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Cook Up a Storm (2017)
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Original name: 決戰食神
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A Cantonese street cook and his chief rival, a French-trained Michelin-starred chef, discover they have a lot in common as they prepare for a world-famous culinary competition. An international culinary competition becomes a battleground between rival cooks, one famous for his Cantonese street food and the other a Michelin-starred chef trained in France. But their rivalry takes an unexpected turn when they discover a common foe and combine their skills in a fusion of East and West.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, captivating, smart
Plot:
food, cooking competition, chef, cooking and food, cooking, contests and competitions, cookery, rivalry, father son relationship, cook-off, relationships, friendship, restaurant, rise to the top, mentor, ambition, culinary arts, training, against the odds, restaurant owner, cooking show, pride and honor, unlikely friendships, chinese new year, kitchen ...
Place:
hong kong, china, macau
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, feel good, semi serious and humorous films with plots about food, chef, cooking and food, cooking, restaurant, cookery and ambition mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Cook Up a Storm: Ustad Hotel (2012), Kung Fu Chefs (2009), The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014), The Bear (2022), Sugar and Stars (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sweet, touching, cute ...
Audience:
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cooking, cooking and food, restaurant, food, culture clash, chef, interracial relations, prejudice, interracial romance, beautiful scenery, small town, immigrant ...
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, a young chef from the fine dining world, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death. As Carmy fights to transform the restaurant and himself, his rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew ...
Style:
funny, psychological, semi serious, thrilling, entertaining ...
Plot:
chef, family business, food, restaurant, brother sister relationship, cousin cousin relationship, small business, business, workplace, cooking, getting home, job ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
inspirational, captivating, exciting, feel good, emotional ...
Plot:
chef, dream, culinary arts, gastronomy, food, cooking competition, passion, baking, cooking, dreaming, following a dream, cookery ...
Place:
france
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.
Style:
light, sweet, sentimental, funny, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cooking, chef, wine, restaurant, food, cooking and food, love, culture clash, creativity, mentor, ambition, fight scenes ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
food, murder, couple relations, crime gone awry, disorder, couples, boss and employee, vengeance, crimes of passion, love triangle, cons and scams, infidelity ...
Time:
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Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young, incredibly talented chef quits the profession after a contest to head a world-class restaurant ends in tragedy. Retiring to a small rural town with his grandfather, he finds a new and more peaceful existence, working as a farmer and selling ...
Style:
suspenseful, sincere, serious, humorous
Plot:
food, chef, cooking competition, childhood, ambition, culinary arts, competition, descendant, love, father son relationship, family secret, orphan ...
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45%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Thailand
Story:
A popular cooking show organizes a contest to find the best "My Father's Menu". Three chefs enter the competition, and their search for the recipes is intertwined with their personal dramas.
Style:
light, feel good, culinary, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
food, cooking, chef, contest, cooking competition, rivalry, cookery, contests and competitions, cooking and food, cook-off, humour, culinary arts ...
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45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, semi serious, satirical, feel good, entertaining
Plot:
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Place:
korea
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44%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.
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semi serious, psychological, captivating, satirical, culinary ...
Plot:
chef, restaurant, cooking, food, cooking and food, satire, japanese culture, culinary arts, cookery, old friends reunited, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on a story by Stefano Sardo, The Perfect Dinner follows Carmine (Salvatore Esposito, Gomorrah series), a Neapolitan mafioso who isn’t cut out for the criminal life. Under the protection of his boss Pasquale (Gianfranco Gallo), Carmine is ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
cooking, chef, italian restaurant, male female relationship, problem, cookery, cooking and food, direction and purpose, romantic relationship, relationships, coping, restaurant owner ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A cook who cooks special dishes opens a shop (Raghavendra Stores) and becomes widely popular.With his incredible tasty dishes,he gets more and more new orders.An unexpected event changes everything in his life.
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, thrilling, heartfelt ...
Plot:
cooking, food, business, restaurant, problem, relationships, cooking and food, cookery, satire, changing lives, lifestyle change, storekeeper ...
Place:
india
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42%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Thailand, Singapore
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
food, chef, cooking competition, restaurant, family drama, cooking and food, restaurant owner, ambition, cookery, competitor, aspiration, rivalry ...
Place:
shanghai, singapore
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Country: Brazil, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
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Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, semi serious, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
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Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating, sentimental
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After turning 40, César is invited to a culinary contest in Cancún, but a bitter discovery threatens to destroy his family as well as his chances to win the competition.
Style:
humorous, captivating, funny, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
food, cooking competition, competition, midlife crisis, cookery, competitor, contests and competitions, cook-off, satire, cooking and food, eccentric family, ambition ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
semi serious, psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
chef, restaurant, workplace, food, female chef, manager, cooking, relationships, workplace situations, restaurant owner, cookery, perseverance ...
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Genre: Comedy
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Story:
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Style:
feel good, exciting, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
food, restaurant, cooking, chef, cafe owner, workplace, cooking and food, cafe, co worker co worker relationship, workplace situations, job, love hate relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, captivating, semi serious, humorous, light ...
Plot:
restaurant, chef, food, cooking and food, father son relationship, parents and children, family relations, workplace, estrangement, cooking, rivalry, reconciliation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, culinary, intercultural
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
Style:
feel good, humorous, culinary, light, captivating ...
Plot:
cooking and food, chef, food, cooking, family relations, workplace, self discovery, parents and children, love and romance, lifestyle, restaurant, cookery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, indiana
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mikel, a young cook, meets with his father Juan, who had been missing for 30 years. While trying to keep his restaurant afloat, Mikel has to take care of crazed Juan, a former cook who suffers from a mental condition that prevents him from ...
Style:
captivating, funny, entertaining, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
chef, father son relationship, ambition, food, father and son, cooking and food, cooking, family drama, kids and family, father, amnesia, satire ...
Place:
spain
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37%
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