10 Great Indie Films From The Past 5 Years You May Have Missed

This quickly became a cult hit back in 2014, but if you missed it, add it to your watchlist as soon as you can. The plot is simple; Jon Favreau (who also wrote, produced and directed) plays the titular chef who, after an altercation with a food critic, decides to go back to basics and set up a food truck selling Cuban sandwiches. This leads to a cross-country road trip with his son, selling their signature Cubanos along the way. The plot mirrors Favreau’s life in many ways, the most notable being stepping down from making big budget blockbusters like Iron Man to embracing a smaller, simpler project.

The joy of the film doesn’t just come from the main character finding himself, or reconnecting with his ex or bonding with his child, though. The film is a lengthy love letter to the finer thing in life. Food, salsa dancing, music, partying, living-in-the-moment. The film oozes Latin Americana just like the on-screen melted cheese that has you salivating throughout. This is a film all about hunger in fact. If it doesn’t make you yearn to eat, or experience another culture, or reconnect with an ex, or take up salsa lessons, or follow a life-long dream, you’ll at the very least be feeling the urge to hit the download button on its brilliantly upbeat soundtrack.