Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "restauranteur"

1. Whitstable Pearl (2021– )

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Local restaurant owner Pearl Nolan sets up a local detective agency after undergoing police training in an earlier career. She is soon embroiled in her first case when she discovers the body of her close friend Vinnie.

Stars: Howard Charles, Frances Barber, Isobelle Molloy, Sophia Del Pizzo

Votes: 3,449

2. Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.

Directors: Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Paul Briggs, John Ripa | Stars: Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Izaac Wang

Votes: 171,846 | Gross: $54.72M

3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

R | 81 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

After 48 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic young friends who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.

Director: David Blue Garcia | Stars: Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham, Jacob Latimore

Votes: 61,636

4. Kitchen Nightmares (2007–2023)

TV-14 | 60 min | Reality-TV

Gordon Ramsay visits struggling restaurants across America and spends one week trying to help them become successful.

Stars: Gordon Ramsay, Arthur Smith, Kim Seeley, Michael Cabbibo

Votes: 14,324

5. The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

PG | 122 min | Comedy, Drama

The Kadam family leaves India for France where they open a restaurant directly across the road from Madame Mallory's Michelin-starred eatery.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon

Votes: 87,622 | Gross: $54.24M

6. Spanglish (2004)

PG-13 | 131 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family whose patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.

Director: James L. Brooks | Stars: Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman

Votes: 88,549 | Gross: $42.73M

7. The Kids Are All Right (2010)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska

Votes: 134,450 | Gross: $20.81M

8. Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris with Love (2015 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Mystery

The Postables---Oliver, Shane, Rita, and Norman return to explore the mystery of true love as they deliver divorce papers to one couple the same day Oliver's missing wife reappears.

Director: Kevin Fair | Stars: Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, Geoff Gustafson

Votes: 1,392

9. Honeymoon (2014)

R | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night.

Director: Leigh Janiak | Stars: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber, Hanna Brown

Votes: 27,496 | Gross: $0.01M

10. My Blueberry Nights (2007)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A young lonely woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of off-beat characters along the way.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Norah Jones, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Chad R. Davis

Votes: 56,559 | Gross: $0.87M

11. Pure as a Lily (1976)

100 min | Comedy, Crime

Anthony M. Wilson is an English gentleman. He has a string of restaurants in London plus a beautiful house decorated with all the trendy art he can get.

Director: Franco Rossi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti, Madeleine Hinde, Adolfo Celi

Votes: 140

12. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)

R | 123 min | Drama, Romance

One couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.

Director: Ned Benson | Stars: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bill Hader

Votes: 13,108 | Gross: $0.59M

13. The Dilemma (2011)

PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

A man discovers that his best friend's wife is having an affair.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly

Votes: 56,867 | Gross: $48.48M

14. Woman on Top (2000)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

After being cheated on by an insecure man, Brazilian chef Isabella Oliveira moves to San Francisco and finds success as the host of a cooking show.

Director: Fina Torres | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau, Mark Feuerstein

Votes: 10,929 | Gross: $5.02M

15. Three's a Crowd (1984–1985)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

Jack Tripper's co-habitation with Vicky Bradford is complicated by her hostile father's interference as Jack's landlord.

Stars: John Ritter, Mary Cadorette, Alan Campbell, Robert Mandan

Votes: 1,037

16. The Kindergarten Teacher (2014)

Not Rated | 119 min | Drama

A kindergarten teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.

Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz, Hamuchtar

Votes: 1,401

17. Revenir (2019)

77 min | Drama

A man in his early thirties returns to the rural farm of his childhood and rejoins the family struggle to get by.

Director: Jessica Palud | Stars: Niels Schneider, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Roman Coustère Hachez, Patrick d'Assumçao

Votes: 585

18. Frank & Lola (2016)

Unrated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A psychosexual noir love story, set in Las Vegas and Paris, about love, obsession, sex, betrayal, revenge and, ultimately, the search for redemption.

Director: Matthew Ross | Stars: Michael Shannon, Imogen Poots, Carlos Moreno Jr., Maynor Alvarado

Votes: 6,493

19. Christmas Wedding Planner (2017 TV Movie)

PG | 86 min | Romance

While planning her cousin's lavish wedding, Kelsey Wilson's world is turned upside down when Private Investigator Connor McClean shows up. Connor, hired by a unnamed source, disrupts the upcoming nuptials but manages to win Kelsey's heart.

