Comedy
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Back to the Future
Trouble in Paradise
Ocean's Eleven
The Bread
Harold and Maude
My Father's Menu
Chocolat
The Blues Brothers
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Mon Oncle
L'Héritière
The Wing or the Thigh?
Short Cuts
The Rules of the Game
Antonia's Line
Cars
Gremlins
The Gold Rush
Check Please
2 Days in Paris
SIMILAR MOVIES
Back to the Future
IMDB 8.3 | Jul , 1985
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.Trouble in Paradise
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 1932
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.Ocean's Eleven
IMDB 6.4 | Aug , 1960
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.The Bread
IMDB 4.2 | Jul , 2021
A newly-baked bun in a bakery tries to avoid getting eaten.Harold and Maude
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1971
A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.My Father's Menu
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2013
A popular cooking show organizes a contest to find the best "My Father's Menu". Three chefs enter the competition, and their search for the recipes is intertwined with their personal dramas.Chocolat
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2000
In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.The Blues Brothers
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1980
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2005
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.Mon Oncle
IMDB 7.4 | May , 1958
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.L'Héritière
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2002
After the death of her father, whom she never knew, a young woman finds herself at the head of a large company.The Wing or the Thigh?
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1976
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!Short Cuts
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1993
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.The Rules of the Game
IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 1939
The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated romantic and social entanglements between guests and servants lead to tragedy, all against the backdrop of a looming war.Antonia's Line
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 1995
After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.Cars
IMDB 7 | Jun , 2006
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.Gremlins
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1984
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.The Gold Rush
IMDB 8 | Jul , 1925
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.Check Please
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2026
A group of old friends come together to pull dine-and-dash heists in local restaurants.2 Days in Paris
IMDB 6.3 | Feb , 2007
Marion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents — and several of her ex-boyfriends.