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Movies that feel likeChef (2014)

When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.

If you loved Chef, the closest films we have are I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2014), What's in a Name (2012) and Babysitting (2014). All three share Chef's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Adrift in Tokyo (2007).

🍅 87% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jon Favreauwittyplayful
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want
2014 · dir. Sydney Sibilia
★ 7comedy

The same mix in both: wit, then play

A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.

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What's in a Name
2012 · dir. Alexandre de La Patellière
🍅 71%★ 7.3comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

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...

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Babysitting
2014 · dir. Nicolas Benamou
★ 6.8comedy

Comedy built on play, twice over

Looking for a baby-sitter for the night, Marc Schaudel entrusts his son Remy to the care of his employee Franck, a straight man. But the thing that Marc doesn't know, is that Franck is getting 30 years old this weekend and that his son Remy is a very capricious child. The next day, Marc and his wife Claire are awakened by a call from the police. Remy and Franck are missing, and the house is totally devastated. The police finds a camera in the leftovers. Marc, Claire and the police start watching the video that has been recorded the day before during the night and find out what happened to Franck and Remy.

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Suck Me Shakespeer
2013 · dir. Bora Dağtekin
★ 6.9comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.

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Step Brothers
2008 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 54%★ 6.9comedy

Both run playful where it counts

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.

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My Mom Is a Character
2013 · dir. André Pellenz
★ 6.8comedy

Both play comedy straight

After another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.

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Me, Myself & Irene
2000 · dir. Peter Farrelly
🍅 47%★ 6.6comedy

Both are built on the same subject: road trip

Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.

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Daddy's Home
2015 · dir. Sean Anders
🍅 30%★ 6.2comedyParamount+Starz

The same preoccupation in both: parents and children

The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the affection of the kids.

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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 74%★ 6.3comedyParamount+Starz

Comedy approached the same way

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

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Sun in Buckets
2013 · dir. Gennaro Nunziante
★ 6.3comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

The story of a father and a son. An on the road trip from South to North.

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Adrift in Tokyo
2007 · dir. Satoshi Miki
★ 7.2comedy

The same comedy instincts

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

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Dirty Grandpa
2016 · dir. Dan Mazer
🍅 10%★ 5.9comedy

One thread runs through both: road trip

Jason Kelly is one week away from marrying his boss's uber-controlling daughter, putting him on the fast track for a partnership at the law firm. However, when the straight-laced Jason is tricked into driving his foul-mouthed grandfather, Dick, to Daytona for spring break, his pending nuptials are suddenly in jeopardy. Between riotous frat parties, bar fights, and an epic night of karaoke, Dick is on a quest to live his life to the fullest and bring Jason along for the ride.

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