The entire plot of the madcap early Pedro Almodovar movie "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" hinges on (sleeping pill doped) gazpacho that one character makes -- she even recites her recipe at one point. It's a really fun movie and it's just about tomato season!
Spirited Away, or any movie from Studio Ghibli really, has some really great food scenes, and would benefit from a small plates/snacking kind of evening.
What a fantastic movie! I'd especially recommend one of the first scenes where they re-enact a story Ken Watanabe's character is reading - https://youtu.be/6WrkdTrrwew.
Or, the French restaurant scene - https://youtu.be/PcMaZLiqVpI
Also, the spaghetti scene - https://youtu.be/sNAZmLmyCJk
We used to have a series on this topic by the late Elena Parker, here are a few of them: https://food52.com/blog/2015-dinner-and-a-movie-vicky-cristina-barcelona, https://food52.com/blog/1914-dinner-and-a-movie-the-age-of-innocence, https://food52.com/blog/2583-dinner-a-movie-to-kill-a-mockingbird
Also, after I wrote, found the series here including Alton Brown Food in Film running with Metrograph "Food on Film" series
Garlic is as good as
https://food52.com/blog/18397-how-this-1980-film-is-the-forerunner-to-the-modern-day-food-documentary
Cook, Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
https://food52.com/blog/18381-when-revenge-becomes-justice-in-this-cult-classic-food-film
Also 3 on Big Night, Babette's Feast and Eat Drink Man Woman, which have already been suggested.
This movie kinda sucks, but in Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette", there's a part where they absolutely go bananas on the most sumptuous pastries and French confectionary. Inspirational. Its laced with scenes of overflowing champagne coupes, bizarre 18th century fashion, compulsive gambling and really couldn't serve as the inspiration for an entire menu, but its wildly fun.
As for something more useful, pretty much the entirety of "Julie & Julia" is fabulous food porn. You wouldn't necessarily even need to do Julia Child recipes, but provincial French cuisine is full of incredible, simple dishes.
Depends on how elaborate or simple, costly or economical, vegetarian or omnivore, you want to make your evening.
First one that jumps to mind for me is the chef father cooking for his family in "Eat Drink Man Woman."
But/and here are search results with lists of top movie meals and some with recipes. From "Lady and the Tramp" spaghetti to "Babette's Feast" caille en sarcophage.
https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=famous+movie+meals
Good hunting, cooking, eating.
You ARE planning to rent the chosen movie to run that evening, yes?
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Or, the French restaurant scene - https://youtu.be/PcMaZLiqVpI
Also, the spaghetti scene - https://youtu.be/sNAZmLmyCJk
Garlic is as good as
https://food52.com/blog/18397-how-this-1980-film-is-the-forerunner-to-the-modern-day-food-documentary
Cook, Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
https://food52.com/blog/18381-when-revenge-becomes-justice-in-this-cult-classic-food-film
Also 3 on Big Night, Babette's Feast and Eat Drink Man Woman, which have already been suggested.
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As for something more useful, pretty much the entirety of "Julie & Julia" is fabulous food porn. You wouldn't necessarily even need to do Julia Child recipes, but provincial French cuisine is full of incredible, simple dishes.
First one that jumps to mind for me is the chef father cooking for his family in "Eat Drink Man Woman."
But/and here are search results with lists of top movie meals and some with recipes. From "Lady and the Tramp" spaghetti to "Babette's Feast" caille en sarcophage.
https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=famous+movie+meals
Good hunting, cooking, eating.
You ARE planning to rent the chosen movie to run that evening, yes?