Director: Justin G. Dyck | Stars: Jocelyn Hudon, Stephen Huszar, Kelly Rutherford, Rebecca Dalton

Votes: 6,922

20. The Automat (2021)

TV-PG | 79 min | Documentary, History

Documentary centers on the vending machine popularized in the 20th century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery.

Director: Lisa Hurwitz | Stars: Mel Brooks, John W. Romas, Carl Reiner, Krystyna Romas

Votes: 1,564

21. Feed the Beast (2016)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama

Two friends open up a restaurant together.

Stars: David Schwimmer, Jim Sturgess, Lorenza Izzo, Michael Gladis

Votes: 3,496

22. Flakes (2007)

Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy

A cereal bar manager with dreams of making it big as a rock star, is admired by the locals in town until a greedy capitalist steals his entrepreneurial business.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Aaron Stanford, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Lloyd, Ryan Donowho

Votes: 3,541 | Gross: $0.00M

23. My Wife's Husband (1963)

81 min | Comedy

After 13 years in Germany, Fernand is returning to his wife and his restaurant. But since his disappearance, his wife has started over with a Norman chef, sympathetic but a specialist of ... See full summary »

Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Fernandel, Bourvil, Claire Maurier, Andrex

Votes: 935

24. Christmas Magic (2011 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

After a fatal car accident, Carrie must earn her way into heaven when she's assigned as a guardian angel to struggling restaurant owner Scott and his daughter Abby.

Director: John Bradshaw | Stars: Lindy Booth, Paul McGillion, Derek McGrath, Kiara Glasco

Votes: 1,615

25. A Stranger to Love (1996 TV Movie)

PG | 96 min | Drama, Romance

Alan is a normal middleaged man with a wife and two kids. One night he is attacked and loses his memory. His family believes that he is dead when a dead body is found in the river.

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Beau Bridges, Pam Dawber, Tess Harper, Erik von Detten

Votes: 272

26. Tabula Rosa (2015)

95 min | Drama, Romance

A man saves a woman from the deadly threat of a runaway kokorec cart and then realizes she lost her memory. He lets her stay at his house and hires her at his restaurant, only to find out that she still remembers how to cook food.

Director: Hatice Memis | Stars: Bestemsu Özdemir, Yigit Kirazci, Kevork Türker, Suzan Aksoy

Votes: 159

27. Little Old New York (1923)

Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.

Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: Marion Davies, Harrison Ford, Courtenay Foote, Mahlon Hamilton

Votes: 1,085 | Gross: $2.40M

28. The Silent Army (2008)

115 min | Drama, Thriller

Child soldiers in Africa are at the fore in this tale of a white restaurant owner in an African town bordering a conflict zone. When his son's African friend Abu is abducted, he sets out to... See full summary »

Director: Jean van de Velde | Stars: Marco Borsato, Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga, Thekla Reuten, Andrew Kintu

Votes: 1,218

29. The Flip Side (2018)

90 min | Comedy, Romance

Australian madness via the visitors-from-hell mixed with love, lust and a bloody good shiraz.

Director: Marion Pilowsky | Stars: Eddie Izzard, Vanessa Guide, Hugh Sheridan, Tina Bursill

Votes: 210

30. Detropia (2012)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.

Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Noah Stewart, Rachele Gilmnore, Michael Wanko, Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra

Votes: 1,626 | Gross: $0.36M

31. The Real Body (2000)

110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

This faux-documentary follows a butoh master, a fashion designer, and a filmmaker racing against time to create art and help a young girl in love.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Shinichirô Arakawa, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kazushi Fueki, Ginji

Votes: 259

32. Dean's Place (1975 TV Special)

60 min | Comedy, Music

Dean Martin's comedy/variety show that aired on September 1975.

Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Dean Martin, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Sherman Hemsley

Votes: 22

33. Dean's Place (1976 TV Special)

51 min | Comedy, Music

TV special airing January 13, 1976: Dean returns as host and owner of his Beverly Hills nightclub, Dean's Place, spotlighting new, young talent.

Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Dean Martin, Jack Cassidy, Foster Brooks, Vincent Gardenia

Votes: 5

34. È arrivato mio fratello (1985)

89 min | Comedy

Ovidio Ceciotti is a teacher, he is plump and he is not a man of character. He is treated badly by his school-master, by his students, by Lidia, his girl and even by his dog. One day his ... See full summary »

Directors: Franco Castellano, Giuseppe Moccia | Stars: Renato Pozzetto, Carin McDonald, Armando Bandini, Beatrice Palme

Votes: 667

35. East of the River (1940)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama

Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college, but both are in love with the same girl.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: John Garfield, Brenda Marshall, Marjorie Rambeau, George Tobias

Votes: 473

36. Pinulot ka lang sa lupa (2017)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

A story of two opposing women entangled and intertwined by love. Is there a way that one of them can accept exactly from where did they belong?

