Movies like The God of Cookery
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The God of Cookery (1996)
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Original name: 食神
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The God of Cookery, a brilliant chef who sits in judgement of those who would challenge his title, loses his title when a jealous chef reveals him to be a con-man and humiliates him publicly. As this new chef takes on the God of Cookery's role, the former God tries to pull himself back on top again, to challenge his rival and find once and for all who is the true God of Cookery.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, witty, slapstick, scenic, not serious, crying, slapstick comedy, freeze frame ...
Plot:
food, martial arts, wuxia, chef, satire, cooking and food, restaurant, kung fu, eternal love, gourmet, redemption, asian, violence, competition, gastronomy, shaolin, chinese woman, cooking competition, cooking, rivalry, ambition, love and romance, fall in love, self discovery, down on your luck ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, slapstick and slapstick comedy films with plots about rivalry, violence, fight, martial arts, bare chested male, heroes and male protagonist mostly in Comedy, Action and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The God of Cookery: From Beijing with Love (1994), Drunken Master (1978), The Legend of Drunken Master (1994), Kung Fu Chefs (2009), Shaolin Soccer (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After a giant dinosaur skull is stolen, the head of the Chinese secret police decides to assign the case to the force's most incompetent reject: a rural butcher who stands around all day drinking martinis (shaken, not stirred). With a trunkload ...
Style:
spoof, slapstick, parody, fast, not serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
james bond spoof, spy spoof, spy, asian, secret agent, butcher, yakuza, agent, fight club, fight, espionage, undercover ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, beijing china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Jackie Chan stars as Wong Fei-Hung, whose mischievous antics land him in hot water. Having tolerated enough of his son's mishaps, Fei-Hung's dad enlists his sadistic uncle, who specializes in drunken-style kung fu, to teach the lad some ...
Style:
humorous, cult classic, funny, exciting, intense ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, wuxia, wu shu, kung fu master, teacher, drinking, female martial artist, alcoholic, master, redemption, karate ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 19th century
Place:
china, asia, east asia, tokyo, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, semi serious, cult classic, slapstick ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, kung fu master, martial artist, kung fu classic, wuxia, boxing, fight scenes, fight, kung fu fighting, heroes, showdown ...
Time:
year 1994, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ousted chef Wong Bing-Yi is determined to help Shen Qing at her restaurant "Four Seas". He trains a young chef, Lung Kin-Yat to compete against Chef Tin, the head chef at "Imperial Palace", for the title of "Top Chef".
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humorous, exciting, parody, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
restaurant, cooking and food, food, contests and competitions, martial arts, rivalry, against the odds, escapades, ambition, cooking, mentor, training ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Style:
parody, sexy, humorous, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
soccer, martial arts, kung fu, underdog, football, silly humor, love story, fight scenes, shaolin, champion, wuxia, fight ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, east asia, asia, hong kong, tokyo ...
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25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Wan Tin-Sau is an actor who cannot seem to catch a break, since his only professional jobs are limited to being a movie extra. As well as being an actor, he is also the head of his village's community center.
Style:
cult classic, inspirational, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wuxia, time loop, friends, artists and showbiz, love and romance, lifestyle, opposites attract, fall in love, actor's life, unfulfillment, celebrity culture, friendship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The illiterate General of Canton, General So, advocates a lazy, happy lifestyle of sex and money. His spoiled and also illiterate son, Chan (Stephen Chow), is his most faithful disciple. For the love of a woman, Chan attends the national exams for ...
Style:
scenic, semi serious, humorous, slapstick comedy, slapstick ...
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, medieval, kung fu, nobleman, folk hero, ambition, contests and competitions, heroes, rivalry, rise to the top, wooing ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, hong kong
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Stephen Chow plays a rich playboy who is blown up by a mafia boss when he flirts with the boss's girl. Through a series of circumstances his professor makes him a synthetic (robotic) body that allows him to change into a variety of "Mrs. ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick, humorous, semi serious, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
absurd humor, teacher student relationship, cheerleader, gangster, school, silly humor, disorder, media satire, heroes, imaginary, vengeance, switching roles ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hawaii, china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Set in Imperial China, Stephen Chiau plays Ling Ling Fat, one of the elite Emperor's guards in the Forbidden City. However unlike his colleagues he doesn't know anything about Kung Fu or other martial-arts, but instead uses his time to ...
