The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover
In Greenaway's romantic crime drama, food and feasting are used to critique the vices of society, including gluttony and carnal pleasure.
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Coraline
Parallel Worlds and Coraline's Ideal Meal, by Abby Kliensorge
Crazy Rich Asians
The Dumpling Divide: Food and Family in Crazy Rich Asians, by Savanna Mathis.
The Croods
The Invention of Leftovers, by Meg Van Cleve
Crossing Delancey
Torn Between Two Flavors: The Conflicting Palates of Tenderness and Desire, by Zoe Wall
Daawat-e-Ishq
Food Can Buy Love – In Habib Faisal's classic Bollywood film, Gullu comes to love and trust Tariq through his authentic passion for food.
Daisies
Radical Feasting in Daisies, by Olivia Stoll
Delicatessen
Eat to Live: "Delicatessen", a 1991 French post-apocalyptic comedy, shows the effects of food depletion on humankind.
Don't Worry Darling
The Price of Victory, by Mary Scott Brisson
Eat Pray Love
Feeding the Body and Soul: In Ryan Murphy’s 2010 film, based on a book of the same name by Elizabeth Gilbert, Liz uses food as part of her
Eating Raoul
The Devouring Ego in Eating Raoul, by Ethan Leonard
Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-off
Food: Breaking the Status Quo – A boy struggles to balance his passions for both baseball and cooking, and break gender role stereotypes.
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