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Movies that feel like Estômago: A Gastronomic Story (2008)

If you loved Estômago: A Gastronomic Story, the closest films we have are Zero Effect (1998), 12 (2007) and Toscana (2022). Most of the picks below share Estômago: A Gastronomic Story's contemplative and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix and Film Movement Plus and others, checked against today's data.

In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.

7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Marcos Jorgecontemplativewittyplayfultwistygritty

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Zero Effect
1998 · dir. Jake Kasdan
🍅 66%6.9mystery · crime · comedy

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Lighter on stillness

Daryl Zero is a private investigator and—along with his assistant, Steve Arlo—he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Although Daryl's a master investigator, he doesn't know what to do with himself when he's not working; he has no social skills, writes bad music and drives Steve crazy.

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12
2007 · dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
🍅 76%7.5crime · drama · mystery

Contemplative and twisty in the same breath

A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.

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Toscana
2022 · dir. Mehdi Avaz
🍅 83%5.7comedy · romance · drama

Common ground: chef

The difference: Leans further into romance

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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The Third Murder
2017 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 87%6.7drama · mystery · crime

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

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R
2010 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 91%7.1crime · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: prison

Imprisoned for violent assault, Rune is placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations.

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Andhadhun
2018 · dir. Sriram Raghavan
🍅 100%8.2crime · mystery · thriller

Witty comedy in both cases

The difference: Played as thriller first

A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.

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With a Friend Like Harry...
2000 · dir. Dominik Moll
🍅 96%7.1drama · comedy · mystery

Mystery with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

While fixing up their summer cottage, Michel and his family run into a man who claims to have gone to high school with Michel.

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Hera Pheri
2000 · dir. Priyadarshan
8.2comedy · crime

Crime built on play, twice over

Two tenants and a landlord, in desperate need of money, chance upon a ransom call via a cross connection. They hatch a plan to claim the ransom for themselves.

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After Dark, My Sweet
1990 · dir. James Foley
🍅 80%6.5crime · drama · mystery

Both lean on twists more than on drama

Three desperados try to kidnap a wealthy child in hope of turning their lives around.

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Mother
2009 · dir. Bong Joon Ho
🍅 96%7.7crime · drama · mystery

Mystery built on grit, twice over

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

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Inheritance
2024 · dir. Sylwester Jakimow
5.1comedy · mystery

Comedy built on wit, twice over

When their rich uncle passes, his mansion of intricate puzzles becomes the backdrop for his estranged family's quest to secure a portion of his wealth.

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Brick
2006 · dir. Rian Johnson
🍅 79%7.1drama · mystery · crime

Contemplative crime, and it commits to that

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

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