# The best food documentaries

From Jiro's sushi to the food industry and the kitchens of great chefs: the food documentaries that appear most in the lists of Mundo de Cinema and Dani Noce.

- 66 votes · 13 items
- Jun 17, 2020 · Rodrigo Vieira
- https://even.best/en/l/4242/the-best-food-documentaries

## Top 12

1. **Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Master Jiro Ono and his tiny sushi restaurant in Tokyo.
2. **Cooked (2016)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Michael Pollan and the four elements that transform food: fire, water, air and earth.
3. **Forks Over Knives (2011)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The case for a plant-based diet.
4. **Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The environmental impact of livestock farming.
5. **Chef's Table (2015-)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Netflix series: each episode devoted to one great chef.
6. **All About Asado (2016)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn on the ritual of the Argentine barbecue.
7. **Barbecue (2017)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Barbecue in twelve countries, from Australia to Japan.
8. **Food, Inc. (2008)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — How the US food industry produces what we eat.
9. **Fed Up (2014)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Sugar and the obesity epidemic in the United States.
10. **What the Health (2017)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The links between diet, disease and industry.
11. **Theater of Life (2016)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Massimo Bottura cooks for homeless people with surplus food from the Milan Expo.
12. **Food Matters (2008)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Nutrition and health according to natural-food experts.
13. **Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent (2016)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — The chef who helped create California cuisine and then vanished.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.