Style:
funny, fast, semi serious, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, secret agent, kung fu, cop, nothing goes right, undercover, espionage, prostitute, disorder, working undercover, heroes, security guard ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Sung (Chow) is by far the best lawyer in Guangdong and the outlying areas of Southeast China. His skills have earned his family an excellent living, albeit his habit of winning all his cases by whatever means necessary. Because of his shyster ways, ...
Style:
crying, costume drama, slapstick, slapstick comedy
Plot:
husband and wife, qing dynasty, husband wife relationship, corruption, false accusation, justice, lawyer, crooked lawyer, chinese emperor, reform, corrupt official, dead child ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Looking to cash in on the popularity of Steven Spielberg's mega-hits E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hong Kong schlockmeister Wong Jing directs this yarn about Andy who, along with buddies Pin-pin and Pancho ventures to Greece to find his ...
Style:
low brow humor, freeze frame, crying, spy action, psychotronic ...
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, violence, fight, exploitation, treasure hunter, treasure hunt, sorcery, woman with a gun, alien, magic, breaking and entering ...
Time:
year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place:
eastern europe, europe, hong kong, athens greece, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After police officer Paio is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him back to Earth as a spirit to find his 'savior' who will help him clear his name. Hsing, a ...
Style:
spoof, sex comedy, absurd, buddy comedy, freeze frame ...
Plot:
ghost, magic, buddy cop, sexual attraction, belief in ghosts, spell, charm, police protagonist, police, disapproving father, rat, corruption ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He ...
Style:
stylized, spoof, humorous, offbeat, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
martial arts, true love, wuxia, monkey king, kung fu, legends and myths, changing the past or future, giant spider, reincarnation, religions or cults, monk, heroic mission ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Even when they were orphans, Wang Yizhi has always been in love with Xinxin. Now older, Yizhi decides to train as a boxer before he allows himself to profess his love, but only for her to fall for a geeky computer engineer who is secretly a popular ...
Style:
touching, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, sexy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mission, love, super villain, violence, teenage boy, chase, superpower, teenager, good versus evil, rescue, love and romance, heroes ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The police station used to be the army club during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Many Japanese officers committed hara kiri there on V-J Day. The old building thus became a ghost house. Petty thief Ming is detained in the basement. It is the ...
Style:
absurd, slapstick comedy, slapstick, freeze frame, dark comedy ...
Plot:
cop, festival, hallucination, locked in, gay interest, policewoman, tradition, punched in the face, shooting, undead, belief in ghosts, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.
Style:
action adventure, serious, stylized, crying, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
shaolin, kung fu, fight, ghost, tough heroes, belief in ghosts, skinny dipping, training, temple, rivalry, master villain, vigilantism ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Years ago, a village head in the Hong Kong countryside executed a man for committing adultery by drowning him in the ocean. His mistress, in attempts to flee the village, dies when she plummets into a pool of quicksand. Years later, people swimming ...
Style:
dark fantasy, dark comedy, detective, horror comedy, psychotronic ...
Plot:
vampire, calling for help, inner voice, romantic rivalry, investigation, arm wrestling, survival, ghost hunter, police station, teenage boy, mahjong, policewoman ...
Time:
year 1988, 80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
Style:
humorous, slapstick, action adventure, action comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, wuxia, martial arts tournament, mixed martial arts, gangster, vengeance, chase, violence, mafia, mentor, organized crime, combat ...
Time:
1930s, year 1980, 1920s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
chicago, texas, usa, hong kong, china
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce.
Style:
road movie, independent film, slapstick, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
auto racing, racing, car chase, car, race, skinny dipping, smuggling, cheating, car race, fast car, rivalry, chase ...
