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Movies that feel like Burnt (2015)

If you loved Burnt, the closest films we have are Hunger (2023), To the Bone (2017) and Moonlight (2016). All three share Burnt's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Hulu and Starz and others, checked against today's data.

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

πŸ… 29% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. John Wellscontemplative
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Hunger
2023 Β· dir. Sitisiri Mongkolsiri
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.6drama

Two things both keep coming back to: chef and fine dining

The difference: Reviewed even better

A talented young street-food cook pushes herself to the limit after accepting an invitation to train under an infamous and ruthless chef.

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To the Bone
2017 Β· dir. Marti Noxon
πŸ… 69%β˜… 6.7drama

Common ground: restaurant

A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

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Moonlight
2016 Β· dir. Barry Jenkins
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.4drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: drug addiction

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

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It's Only the End of the World
2016 Β· dir. Xavier Dolan
πŸ… 44%β˜… 6.8drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.

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The Commune
2016 Β· dir. Thomas Vinterberg
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.4drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A funny and moving story of family and free love set in a freewheeling 1970s commune. When Anna and Erik inherit a huge house, they gather a motley crew of cohabitants to reinvigorate their lives, forcing them to reconcile their new values with old habits.

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3096 Days
2013 Β· dir. Sherry Hormann
β˜… 6.5drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

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Joy
2015 Β· dir. David O. Russell
πŸ… 61%β˜… 6.6drama

Drama of the same temperament

A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

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Big Eyes
2014 Β· dir. Tim Burton
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7drama

The same drama instincts

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.

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Rams
2015 Β· dir. GrΓ­mur HΓ‘konarson
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.2drama

Drama in the same key

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi’s sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to cull all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. But Gummi and Kiddi don’t give up so easily – and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits.

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Silent Heart
2014 Β· dir. Bille August
β˜… 7.1drama

Both play drama straight

Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally-ill mother’s desire to die before her disease worsens; but, as the weekend progresses, their mother's decision becomes harder and harder to deal with, and old conflicts come to the surface.

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If I Stay
2014 Β· dir. R.J. Cutler
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.7drama

Both are drama through and through

Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.

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The Butler
2013 Β· dir. Lee Daniels
πŸ… 72%β˜… 7.2drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.

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