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Plot Summary:
A cook from Sri Lanke in Switzerland gets involved in international arms trading.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 106 min
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Love Me, If You Can (2003)
Plot Summary:
A young girl returns to visit her childhood home in Taipei to see her female cousin, whom she has been secretly in love with since she was very young.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 95 min
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Partly Sunny (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two young guys in a bar hit on the woman they fancy by sending one of them over who tells her that the other one is terminally ill.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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From Scratch (2022)
Plot Summary:
An artist finds romance with a chef in Italy and embarks on a life-changing journey of love, loss, resilience and hope across cultures and continents.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 422 min
Plot tags: touching, cute
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Saying Yes to Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
A magical Christmas wish makes a career-obsessed June say yes to every invitation while she's home for the holidays. But when an old flame, Blake, joins her hectic schedule of Christmas activities, past feelings are reignited. June must choose between saying yes to her career and life in the city or to her heart in her hometown.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
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A Rising Tide (2015)
Plot Summary:
An inspirational story of redemption, Hell of a View tells the tale of a young chef, Sam Rama. After the destruction of his family's well-established Atlantic City restaurant during Hurricane Sandy, Sam must grow up quickly, taking the biggest risks of his life, both in business and love. When Sam comes to the aid of a wealthy patron and then falls for the newly separated Sarah Bell, a chain of unexpected events unfolds for all of them, as they discover the only way to achieve their dreams may be to acknowledge what they owe to others, and realize that the greatest investments take more than cash.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: motivational, touching, suspense, disaster movie
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Gourmet (2008)
Plot Summary:
Gourmet is a 2008 South Korean television series starring Kim Rae-won and Nam Sang-mi. It aired on SBS from June 18 to September 9, 2008 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. It was adapted from the popular manhwa of the same title by Huh Young-man, which was first serialized in newspapers in 2002. The TV series explores the theme of cooking through the rivalry between two hansik chefs, as one of them travels around the nation looking for the best ingredients and recipes.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: romantic drama
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The Naked Kitchen (2009)
Plot Summary:
Today is Mo-rae and Sang-in’s one-year wedding anniversary. After a busy morning preparing for the celebration, Mo-rae goes to an art gallery to find a gift for Sang-in. At the gallery, she meets a complete stranger and the two unexpectedly have sex. Mo-rae returns home feeling anxious and guilty about the incident and cannot help but confess it to Sang-in. That night, a visitor arrives at their house; Du-rae, who came from Paris to help Sang-in with his new business. To Mo-rae’s shock, he is the man from the gallery. He temporarily lives with the couple in their house and a risky love triangle begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, semi serious, realistic, romantic comedy
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Open Tables (2015)
Plot Summary:
Within the walls of the trendiest restaurants, behind the closed doors of private dinner parties, and on the banks of the Seine in Paris, Open Tables, uses the the exploding foodie scene as the backdrop for intertwining stories of true love, love lost, and the importance of a good main course. Sam and Kate host a group of friends for dinner in hopes that sparks will fly between Kate's younger sister Cassie and their friend Ryan. Joining them at the table is Jon (Desmin Borges from FX's You're the Worst) and Dana, a couple with a seemingly perfect relationship. The first act of OPEN TABLES embraces a world where true love prevails and where even the most complicated of people can find their soul mate, even when - and sometimes because - their circumstances are unique. As the group dines, stories emerge. To impress Cassie, Ryan boasts about his sexual conquests; Jon and Dana tell the tale of betrayal that led to their connection, and Sam and Kate share the story of their friend Hannah,.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags:
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Waiter! (1983)
Plot Summary:
After a life of emotional and professional upsets, Alex finds himself headwaiter in a chic Parisian restaurant. Well into middle age, divorced but still very much a ladies’ man, he has one great ambition: to open an amusement park by the sea. One day, an old flame, Claire, suddenly re-enters his life. For Alex, the fires of love are easily re-kindled, but Claire has another man in her life….