Time:
year 1969, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
europe, stockholm sweden, yorkshire, athens greece, alps ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sing loves to read cartoons and often daydreams of becoming a tycoon and celebrity. By accident, he becomes a follower of Wai, a gang leader, and makes a friend of Wai's adopted son, Chun. The series of successes made by Sing and Chun breed ...
Style:
crime drama, hood, crying, buddy comedy, freeze frame
Plot:
triad, chinese mafia, man with glasses, hitman, coworker relationship, awkward situation, male nudity, criminal gang, anti hero, captive, port, fish out of water ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After years spent in Paris, Clotaire Sangala returns to his native country, Africa. Raised by a Chinese martial arts grandfather, convinced to have been found in a garbage can, Clotaire knows nothing of the glorious past of his parents. He will ...
Style:
humorous, tense, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
superhero, grandfather grandson relationship, superpower, dictator, martial arts, violence, heroes, good versus evil, escapades, youth, warrior, combat ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
africa, paris france, europe, london
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Georgie Hung is handsome, stylish and charming but he hides a secret that his old-fashion father, Hung who is a Triad leader, can never forgive. He has been sent to Thailand since he was a child and never returned. After Hung's death, his ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, fast, exciting ...
Plot:
martial arts, leadership, mistaken identity, gangster, disorder, gang, rivalry, dishonesty, triad, gay son, mafia, gender ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china, hong kong
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Hong Kong detective suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, stylized, semi serious, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, interpol, superhuman powers, tough cop, warrior, chase, locket, lone hero, police detective, kung fu, wuxia, immortality ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s
Place:
hong kong, ireland, dublin ireland, asia, europe
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive ...
Style:
spoof, dorama, serious, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot:
true love, wuxia, martial arts, fight club, kung fu, monk, legends and myths, destiny, heroic mission, heroes, rivalry, imaginary ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime (Louis de Funès), is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears.
Style:
humorous, exciting, realistic, feel good, tense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
food, hospitality, dishonesty, false accusation, abduction, cooking, boss, waiter, workplace situations, escapades, comedy of errors, restaurant ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Extremely silly comedy about a self-indulgent private investigator who winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, spoof, parody, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, hostage, spy spoof, terrorist, one man army, womanizer, cruise, ocean liner, james bond spoof, private detective, heroes, danger ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Jerome, 35, is a yacht salesman in Nice. But if you listen to him, in his spare time Jerome is also an astronaut, a karate world champion and a close friend of Miss Universe. As a matter of fact Jerome is a compulsive liar: he lies to everyone about ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
lie, lifestyle change, fantasy becomes reality, satire, con trick, alternate reality, pretending to be someone else, deception, changing lives, photograph, male protagonist, estrangement ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, paris france, nice france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a thief driving a motorcycle steals a purse of a pedestrian, the clumsy, naive and honest rookie policeman Sang-hwan runs after him, but the skilled specialist in martial arts Wi-jin captures the criminal and Sang-hwan is severely injured. She ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, stylized, humorous, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, good versus evil, world domination, escapades, fall in love, danger, rivalry, master villain, ancient mystery, female martial artist, supernatural power, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A romantic Chinese New Year comedy about the three Shang brothers. Eldest brother Shang Moon is a philandering businessman who treats his hideous yet hard-working wife like dirt. Middle brother Shang Foon is a disc jockey/playboy who tries to score ...
Style:
sexual, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
housewife, gender bending, lesbian, sexual attraction, family relations, disorder, couples, new year, family life, down on your luck, siblings relations, ballet ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
china, hong kong, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Wong Jing's sequel to All for the Winner and spin-off to God of Gamblers finds Chow Sing Cho looking up to Michael "Dagger" Chan in order to become Ko Chun's next disciple, but the two must put aside their differences when they ...
Style:
slapstick, semi serious, exciting, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, casino, card playing, gunfight, ship, hustler, gambler, gangster, violent content, partner, anti hero, unlikely partners ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
28%
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