The human appetite is one of the cinema’s more enduring themes. When food makes its way onto the screen, it’s often less as a prop than as a narrative tool.
On the next 5 pages, we’ll explore our favourite movies in which food plays a fundamental role.
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Julie & Julia – Julia Child’s story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell’s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child’s first book.
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The Breakfast Club – In this 1980s cult classic, five very different high school students are forced to serve a Saturday detention together. There are many good moments, but a highlight is definitely Ally Sheedy making her sandwich and tossing the bologna.
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Chocolat – A woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a small French village that shakes up the rigid morality of the community. Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, and lots of chocolate. Make sure you watch this within grabbing reach.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – There have been two movie adaptations of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Whether you enjoyed the 2005 version, or the Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory of 1971, both are surreally beautiful and bizarrely compelling journeys through the sugar-blasted world of Willy Wonka.
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This 1991 film is about friendships and comfort food at the Whistle Stop Café, where they, naturally, serve fried green tomatoes and some infamous barbecue.