Movie/Food Pairings

March 12, 2009 11:13 PM

Some people enjoy pairing wines and food. My friends and I are looking for rentable movies that would go well with thematically matched food (or vice versa).

My wife, myself and a couple of friends of ours have started a "movie & food theme night." What do I mean? Well, for our first venture, we watched The Good, the Bad & the Ugly and ate steaks and pasta - spaghetti Western, of course! I think we're going to do Three Kings & Middle Eastern food for our next go-round.

We're not looking for any kind of perfect historical or cultural accuracy - just fun movies to pair with fun cuisines or food ideas. The cleverer, the better! I think we're going to pass on Apollo 13 and astronaut food from the Smithsonian, though....

posted by DavidNYC to food & drink (26 comments total)

Mondo Cane and foie gras?
posted by JimN2TAW at 11:26 PM on March 12

Sideways- wine
Finding Nemo- fish
Good Fellas- Italian
Once Upon a Time in Mexico- puerco pibil
Alive- uh......
posted by BrnP84 at 11:53 PM on March 12

Waitress and pie. (Would be an awesome, if oddly-matched, double feature this Saturday b/w Pi.)

When Harry Met Sally with a big, fancy salad, that everyone gets to meticulously prepare to their precise specifications, or that each person brings an ingredient for, on the side of course. (I'll have what she's having!)
posted by carsonb at 11:54 PM on March 12

Hmm, listing a few movies on my shelf...

Sin City - boilermakers and big bleeding blue-rare steaks, followed by cheap cigarettes.

Chicago - totally old-school cocktails

Kill Bill - sushi and tequila

Pulp Fiction - burgers and milkshakes (or Sprite)

Pan's Labyrinth - a feast of epic proportions. Creepy eye-hand guy optional.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 12:34 AM on March 13

The Big Night and Italian
Raiders of the Lost Ark and Bratwurst (germans, c'mon you got that, right?)
Juno and Cheeseburgers (or go the other way and do Alaskan King Crab)
Milk and....well...Milk? Or Soup in SF Sourdough bread bowls
Master and Commander...in the books, the Captain likes toasted cheese sandwiches, but there's actually a whole cookbook full of period recipies with stuff like the Galapagos desert.
Oceans 11 and 13, cocktails (skip 12, please)
posted by legotech at 12:35 AM on March 13

Romancing The Stone and olives and tequila.

Pink Flamingos and dog shit. Or pudding. Up to you.

The Matrix and porridge.

Heat and pie. You want some of my pie?

Dirty Deeds and pizza, but with mushy peas on it.

Empire Of The Sun and weevils.

Pulp Fiction and Douglas Sirk steak.

Monty Python's Meaning Of Life and a sort of chowder or soup-looking thing.

American Psycho and really really small portions on huge plates, and something with cotton in it. Mmm, cotton.

Sexy Beast and calamari.

Ghost Town and stenchy ethnic food that stings the eyes.

Groundhog Day and desserts, hundreds and hundreds of desserts.

Taxi Driver and cornflakes with bourbon.

National Lampoon's Vacation and moist sandwiches.

Silence Of The Lambs and liver, with some fava beans, and a nice chianti (*sucksucksucksucksuck*).

War Inc. and Tabasco sauce shooters.

La Grande Bouffe, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, And Her Lover, and Babette's Feast and fucking everything.
posted by turgid dahlia at 12:38 AM on March 13

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover, with something from here... or maybe just a banana split?
posted by applesurf at 12:40 AM on March 13

definitely white russians and The Big Lebowski
posted by madh at 1:22 AM on March 13

How about Fried Green Tomatoes and barbecue?
posted by Netzapper at 3:09 AM on March 13

Check out the answers to this question, too.
posted by cider at 4:03 AM on March 13

TBS did this. Not sure if they still do. Part movie/part cooking show - they show a movie and during the commercial breaks, they show you how to make a movie-themed meal...Maybe the site will give you some ideas?
posted by nineRED at 4:57 AM on March 13

Dawn of the Dead -- Steak Tartare
posted by sundri at 4:58 AM on March 13

Death Proof and nachos.

Once Upon A Time In Mexico and puerco pibil.
posted by obiwanwasabi at 5:14 AM on March 13

Yep, I was thinking of Dinner and a Movie on TBS, too....
posted by swilkerson at 6:05 AM on March 13

Chinese goes with Eat Drink Man Woman. And it works doubly well as that film will definitely make you hungry.

A Thanksgving dinner goes with Home For The Holidays.

Gimme time and I'll think of more...
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:27 AM on March 13

Buffalo 66 and tripe and bread, with ginger ale and chocolate donuts for dessert. Maybe don't tell them what you're serving till they've tasted it?
posted by Dragonness at 7:54 AM on March 13

Chocolat with a baguette and some cheese followed by chocolate.
posted by rmless at 8:18 AM on March 13

I just did Slumdog Millionaire with Chicken Tikka Masala/naan/spiced basmati rice.

It was awesome.

The linked recipe is the best I have ever seen or tasted as far as DIY indian food goes- and I grew up on curry. Just be aware that it is unbearably spicy if done according to the recipe, so cut things down unless you love the heat.
posted by bradly at 8:41 AM on March 13

Withnail and I with gin, cider and the finest wines known to man.

More seriously though:
Waitress and pies.
Napoleon Dynamite and steak (with tater tots and milk for thematic consistency, ideally)
posted by slimepuppy at 8:46 AM on March 13

Babe and something vegetarian. Or porkchops, depending on your sense of humor.
City of Angels and lots of food involving pears (pear & ham sandwiches, pear tart, etc.)
Brokeback Mountain and canned beans.
Meet Joe Black and peanut butter everything.
ET with Reeses Pieces
Lost in Translation with japanese food (sushi, etc.)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with lots of candy
Footloose and bacon?
Airplane and shirley temples to drink
Lord of the Rings and.... taters?
posted by vytae at 8:50 AM on March 13

When I watched Hope Floats the other day, all I could think about was how tasty a root beer float would be...
posted by SuperSquirrel at 8:52 AM on March 13

Big Night and tons of Italian antipasti and, of course, tympano. ;)
posted by skechada at 9:33 AM on March 13

Seven Samurai and big ol' bowls of rice.
posted by CancerMan at 10:10 AM on March 13

Tampopo and Japanese noodle soup. You'll be craving it anyway.
posted by mygothlaundry at 10:32 AM on March 13

Eating Raoul and human flesh.
posted by snofoam at 12:01 PM on March 13

2nding mygothlaundry and Coincidence Filter: My foodie book club watched Tampopo (we alternate book/movie each month) for our monthly meetup last night. On our menu: ramen. No egg yolks, though.
posted by webhund at 12:34 PM on March 13