Babette's Feast (1987)
Starring: Stephane Audran, Jean-Philippe Lafont
Director: Gabriel Axel
Culinary delights abound in this foreign film.

Belle Epoque (1994)
Starring: Fernando Gomez, Jorge Sanz
Director: Fernando Trueba
Bawdy comedy of Army deserter, four sisters in pre-Franco Spain.

Big Night (1996)
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci
Director: Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott
Food is the star in this small but sumptuous comedy.

Doña Flor and Her Two Husbands (1978)
Starring: Sonia Braga, Jose Wilker
Director: Bruno Barreto
Saucy Brazilian sex fantasy, later reworked as Kiss Me Goodbye.

Il Postino (1995)
Starring: Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi
Director: Michael Radford
Charming, critically acclaimed romance set in Italian fishing village.

Tampopo (1986)
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Director: Juzo Itami
Food is the star in this sumptuously hysterical comedy.

Creative Movie Matches

Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
Starring: Armand Assante, Gail Youngs
Director: Glen Pitre
Moody love story set in 19th-century Cajun Louisiana.

Erendira (1983)
Starring: Irene Papas, Claudia Ohana
Director: Ruy Guerra
Gabriel Garcia Marquez story of sexual escapades and magical realism.