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Movies that feel like Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

If you loved Eat Drink Man Woman, the closest films we have are Toscana (2022), Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Moonstruck (1987). All three share Eat Drink Man Woman's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

πŸ… 88% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ang Leewittyplayfulcontemplativeromantictendercozy

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Toscana
2022 Β· dir. Mehdi Avaz
πŸ… 83%β˜… 5.7comedy Β· romance Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: chef

The difference: Missing the comfort of Eat Drink Man Woman

When a Danish chef travels to Tuscany to sell his father's business, he meets a local woman who inspires him to rethink his approach to life and love.

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Sense and Sensibility
1995 Β· dir. Ang Lee
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7drama Β· romance

Ang Lee directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

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Moonstruck
1987 Β· dir. Norman Jewison
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Witty and playful in the same breath

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

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Strictly Ballroom
1992 Β· dir. Baz Luhrmann
β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both land stillness and romance at once

Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

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The Girl on the Bridge
1999 Β· dir. Patrice Leconte
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.5drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Comedy with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.

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Home for the Holidays
1995 Β· dir. Jodie Foster
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.6comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both lean on wit more than on drama

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.

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Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 Β· dir. Nikkhil Advani
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Playful romance, and it commits to that

An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.

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Late Marriage
2001 Β· dir. Dover Koshashvili
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Contemplative comedy in both cases

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcΓ©e with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

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Muriel's Wedding
1994 Β· dir. P.J. Hogan
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both keep coming back to the same thing: daughter

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk, and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.

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Jab We Met
2007 Β· dir. Imtiaz Ali
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.9drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Drama built on romance, twice over

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

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Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
1980 Β· dir. Vladimir Menshov
πŸ… 40%β˜… 8drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on romance

Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 Β· dir. Frank Capra
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.8comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Cozy comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Made in the 1930s, in a different era of the craft

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

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