Stars: Julie Anne San Jose, Benjamin Alves, Martin Del Rosario, LJ Reyes

37. Buldoci a tresne (1981)

99 min | Comedy, Crime

Mafioso Carmello was guilty of the principles of his organization when he tried to fool the boss and earned a death sentence. The convict runs away from the killer.

Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Marián Labuda, Jirí Kodet, Miroslav Streda, Jirí Hrzán

Votes: 102

38. Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935)

Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Music

In the first of Paramount's "Headliner" series, narrator Ted Husing travels up and down and around Broadway and other main stem New York City locations, and views the likes of Earl Carroll ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Waller | Stars: Ted Husing, Earl Carroll, Al Jolson, Jack Benny

39. China: The Wild East (1994)

96 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Filmmakers Philip Kaufman and his son Peter explore their relationship with China and their Chinese friends to tell Chinese history as it approaches the millennium. Through segments ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Kaufman | Stars: Philip Kaufman, Yang Bai, Armen Baliantz, Peter Fong

40. The Snoop Sisters (1972–1974)
Episode: The Female Instinct (1972)

100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A spinster and her widowed sister, who are also mystery writers, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.

Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Charlie Callas, Jill Clayburgh

Votes: 216

41. The Flintstones (1960–1966)
Episode: The Drive - In (1960)

Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Fred and Barney buy a drive-in without telling Wilma and Betty.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet

Votes: 292

42. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: A Case of Black and White (1977)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

George invites Frank Howard, a man he hopes to do business with--and who is in an interracial marriage--to his apartment to meet his "dear friends" Tom and Helen to show Frank that he is ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 109

43. Matt Houston (1982–1985)
Episode: Recipe for Murder (1982)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Restaurant critic Roger Marsden's severed head is served in aspic to his snooty partner J Hamilton Goodfellow. The cops suspect a restaurant owner whose eatery the critics panned. And then attempts are made on Goodfellow's life.

Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, John Aprea, Paul Brinegar

Votes: 34

44. Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Episode: The Couch (1994)

TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy

Jerry's new couch is completely ruined when Elaine upsets a man with a bladder condition. Kramer decides to start up his own new pizza business. George joins a book club but instead of reading the book he watches the movie.

Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander

Votes: 3,622

45. Location Scouts (2019– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2019)

5 min | Short, Comedy

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Directors: Van Vuuren Bros, Christiaan Van Vuuren, Connor Van Vuuren | Stars: Doug Bowles, Tamala Shelton, Glen Condie, Liam Heyen

46. One Lane Bridge (2020– )
Episode: Arrival (2020)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

When new arrival Detective Ariki Davis investigates a tragic death at Queenstown's treacherous one lane bridge, he inadvertently unleashes a mysterious gift.

Director: Peter Burger | Stars: Dominic Ona-Ariki, Joel Tobeck, Alison Bruce, Aidee Walker

Votes: 122

47. One Lane Bridge (2020– )
Episode: Denial (2020)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

As Ariki's visions intensify they leave him angry and bewildered. Grub's family tries to deal with his loss and revelations about his private life lead the detectives to revisit their theory of the case.

Director: Peter Burger | Stars: Dominic Ona-Ariki, Joel Tobeck, Alison Bruce, Aidee Walker

Votes: 96

48. One Lane Bridge (2020– )
Episode: Escape (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

During Grub's funeral the dead man's true love is revealed, leading to an attack and suspicions that his affair was behind his murder.

Director: Peter Burger | Stars: Dominic Ona-Ariki, Joel Tobeck, Alison Bruce, Aidee Walker

Votes: 93

49. One Lane Bridge (2020– )
Episode: Answers (2020)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Ariki has a startling revelation at One Lane Bridge, but all becomes clear at the annual rabbit hunt.

Director: Danny Mulheron | Stars: Dominic Ona-Ariki, Joel Tobeck, Alison Bruce, Aidee Walker

Votes: 78

50. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: Tim Conway (1975)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Highlights include: a spoof of "The Pirates of Penzance"; guest Tim Conway as a fumbling, bumbling busboy at a Japanese restaurant substituting for their regular chef, and a boxer fighting ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway

Votes: 40