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Movies that feel likeBurnt (2015)

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.

If you loved Burnt, the closest films we have are Hunger (2023), To the Bone (2017) and Beautiful Boy (2018). All three share Burnt's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Rams (2015).

🍅 29% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Wellscontemplative
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · AMC+

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Hunger
2023 · dir. Sitisiri Mongkolsiri
🍅 86%★ 6.6dramaNetflix

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 · dir. Marti Noxon
🍅 69%★ 6.7dramaNetflix

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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Beautiful Boy
2018 · dir. Felix van Groeningen
🍅 67%★ 7.4dramaPrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: drug addiction

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

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Like Father, Like Son
2013 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 86%★ 7.8drama

The same preoccupation in both: redemption

Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.

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It's Only the End of the World
2016 · dir. Xavier Dolan
🍅 44%★ 6.8dramaRent or buy

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 · dir. Thomas Vinterberg
🍅 71%★ 6.4dramaNetflix

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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Moonlight
2016 · dir. Barry Jenkins
🍅 98%★ 7.4dramaNetflix

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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Big Eyes
2014 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 72%★ 6.9dramaStarz

Drama built on stillness, twice over

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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Concussion
2015 · dir. Peter Landesman
🍅 58%★ 7.1dramaNetflix

Drama of the same temperament

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

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Joy
2015 · dir. David O. Russell
🍅 61%★ 6.6dramaStarz

Both play drama straight

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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Rams
2015 · dir. Grímur Hákonarson
🍅 95%★ 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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Wild
2014 · dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
🍅 88%★ 7.1drama

Drama approached the same way

A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

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