The work aims to apply the starch in the field of green packaging, and develop starch-based food packaging films with good biodegradability. The effects of starch types, plasticizers, polysaccharides, lipids and lipid substances, proteins, crosslinking agents, inorganic substances and active substances on the properties of starch films were reviewed. In the preparation of starch film, the use of high amylose content of starch, and the addition of plasticizer and crosslinking agent could improve the mechanical properties of starch film and reduce the film's water vapor permeability. Starch was combined with polysaccharide or protein to make the advantages of different film-forming materials complement each other, thus the performance of film was improved. The addition of lipid or lipid substances could improve the film's water resistance. With the deepening of research, the starch-based food packaging film will have a very broad application prospect in many fields.