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The best food documentaries

The top 3 according to 66 votes from people: Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011) · Cooked (2016) · Forks Over Knives (2011). (Updated Jun 17, 2020.)

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.

Rodrigo Vieira · · 13 items · 66 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original

Top 12

  1. 1

    Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)

    Master Jiro Ono and his tiny sushi restaurant in Tokyo.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  2. 2

    Cooked (2016)

    Michael Pollan and the four elements that transform food: fire, water, air and earth.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  3. 3

    Forks Over Knives (2011)

    The case for a plant-based diet.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 1

    5
  4. 4

    Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)

    The environmental impact of livestock farming.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 1

    5
  5. 5

    Chef's Table (2015-)

    Netflix series: each episode devoted to one great chef.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  6. 6

    All About Asado (2016)

    Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn on the ritual of the Argentine barbecue.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  7. 7

    Barbecue (2017)

    Barbecue in twelve countries, from Australia to Japan.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  8. 8

    Food, Inc. (2008)

    How the US food industry produces what we eat.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  9. 9

    Fed Up (2014)

    Sugar and the obesity epidemic in the United States.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  10. 10

    What the Health (2017)

    The links between diet, disease and industry.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  11. 11

    Theater of Life (2016)

    Massimo Bottura cooks for homeless people with surplus food from the Milan Expo.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  12. 12

    Food Matters (2008)

    Nutrition and health according to natural-food experts.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3

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  1. 13

    Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent (2016)

    The chef who helped create California cuisine and then vanished.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 2

    1

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