Movies like Haute Cuisine (2012)
The best movies like Haute Cuisine (2012) are Delicious (2021), Le Chef (2012) and Sugar and Stars (2023). If Haute Cuisine hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedRise (2022)7.4/10 from 467 votes
- NewestThe Taste of Things (2023)Released 2023
- In FrenchDelicious (2021)Also in French
Delicious (2021)
France, 1789 - just before the Revolution. When talented chef Manceron is dismissed from his prestigious position by the Duke of Chamfort, he loses the taste for cooking. But when he meets the mysterious Louise, together they decide to create the very first restaurant in France.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLe Chef (2012)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSugar and Stars (2023)
Raised in foster and group homes, Yazid pursues his lifelong passion for pastry to work with top chefs and become the best.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Grocer's Son (2007)
Antoine Sforza, a thirty-year-old young man, left his village ten years before in order to start a new life in the big city, but now that his father, a traveling grocer, is in hospital after a stroke, he more or less reluctantly accepts to come back to replace him in his daily rounds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDelicacy (2011)
A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMostly Martha (2001)
Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Martha has no time for anything - or anyone - else. But Martha's solitary life is shaken when a fateful accident brings her sister's eight-year-old daughter, Lina, to her doorstep.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Castle in Italy (2013)
Louise meets Nathan, her dreams resurface. It's also the story of her ailing brother, their mother, and the destiny of a leading family of wealthy Italian industrialists. The story of a family falling apart, a world coming to an end and love beginning.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Sense of Wonder (2015)
Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWelcome to the Sticks (2008)
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKitchen Brigade (2022)
Cathy is a sous-chef wanting to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hates the job then her passion for cuisine starts to change children's lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mystery of Henri Pick (2019)
In a bizarre Breton library that collects rejected, never published manuscripts, a young editor discovers a novel that she considers a masterpiece. It was written by a certain Henri Pick, a cook who died two years earlier and who, according to his widow, had never read a book in his life or written anything but a shopping list... Did he have a secret life? When the book becomes a huge best-seller, Jean- Michel Rouche, a skeptical and stubborn literary critic, teams up with Joséphine, Pick’s daughter, to unravel the mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBack to Burgundy (2017)
Jean left his hometown ten years ago. When his father falls ill, he comes back and reunites with his sister Juliette and his brother Jérémie. As seasons go by around their vineyard, they'll have to trust each other again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLet It Rain (2008)
Agathe Villanova is a self-centered, workaholic feminist politician who, upon reluctantly returning to her home in the south of France to sort out her mother's affairs, runs for a local election. Upon her arrival, Agathe grudgingly agrees to take part in a documentary being made by the blundering duo of Karim, an aspiring filmmaker, and self-professed "reporter" Michel, on the subject of "successful women." As Agathe's life hilariously unravels, the camera is there to capture it all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Taste of Things (2023)
Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPriceless (2006)
A beautiful young gold-digger mistakes a lowly hotel clerk as a rich and therefore worthwhile catch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisQueen to Play (2009)
Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her own life. When she sees a handsome couple play a passionate game of chess, she becomes inspired to play herself. Hélène's working-class husband and spoiled daughter are soon bewildered by her obsession with chess. They also grow suspicious of Hélène's close relationship with Dr. Kröger, her eccentric American expat tutor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLittle White Lies (2010)
Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they've been telling each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Piece of the Pie (2011)
France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workmates without a job. She decides to go to Paris to look for work. There she finds a cleaning job at the home of a rich man, Steve, whose world is radically different from her own. As their paths keep crossing, she discovers that her employer played a part in closing the factory in Dunkirk...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisMediterranean Food (2009)
Sofia's story, the best chef in the world, and the two men who helped her to become a legend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Two Tickets to Greece (2023)
As teenagers, Blandine and Magalie were inseparable. Years passed and they lost sight of each other. As their paths cross again, they decide to take the trip together that they have always dreamed of. Direction Greece, its sun, its islands but also its galleys because the two former best friends now have a very different approach to holidays... and to life!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSomeone, Somewhere (2019)
Rémy and Mélanie live next door to each other in Paris but have never met. The two thirty-year-old Parisians search for connections online, but never have much success. Falling deeper into loneliness and depression, both decide to start attending regular therapy. With the help of their therapists, they uncover the real roots of their issues, and find that the connection they were both searching for is much closer than they thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRise (2022)
Elise thought she had the perfect life: an ideal boyfriend and a promising career as a ballet dancer. It all falls apart the day she catches him cheating on her with her stage backup; and after she suffers an injury on stage, it seems like she might not be able to dance ever again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNormandy Nude (2018)
At the Mêle sur Sarthe, a small Norman village, farmers are affected by a crisis. Georges Balbuzard, the mayor of the city, is not one to let them down and decides to try everything to save his village...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhat's in a Name (2012)
Vincent, a wealthy real estate agent, is invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peter, both professors in Paris. Claude, a childhood friend and trombonist in a symphony orchestra, is also present. Vincent brings news from the prenatal examination of his and his wife Anna's unborn son. The name chosen by the soon-to-be parents strongly offends the others for many reasons. The dispute between the guests quickly escalates and before long the resurgence of old grudges and hidden secrets is unavoidable...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMademoiselle Chambon (2009)
Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops and their lives begin gradually to unravel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Secret of the Grain (2007)
In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLe Brio (2017)
After an incident, a brilliant professor known for his outbursts is forced to mentor the student he wronged for a speech contest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPerfumes (2020)
Anne Walberg is a celebrity in the world of perfume. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible talent to companies of all kinds. She lives as a diva, selfish, with a strong temper. Guillaume is her new driver and the only one who is not afraid to stand up to her. No doubt this is the reason why she does not fire him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLolo (2015)
On holiday in the south of France, chic Parisian sophisticate Violette meets life-loving IT geek Jean-René. Against all odds, there’s a real chemistry between them and at the end of the summer, Jean-René wastes no time in joining his beloved in Paris. But there’s trouble in paradise, and a third party swiftly appears to shatter the couple’s idyll: Lolo, Violette’s ultra-possessive 19-year-old son, who is determined to get rid of his mother’s lover, whatever it takes…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisChocolat (2016)
Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Haute Cuisine?
The closest matches to Haute Cuisine are Delicious (2021), Le Chef (2012) and Sugar and Stars (2023). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Haute Cuisine?
People who watched Haute Cuisine most often go on to Delicious (2021), Le Chef (2012) and Sugar and Stars (2023).
What is the highest-rated movie like Haute Cuisine?
Rise (2022), rated 7.4/10 by 467 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Haute Cuisine?
The Taste of Things (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Haute Cuisine?
Yes: Delicious (2021), Le Chef (2012) and Sugar and Stars (2023).
How are movies similar to Haute Cuisine chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Haute Cuisine, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.