movies / dinner-party
Looking for a movie for a dinner party
Background-friendly. Conversation can happen over it. Nothing too plot-heavy or loud.
- Amelie 2001Visual, charming, dialogue-light.
- Big Night 1996Two brothers, one meal. Made for this.
- Chef 2014Food, road trip, low stakes.
- The Hundred-Foot Journey 2014Cooking, conflict, Helen Mirren.
- Julie & Julia 2009Easy to drift in and out of.
- Babette's Feast 1987Slow, gorgeous, ends with a real dinner.
- The Trip 2010Two friends, English countryside, food porn.
- Eat Drink Man Woman 1994Ang Lee. Cooking scenes are the point.
- Mostly Martha 2001Better than the American remake.
- Pig 2021Nic Cage, a truffle pig, surprising tenderness.