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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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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Master Cheng (2019)
Plot Summary:
Cheng, 45, a restaurant owner from China, has travelled with his young son halfway around the world to a remote village in Finland. His wife died recently in an accident, and Cheng wanted to have a break from everything by traveling with his son to see an old Finnish friend who lives on a farm in the countryside of Finland. It’s the most remote place Cheng can imagine with endless forests, thousands of lakes, a country with entire population of one-fifth of Cheng’s home town, Shanghai.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, China
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces (2016)
Plot Summary:
You don’t need politics to make a political film… Love, pleasure, beauty and food are serious enough.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Final Recipe (2013)
Plot Summary:
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
Plot tags:
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The View From Here (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bay Area Chef, Mark Matheson has everything he ever wanted: A Restaurant of his own, the love of his girlfriend, Gillian and the respect of the culinary community. But in the wake of bad press and personal demons returning to haunt him, Mark struggles to hold onto everything. Before he can be called great, he'll have to learn to be okay, again.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: culinary
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The Mistress of Spices (2005)
Plot Summary:
Tilo, the titular "Mistresses of Spices" is a shopkeeper and an immigrant from India who helps customers satisfy their needs and desires with spices. Her life changes when she falls in love with an American man.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, sexy, culinary, sincere, captivating, serious, crying, intercultural, fable, inter cultural
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Boiling Point (2021)
Plot Summary:
A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, slasher, tension, dark comedy, powerful
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Restaurant (1998)
Plot Summary:
A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise getting into the artistic community.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, contemplative, talky, semi serious, feel good
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The Chef (2005)
Plot Summary:
Året är 1969. Artonårige Martin mönstrar på som andrekock på lastfartyget "Snow Drift", med destination Kapstaden. Det är Martins tredje resa. I fartygets kök härskar förstekocken Peter Stein, här är allting underkastat hans osynliga och brutala regelverk. Martin är lyckligt omedveten om vad som väntar honom och hans kompis, kockeleven Sundsvall.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating
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A Taste of Hunger (2021)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: sexy, emotional, touching, romantic, inspirational, art house, realistic, weird
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What's Cooking? (2000)
Plot Summary:
In LA's Fairfax district, where ethnic groups abound, four households celebrate Thanksgiving amidst family tensions. In the Nguyen family, the children's acculturation and immigrant parents' fears collide. In the Avila family, Isabel's son has invited her estranged husband to their family dinner. Audrey and Ron Williams want to keep their own family's ruptures secret from Ron's visiting mother. In the Seelig household, Herb and Ruth are unwilling to discuss openly their grown daughter's living with her lover, Carla. Around each table, things come to a head. A gun, an affair, a boyfriend, and a pregnancy precipitate crises forcing each family to find its center.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, clever, realistic, talky, independent film, romantic, feel good
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Just Add Romance (2019)
Plot Summary:
When Kelly and Jason, exact opposites, compete on a famed cooking show for the chance at their own restaurant, what will matter more – their culinary careers or their potential love?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, light, sweet, emotional, romantic comedy, culinary
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Eden (2006)
Plot Summary:
Fat German star restaurant chef Gregor shows romantic interest in waitress Eden Drebb. She's happily married to hunky Xaver Drebb, but feels romantically neglected. Gregor's deserts seduce her, first trough her brat daughter Leonie, to spend time with him and his fabulous dishes. That soon becomes a rather platonic affair, and domestic troubles. Xaver decides to exact revenge on Gregor, with tragic results.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: emotional, sentimental, touching, humorous, serious, realistic
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Delicious (2021)
Plot Summary:
France, 1789 - just before the Revolution. When talented chef Manceron is dismissed from his prestigious position by the Duke of Chamfort, he loses the taste for cooking. But when he meets the mysterious Louise, together they decide to create the very first restaurant in France.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: dramatic, scenic
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Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Plot Summary:
The film tells the story of a retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu (Si Hung Lung) and his family living in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. At the start of the film, he lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. As the film progresses, each of the daughters encounters new men in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, the stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.. The film features several scenes displaying the techniques and artistry of gourmet Chinese cooking. Since the family members have difficulty expressing their love for each other, the intricate preparation of banquet quality dishes for their Sunday dinners is the surrogate for their familial feelings.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: romantic, visual, feel good, humorous, retro, spiritual, culinary, art house, aesthetic, twisted
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This Is Not What I Expected (2017)
Plot Summary:
Lu Jin is a handsome, wealthy hotel executive whose drive for perfection is matched only by his taste for fine cuisine. When he checks into the Rosebud, he's dissatisfied with everything he sees and is ready to take action... until flamboyant female sous chef Gu Shengnan creates the perfectionist what may be a perfect meal. Now, these bitter rivals find themselves brought together in the kitchen in this light-hearted romantic comedy, infused with fun and flavors to create a delicious dish that foodies around the world wouldn't dare to miss.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: light, inspirational, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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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
Plot tags:
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Love's Kitchen (2011)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, culinary, realistic
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The Ramen Girl (2008)
Plot Summary:
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, touching, humorous, semi serious, romantic, teen, culinary, thought provoking, realistic
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Big Night (1996)
Plot Summary:
Primo & Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sentimental, witty, melancholic, sincere, culinary, sweet, independent film, clever, touching, humorous
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Mostly Martha (2001)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, realistic, emotional, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, culinary, funny