The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is a kind of limbo in our cal­en­dar year. Most of us have time off from work and we don’t really feel like doing much of any­thing. After open­ing all those gifts, eat­ing all that rich food and spend­ing hours in Boxing Day line­ups, it’s time to curl up in the leop­ard print Snuggie from Aunt Pearl and watch lots of movies.

Nothing too scary because the nieces and nephews are vis­it­ing, and not too racy either. Grandma doesn’t like car chases and your dad has no patience for drama. When try­ing to please every­one, the best movies are food movies.

With that being said, here’s our list, in no par­tic­u­lar order, of the top food movies of all time.

1. Eat Drink Man Woman

2. Babette’s Feast

3. Tampopo

4. Ratatouille

5. Off the Menu, the Last Days of Chasen’s

6. Big Night

7. Tortilla Soup

8. Julie and Julia (Julia — amaz­ing! Julie, not so much)

9. Brooklyn Lobster

10. Goodfellas (not really a food movie, but that scene of the mafia boys mak­ing din­ner in the jail cell is brilliant.)

11. Chocolat

12. Like Water for Chocolate

13. Vatel

14. Supersize Me

15. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle

16. Mostly Martha

17. Dinner Rush

Can you think of any I may have left out?

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1. When a Potato Steals Your Heart
2. Ontario Food Heroes– Farmer
3. Ontario Food Heroes — Chef
4. Ontario Food Heroes– Connector
5. The Snack Plate