wishes to win her school's Spring Bake Off Challenge. Troubles ensue when Brie's confidence reaches an ultimate low and her "arch nemesis", Vanessa, does everything she can to slim Brie's chances of winning. Brie's family and her best friend Millie must help her gain perspective and practice to win. Stakes are high as these pre-teens compete for the grand prize of $5,000 and for four Cosmo Land tickets. This is the ultimate baking movie for children and adults who love watching cooking and baking shows.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
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The Cookie Mobster (2014)
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A young mob member goes into the Witness Protection Program and settles into a quiet suburban village, where he falls for a local woman and gets involved with cookie-making fund-raising for her daughter's scout troop while dodging his former associates who have tracked him down.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Talia in the Kitchen (2015)
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When 14-year-old Talia visits her grandmother for the summer and starts spending time in her family's restaurant, she discovers she's got a gift. With the help of her special "salt and pepper sense" and her late father's magical spices, Talia can whip up some truly life changing cuisine and cook just what each customer needs. She's making magic in the kitchen.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration:
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Giada in Italy (2015)
Plot Summary:
Giada De Laurentiis returns to the land of her birth for an extended stay, spending time with friends and family and revisiting flavors that have inspired her life's work.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, culinary, realistic, talky
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Spirit Riders (2015)
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When a rebellious teen is arrested and sentenced to an equine therapy camp, she forms a connection with a spirited thoroughbred that she helps train with the guidance of the ranch's no-nonsense owner.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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A Gift Horse (2015)
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Torn apart by the loss of her mother, young Amanda spends time at a ranch owned by a business tycoon. When his spoiled daughter rejects their new horse, Amanda proves that Misty is a true champion and restores her happiness in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Yakiniku Dragon (2018)
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Set in the 1970's in the Kansai region of Japan.. Yong-Gil is Korean, but he moved to Japan and settled down. He runs a small restaurant named Yakiniku Dragon. He is married and has three daughters: oldest daughter Jung-Hwa, middle daughter Yi-Hwa and youngest daughter Mi-Hwa. Oldest daughter Jung-Hwa is dating Tetsuo, but they break up. Middle daughter Yi-Hwa loves Tetsuo and marries him, but Tetsuo still loves her older sister and they divorce. Youngest daughter Mi-Hwa wants to become a singer, but she is in love with a married man.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, sad
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Hunger (2023)
Plot Summary:
A talented young street-food cook pushes herself to the limit after accepting an invitation to train under an infamous and ruthless chef.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: action thriller, suspenseful
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High Heat (2022)
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When the local mafia shows up to burn down her restaurant, Ana, a chef with a meticulous past, defends her turf and proves her knife skills both in and out of the kitchen.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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Cinnamon (2012)
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Maria is a girl who loves to cook and lives with his grandmother, Doña Tere, in Mexico City's downtown. Doña Tere has a traditional Mexican restaurant called "El Molcajete". After the death of her daughter, Doña Tere abandoned his passion for cooking and stopped working in "El Molcajete", now operating under the direction of chef Rosi. Maria does everything possible to bring her grandmother back to the restaurant, while chef Rosi cooks dishes according to new trends in fusion cuisine which highlights the light food, but Maria and Doña Tere won't accept the traditional flavors and cooking secrets to be forgotten. The cuisine battle between Tere and chef Rosi is an epic fight not only between long-stablished mexican food and light food, but also a struggle of family bonds, friendship, cooking secrets, flavour’s passion and more than two hundred ingredients that are needed in order to prepare Mole, a traditional mexican sauce.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Grand Maison Tokyo (2019)
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Natsuki Obana (Takuya Kimura) is a chef, specializing in French cuisine. He runs a restaurant in Paris that has earned 2 stars from Michelin Guide. Natsuki Obana is confident, but he suffers from pressure trying to attain 3 stars. An unexpected case takes place. Due to that, he loses his restaurant and colleagues. Under a very difficult situation, he meets female chef Rinko Hayami (Kyoka Suzuki). They decide to start a restaurant together and struggle to make the restaurant 3 stars.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Family
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Final Recipe (2013)
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Hao's Singaporean restaurant is in danger of going out of business. Hao's grandson, Mark, secretly travels to Shanghai to attend a cooking competition despite his grandfather's wishes for him to become an engineer. Mark takes the place of a contestant who did not show up and must now impress the host, Julia Lee, and her chef husband, David Chen. Chen, who is originally from Singapore and misses his family, eventually learns he is Mark's father.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea, Thailand, Singapore
Duration: 97 min
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Recipe for Disaster (2003)
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Rebecca Korda and her two brothers, Sam and Max, are left alone on opening night of their family-owned restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Waffles + Mochi (2021)
Plot Summary:
Curious puppet pals Waffles and Mochi travel the world exploring the wonders of food and culture while learning how to cook with fresh ingredients.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: educational, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, smart, clever
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A Horse Tale (2015)
Plot Summary:
Uptight city accountant Michael Thompson is hired to help a family save their stable before the bank shuts them down. Michael reluctantly agrees, but as he searches for ways to save a family's legacy, he finds something he never expected.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Lost Stallions: The Journey Home (2008)
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After the death of his father, troubled teen Jake (Alex Hugh) travels with his mother to Harmony Ranch, a special retreat for families dealing with problems. There, Jake gets to know Troubadour, a young distressed stallion. Ranch owner Chief (Mickey Rooney), works to calm the uneasy horse. Jake witnesses Chief's determination with the stallion, and begins to see the wisdom in the old man life. When Troubadour runs away, Jake makes it his mission to bring the lost stallion home. The ranch hand Grey Wolf (Roger Willie) explains to Jake the Native American legend of Heaven's Pathway, a mountain that towers over Harmony Ranch, said to be a place where wounded souls go to find peace. With this knowledge, Jake sets out with his new friends Nicki (Rachael Handy) and Isaac (Evan Tilson Stroud), two other troubled teens, on a journey to the top of Heaven's Pathway in search of Troubadour.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Flicka 2 (2010)
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Carrie is a big-city teenager whose life is turned upside down when she moves to a horse ranch in Wyoming to live with her father. But everything changes when Carrie meets Flicka, a wild, jet-black mustang who's just as free-spirited and strong-willed as Carrie. The two form a special bond and Carrie opens her heart to her father and a handsome, local boy, but when a jealous rival puts Flicka's life in jeopardy, Carrie must do whatever it takes to save her best friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, feel good, semi serious, independent film
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East Side Sushi (2014)
Plot Summary:
Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her passions for food and life and makes her hungry to get mixed up in the flavors of this new world.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, culinary, intercultural, inter cultural
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Umami (2022)
Plot Summary:
Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 105 min
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