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Movies that feel likeEstômago: A Gastronomic Story (2008)

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.

If you loved Estômago: A Gastronomic Story, the closest films we have are Zero Effect (1998), 12 (2007) and Andhadhun (2018). All three share Estômago: A Gastronomic Story's twisty and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is After Dark, My Sweet (1990).

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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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Andhadhun
2018 · dir. Sriram Raghavan
🍅 100%★ 8.2crime · mystery · thrillerRent or buy

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

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

Both lean on twists more than on mystery

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

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The White Ribbon
2009 · dir. Michael Haneke
🍅 85%★ 7.8drama · mystery

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

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In for a Murder
2021 · dir. Piotr Mularuk
★ 5.5crime · comedy · mysteryNetflix

Comedy built on wit, twice over

A stay-at-home mom and avid reader of crime stories discovers the deepest secrets of a small town's residents while investigating a woman's murder.

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Inheritance
2024 · dir. Sylwester Jakimow
★ 5.1comedy · mysteryNetflix

Mystery built on play, 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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The Imposter
2012 · dir. Bart Layton
🍅 95%★ 7.4documentary · mystery · crimePrime Video

Crime built on stillness, twice over

In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

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

Drama built on twists, 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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Brick
2006 · dir. Rian Johnson
🍅 79%★ 7.1drama · mystery · crime

Gritty drama, 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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Murder Mystery
2019 · dir. Kyle Newacheck
🍅 43%★ 6.1comedy · mystery · crimeNetflix

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.

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