The 14 Best Food Documentaries To Add To Your Must-Watch List

For one month, Morgan Spurlock ate three meals a day at McDonald's, trying every single dish on the menu in the process. He tracked the toll the food took on his physical and mental health, and it earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary.

You know how you've vowed to give up sugar a dozen times? This doc will make you stick to your promise. It's a deep dive into the politics of the sugar industry and how its biggest players dupe the general public into thinking the sweet stuff isn't so bad.

René Redzepi's Copenhagen restaurant Noma was named the best in the world in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. In this film, the audience learns of the chef's humble upbringing, his fight to make it to the top of the food world, and the struggles he faced once getting there.

What do a cutting edge restaurant that tops "best of" lists, a 150-year-old family restaurant, and a fledgling Mexican restaurant have in common? They're all built on passion, legacy, and an urge to connect the communities that support them. This documentary explore those three places — and, yes, it'll make you cry.

Consider this a long overdue thank you to soil — the stuff that makes it possible to grow some of our most valued foods. Director Deborah Koons Garcia visits four continents to talk with farmers and scientists, all the while tracking the relationship between healthy soil, healthy plants, and healthy humans.

Wilma Stephenson doesn't mince words in her culinary arts class at Frankford High School in inner-city Northeast Philadelphia. Pressure Cooker follows some of the students she's whipped into budding chefs as they compete for scholarships to top culinary programs.

This short clocks in at less than 10 minutes and follows Bill, a musician turned pizza delivery guy. You'll get to follow his days riding a fixed gear bike to get Williamsburg's Best Pizza to Brooklynites on time.

Leonardo DiCaprio produced this fact-heavy flick about the impact of animal agriculture. It's less health focused and more concerned about all the ways consuming animals affects the environment: global warming, water usage, ocean dead zones, deforestation.

Most people have heard of Jelly Belly, sure, but the guy who invented the candy is a mystery to nearly everyone. His name is David Klein, and in this documentary, he states that creating the Jelly Belly ruined his life. Dramatic antics ensue, and there's a Weird Al Yankovic cameo.

Watch this and you'll have a little more appreciation for the guy asking if you taste notes of roasted strawberries in your wine. The film takes a closer look at The Court of Master Sommeliers and the rigorous testing that goes into being granted the organizations's highest title.

Approximately one in six people in America is food insecure. You'll learn more about this and other staggering facts about the nation's hunger issue in this documentary. It follows subjects like a cop whose low paycheck requires him to rely on a food bank and a fifth grade girl who leans on neighbors and friends for meals.

Think of this as a documentary about American immigrants masquerading as a food doc. It explores Chinese and American history through the mash-up foods — like General Tso's chicken — the two cultures have created.

2008 was the year a lot of people changed the way they ate — because of this documentary. It draws connections between big business and the government and health and "fast" food. There's also a focus on animal welfare.